Category: Business

Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement risks contained within the draft Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill). Clause 80 of the DUA Bill weakens the safeguards for solely automated […]

The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration announced that it would be suspending high tariffs on nearly 60 countries for 90 days. The announcement is […]

In a rare emergency session, the UK government has assumed effective control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant—Britain’s last facility capable of producing steel from scratch—amid rising concerns over national security, economic stability, and industrial self-reliance. On April 12, Parliament passed the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025, empowering Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to direct operations […]

Global copper demand is projected to surge by 70%, exceeding 50 million tons annually by 2050. This escalation is primarily driven by the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of data centers, and the global shift towards clean energy technologies. Key Drivers of Copper Demand Projected Demand and Supply Challenges BHP projects global copper demand […]

When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards shorter certificate life times. Beforehand, certificate authorities normally issued certificate lifetimes lasting a year or more. With 4.0, Certbot is now supporting Let’s Encrypt’s new capability for six […]

If you have a long-term health condition or you’re a disabled person in the UK, you might be able to claim a benefit called personal independence payment (Pip). As the name suggests, Pip is designed to help with the additional costs of disability – regardless of employment status. But the government recently announced changes to […]

The framework – agreed during the just-concluded meeting of the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee – aims for net-zero emissions from the sector by 2050 and will be formally adopted in October before coming into force in 2027. They will apply to large ocean-going vessels over 5,000 gross tonnage, which collectively […]

Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is critically important for us to speak up to ensure that essential work continues and that those engaged in these good faith efforts are not maligned by an administration […]

Bond markets don’t often make front-page news but the recent sharp sell-off in US Treasuries appears to have been enough to prompt US president Donald Trump to pause his plans for new tariffs. Traditionally, US Treasuries are seen as one of the world’s safest assets for investors. The United States government has long been regarded […]

The chinamperos get their name from ‘chinampas,’ the human-made islands of floating gardens on which they farm. It was the Aztecs who discovered that, by layering mud, plants and branches on shallow lake beds, they could create highly fertile plots of land. For hundreds of years, the chinampas sustained farming communities, but the climate crisis, […]