10/22/2026 2:03:40 PM AI agents and UK data protection law: ICO sets out its expectations and calls for views By Giles Pratt Joseph Mason Catherine Lally On 8 October 2026, the UK Information Commission’s Office (ICO), which regulates privacy law in the UK, opened a call for evidence on how...
10/19/2026 7:30:53 AM History revisited: 70 years of domestic nuclear power By Louis Scorza This past weekend marked 70 years since the opening of Calder Hall, the world's first nuclear power station to generate electricity for...
10/9/2026 5:07:18 PM Life sciences real estate: keeping pace with the science By Chris Xitsas I attended Bisnow’s UK Science & Technology Real Estate Annual Conference this week. Plenty of insightful comments were made, but the...
9/28/2026 1:31:24 PM AI regulation: roll back or roll on? By Anna Gressel Giles Pratt Freshfields is a Lead Partner on The Observer Responsible AI Forum hosted at the Serpentine Gallery in London on 24 September 2026. The...
9/24/2026 12:30:03 PM A Toast to Innovation in a Changing Climate By Bertrand Mallet Recent reports suggest that France could face one of its lowest wine harvests in decades following another summer of extreme heat and...
9/22/2026 12:51:04 PM Rethinking Water: How Industry Is Doing More With Less By Bertrand Mallet Water is one of the world's most precious resources, yet many industrial processes have traditionally depended on large volumes of it....
9/18/2026 7:30:11 AM AI could provide earlier warning of natural disasters By Louis Scorza Researchers from Google have developed a new AI weather forecasting system that could significantly improve predictions of tropical...
9/14/2026 9:14:03 AM Can Museums Protect our Heritage from Climate Change? By Marie Giannini I recently wrote about why museums matter more than ever. They connect us with history, spark curiosity, and help us understand the world...
9/4/2026 7:32:54 AM Digital books for lower emissions By Louis Scorza As a regular reader and physical copy purist, one modern technology trend I’ve resisted is the move to digital books. Whether it’s the...
9/1/2026 7:30:54 AM Building a More Water-Efficient Digital Future Through Innovation By Bertrand Mallet As investment in AI and digital infrastructure accelerates, attention is increasingly turning to an important question: how can we...
8/19/2026 8:37:04 PM Major Investment in PA Life Sciences Innovation By Ashley Finney Big news in the Philadelphia life sciences scene! Last month, Governor Shapiro committed $125 million to launch Innovate in PA 2.0, which...
8/13/2026 12:56:43 PM How Schools are Winning Kids over to Healthier Lunches By Will Schueneman As a father of two young children, one of whom is about to start school, this article really resonates with me. My wife and I make a...
8/13/2026 7:30:13 AM Government helps UK small businesses integrate smarter technologies By Ranee Chow According to the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT), local businesses are starting to use modern tech like automation and digital...
8/7/2026 1:00:54 PM The most underrated career skill: Curiosity By Gabrielle Barthelemy Recently, I came across an interesting article from Welcome to the Jungle about how to demonstrate curiosity in a job interview. It made...
8/7/2026 7:30:57 AM A New Battery Technology Could Change the Way We Use Our Phones By Derek Silva For as long as most of us can remember, buying a new smartphone has come with a familiar promise: a better battery. Yet despite years of...
8/6/2026 7:30:02 AM What O2’s Hearing Trial Teaches Us About Invisible Accessibility By Tim Dixon Many accessibility features come with an unspoken requirement: the person who needs them must also know how to find, configure and...