AI Trust Falls as Regulation Lags
Public trust in artificial intelligence has eroded sharply since 2019, even as the tools reached billions of people through products like ChatGPT. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer reported that faith...
Regulation
Details antitrust blocks, corporate registry overhauls, infrastructure rulings, labor directives, and pay benchmarks.
AirHelp and the Business of Flight Delay Compensation Claims
AirHelp is a for-profit claims agency that takes a cut of compensation European air travellers are owed when their trips are delayed, cancelled, or overbooked. Since 2013, the Berlin-based operation...
Silicon Valley engineer pay benchmarks shift
Silicon Valley pay is not one number. It is three numbers: a base salary capped well below what the market will bear, a restricted stock grant that depends on the...
Man City UAE sponsors: £67.5M revenue in dispute
In September 2008, the Abu Dhabi United Group, owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bought Manchester City FC. Within three years, the club announced a 10-year partnership with...
EU Working Time Directive: The Right to Disconnect Explained
The EU Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC) sets a hard limit: an average working week of 48 hours maximum and a minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours. Those rules...
Heathrow Third Runway: Supreme Court Reinstates ANPS in 2020
On 16 December 2020, the UK Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeal ruling that had declared the government's Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) for Heathrow expansion unlawful. The decision...
The UK Companies House Overhaul and Its Real Impact
In October 2023, the UK government passed the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, the most significant reform to Companies House since the agency was created in 1844. The Act...
Adobe Abandons $20B Figma Deal After EU and UK Block It
Adobe walked away from its planned purchase of Figma on December 18, 2023, after determining that neither the European Commission nor the UK's Competition and Markets Authority would clear the...
