Nissan's sub-£20k Pixo is a Twingo with Gemini inside

Nissan's new Pixo city car promises 161 miles, Google's Gemini assistant and a UK price expected under £20,000. Underneath, it's a Renault Twingo, and the real price won't be known until December.

A BYD pickup was hacked with no password. It's UK-bound

An Australian researcher took control of a BYD Shark 6's lights, wipers, locks and microphone. The same pickup goes on sale in the UK this year, just as new car cyber security rules bite.

Ofcom can fine the internet. Getting paid is harder

Ofcom has handed out more than £7m in Online Safety Act fines. By its own admission most haven't been paid, and 4chan's lawyer is replying with pictures of hamsters.

Burnham wants Britain to be AI's honest broker. Again

In his first UN speech, Andy Burnham promised a new centre to fight AI-powered disinformation and pitched Britain as the world's honest broker on AI rules. Hours earlier, Donald Trump had rejected the idea.

Britain's privacy watchdog gets a board, but no boss

On 30 September the ICO becomes the Information Commission, run by a board instead of one commissioner. The catch: it launches without a chair, three months after its last boss resigned.

London finally gets a big IPO. It's an African fintech

Airtel Money, the mobile-payments arm of Airtel Africa, plans a London listing worth up to $9bn. It could be the UK's biggest IPO since 2021, which says as much about London as it does about Airtel.

Geely can charge an EV in 4.5 minutes. Britain can't

Geely says its new 2.2MW charger can fill an EV from 10% to 70% in four and a half minutes. It's a real leap, but it's in China, and the UK version of the same car charges at a fraction of that speed.

Ofcom goes after the phone firms behind scam calls

Ofcom is investigating two internet phone providers, Vonage and Voxbone, over whether scammers are using their numbers. It's a shift from chasing fraudsters to chasing the companies that hand out the numbers.

Your landline has four months left. Here's what happens next

Britain's old copper phone network shuts down on 31 January 2027, and 1.2 million lines still haven't moved. Openreach has now said what happens to them, and the safety net won't be cheap.

An £11 broadband bill to fund the BBC? Here's the catch

Ministers are reportedly weighing an £11-a-month charge on broadband bills to replace the TV licence. It would be cheaper for many, compulsory for almost everyone, and a headache for broadband providers.