Ofcom CTO on 5G's realistic timeline
Ofcom's Chief Technology Officer sat down with LeadMonitor in mid-2021 to answer a question that mobile operators were spending heavily to avoid: when will 5G actually change anything for the...
Regulation
Details antitrust blocks, corporate registry overhauls, infrastructure rulings, labor directives, and pay benchmarks.
Facebook warns of revenue growth slowdown
On July 28, 2021, Facebook reported $29.077 billion in revenue for the second calendar quarter, a 56% increase from the same period in 2020. Net income reached $10.394 billion. Diluted...
2018 saw 5 major breaches, 1B+ records exposed
2018 was the year data privacy moved from a compliance footnote to a boardroom liability. Eight major incidents exposed the personal information of more than two billion people across social...
DeFi, enterprise, CBDCs defined 2020 crypto
In 2020, blockchain and crypto moved from a story of survival after the 2018-2019 crash to one of institutional validation, regulatory confrontation, and the birth of a new financial layer...
Tobacco giants shift to reduced-risk products
Philip Morris International launched IQOS in Nagoya, Japan, in 2014. The bet was that a device which heats rather than burns tobacco could keep smokers loyal while defusing the health...
COP26 coal pledges face 2030-40 delays
On 1 October 2024 the United Kingdom became the first major economy to eliminate coal power entirely, closing the Ratcliffe-on-Soar station. That deadline, written into law years earlier, was met....
How Data Breaches Drove the Push for Digital Independence
Between 2017 and 2022, a series of data breaches and privacy scandals eroded public and institutional trust in centralized digital platforms. Each incident triggered a distinct response: a new regulation,...
California's 100% Clean Energy Mandate: What SB 100 Means
California's SB 100, the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act signed on September 10, 2018, requires the state to source all of its electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2045. The law...
GDPR's Environmental Side Effect: Less Data, Less Energy
The General Data Protection Regulation took effect on May 25, 2018, designed to protect personal privacy. It has also, unintentionally, become one of the most effective environmental rules in the...
KCOM monopolizes Hull, UK’s sole BT-free city
Kingston upon Hull is the only UK city where a single company still controls almost every phone line and broadband connection. KCOM, formerly Kingston Communications, has held that position since...
Elon Musk’s Most Revealing Quotes as Tesla CEO
Elon Musk has run Tesla since October 2008. His public statements move markets, trigger regulatory action, and shape the company's narrative with a force no other chief executive matches. Unfiltered...
Joby, Archer, Wisk race to certify eVTOL by 2025
By early 2025, not a single electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has carried a paying passenger. The industry that promised to reshape urban mobility by mid-decade remains a collection...
