The reported contract does not exclude mass surveillance, and it keeps paths open that could extend to autonomous policing.
These don't defend us against foreign adversaries. They shift power from citizens toward the state, in ways that are very hard to reverse.
I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting:
2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight
2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose"
Not one safeguard survived intact
Just meta auto-opting us into their new AI model... 🫥
If you have a public account, anyone can use your photos, reels, and even your voice to generate new images without sending you a notification.
Save your face from the algorithm and tag your friends so they can turn it off too.
Ever wondered where your tax money actually goes? 💷
@BBCNews broke it down by imagining we each handed the Government £100.
Here’s how that £100 was spent in 2023–24:
£22 → NHS
£6 → Defence
£10 → Education
£10 → Debt interest
£11.40 → State pensions
£4.15 → Working-age welfare (PIP, Universal Credit, health support)
£0.50 → Asylum system
£0.70 → Overseas aid
What strikes me most is this: immigration dominates headlines and public debate, consistently ranking as one of the nation’s top concerns — yet the asylum system accounts for just 0.5% of public spending.
A reminder that sometimes the loudest issues aren’t the largest ones.
#Budget2026
Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill. Nathan Gill. A politician of any kind who takes bribes from Russia, but especially a friend and colleague of the man we keep being told will be next PM, should be as well known to this generation as Philby was to mine. Thanks to a media blackout to help Nige Nathan can walk down any street in the land unrecognised and unbothered by journalists. What weird times we live in
🧵To clearly understand how damaging winter fuel has been for the Government - this chart looks at key policies or political events so far by cut through and positivity. Winter Fuel has by far the highest cut through of any policy, and the highest negativity.
Sunak's Tory farewell speech:
"We reduced absolute poverty. We reduced child poverty. We reduced pensioner poverty".
Children in poverty in 2010: 3.6m
Children in poverty in 2024: 4.3m
Pensioners in poverty in 2010: 1.6m
Pensioners in poverty in 2024: 2.1m
A liar til the end.
This report from the BBC is truly jaw dropping. South West has been pumping raw sewage into our rivers onto our beaches when it is not raining - which is illegal - on an industrial scale. What’s worse, they’ve been doing it at some of our most precious nature spots. (1/3)
Exclusive on @TimesRadio - the heartbreaking story of the NHS consultant who has lost virtually his entire family in #Gaza and now wants to bring his orphaned nephew to the UK. The @ukhomeoffice has so far refused and hasn’t issued a single visa to children injured in Gaza.