Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda would like to see his old games on PC someday, too Ueda's next game, Gen Atlas, is the first on PC in a 25 year directorial career. PC Gamer · Jun 10
Shadow of the Colossus and Ico creator Fumito Ueda's next game will let us pilot a giant robot head to take over mech bodies I'm down for desolate, colossal robots. PC Gamer · Jun 5
Millions of salmon deaths at Scottish farms disclosed after watchdog’s ruling Animal and Plant Health Agency forced to release reports showing scale and cause of deaths on some fish farms The Guardian - UK · May 26
Scottish energy firm fined £160k for making more than 700,000 nuisance calls A SCOTTISH energy firm has been fined £160,000 after making more than 700,000 unsolicited marketing calls in a year ... The National (Scotland) · May 20
Best games you won’t believe are turning 25 in 2026 Things really used to be better, and faster. Destructoid · May 15
AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use The Guardian - UK · May 3
Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts The Guardian - UK · May 3
UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation John Edwards says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent inquiry into ‘HR matters’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
Treat online privacy like stranger danger, regulator warns parents Some 35% of parents believe their child would ‘share personal information in exchange for game tokens or rewards’, according to an ICO survey. Evening Standard · Apr 6
UK regulators explain what 'highly effective' age assurance for the Online Safety Act actually means Well, kind of. It still seems a little vague, to be honest. PC Gamer · Mar 25
Essex police pause facial recognition cameras amid racial bias findings Essex Police have halted their live facial recognition technology following a report highlighting racial bias concerns Evening Standard · Mar 20
Essex police pause facial recognition camera use after study finds racial bias Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups The Guardian - UK · Mar 19
Reform UK may breach data laws with free energy bills competition Experts say Nigel Farage’s party is not being transparent about how it will use data it collects on people’s voting habits The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Watchdogs call on big tech to ‘urgently’ do more to protect children online The regulators accused tech platforms of ‘failing to put children’s safety at the heart of their products’ The Independent UK · Mar 12
The Independent UK · Mar 5 UK data watchdog writes to Meta over ‘concerning’ claims intimate footage filmed on smart glasses viewed by outsourced workers Outsourced workers who are training the glasses’ AI claim they have been asked to watch videos of people having sex or on the toilet, it has been reported
PC Gamer · Feb 24 Reddit fined nearly $20 million by UK online privacy regulator for 'using children’s data unlawfully, potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content' Reddit denies wrongdoing and says it will appeal.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24 Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy
Euronews · Feb 24 Reddit slapped with €16 million fine in UK for failing to protect children's privacy "Children under 13 had their personal information collected and used in ways they could not understand, consent to or control," said John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner.
The Independent UK · Feb 24 Reddit hit with £14m fine after children’s privacy failures Watchdog says platform failed to properly protect personal information of younger users
Evening Standard · Feb 24 UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14m for failing to protect child users The Information Commissioner’s Office’s investigation found Reddit had failed to check the age of users on its platform, which put children at risk.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16 Lloyds investigating after using staff’s bank account data in pay talks CEO Charlie Nunn tells employees that issue ‘created some concern’ but insisted ‘we definitely have listened to it’
The Independent UK · Feb 10 Afghan data breach was ‘wake-up call’ for government’s data security Government agrees to work more closely with the data watchdog after a catastrophic data loss put thousands of Afghan lives at risk
The Guardian - UK · Feb 3 UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Elon Musk’s firms have complied with data protection law
Evening Standard · Feb 3 Data regulator investigating X over sexual images created by Grok chatbot The social media platform said it has brought in measures to address issues raised previously.
The Independent UK · Feb 3 UK regulator launches investigation into Elon Musk’s X after Grok deepfakes controversy There has been controversy surrounding chatbot Grok after it was used to generate sexual deepfake images without consent