Hacker News with Generative AI: United Kingdom

Chinese (car) firms almost double UK market share on electrified demand (autocar.co.uk)
Sales of cars from Chinese brands in the UK grew 88% in March, as brands including BYD, MG, Omoda and Jaecoo expanded their footprint here.
Revolut tracking staff behaviour with points-based 'Karma' bonus system (theguardian.com)
Revolut has been tracking staff behaviour, granting or docking points on an internal “Karma” system that is feeding into the UK bank’s decisions on bonus payouts.
'Nobody has done this before': Britain's beloved steam trains trial technology (theguardian.com)
In-cab digital signalling was tested last week as part of a project to secure the future of main-line locomotives
A Map of British Dialects (2023) (starkeycomics.com)
This map took me a long time to make, and is very detailed, but will always be incomplete and inaccurate due to the nature of language.
The British sitcom that swept through the Balkans (2023) (samizdata.co)
If you were in Britain on Christmas Day in 1992, chances are you sat in front of the TV to watch an episode of one of the most-beloved series in the country, Only Fools and Horses.
Clean energy projects prioritised for grid connections (gov.uk)
So-called ‘zombie’ projects will no longer hold up the queue for connection to the electricity grid to prioritise businesses that will drive growth and deliver energy security.
UK founders grow frustrated over dearth of funding: 'problem is getting worse' (techcrunch.com)
According to Dealroom data cited by the Financial Times, British startups raised just £16.2 billion last year, far less than the more than £65 billion raised by their counterparts in Silicon Valley during the same period.
Revealed: Russia's secret war in UK waters (thetimes.com)
British Steel: Government aims to take control with emergency law (bbc.com)
Parliament will be recalled for a rare Saturday sitting to pass an emergency law aimed at saving British Steel's Scunthorpe plant from imminent closure.
Bitchute blocks UK due to Online Safety Act (bitchute.com)
Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found (theguardian.com)
Britain is “behind the curve” in tracking Russia’s deep-sea operations, an ex-minister has said, after spy sensors targeting Royal Navy submarines were found in waters around the UK.
Plan for subsea cable to send Canada's clean power to UK (thetimes.com)
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute? (chalmermagne.com)
The UK’s national AI institute is in crisis. Despite receiving a fresh £100 million funding settlement in 2024, the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) is gearing up for mass redundancies and to cut a quarter of its research projects. Staff are in open revolt.
How the Queen of England Beat Everyone to the Internet (wired.com)
Peter Kirstein is the man who put the Queen of England on the internet. In 1976.
Red Ensign (wikipedia.org)
The Red Ensign or Red Duster is the civil ensign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How I got 100% off my train travel (readbunce.com)
In 2023, I found a way to get 100% off my long-distance train travel between London and Carlisle. All because the trains were delayed.
The British Nationality Act as a Prolog Program (1986) [pdf] (ic.ac.uk)
Malaysia signs deal with UK chip giant Arm to bolster semiconductor ambitions (channelnewsasia.com)
British chip giant Arm Holdings signed an agreement with Malaysia on Wednesday (Mar 5) to bolster the Southeast Asian country's efforts to produce high-end semiconductors amid the US-China tech trade war.
UK GHG emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 (carbonbrief.org)
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.
Modern Baby: A pioneering computer from Manchester (thechipletter.substack.com)
Art Attack (wikipedia.org)
Art Attack is a British children's television programme revolving around art, originally hosted by Neil Buchanan on CITV from 1990 to 2007, and subsequently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior from 2012 to 2015.
Tesla Cybertruck Banned and Seized by Police in the U.K (forbes.com)
The iconic Cybertruck was finally launched in the U.S. in 2019—after sizable delays—and has since generated a cult following. The controversial supposedly “bullet-proof” vehicle with the radical, edgy design, however, has generated intense debate outside of America.
Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead (bbc.co.uk)
Giant trolley scales are being trialled at a Tesco store in Gateshead sparking a mixed reaction from shoppers.
Threat to UK Nuclear Deterrent (theguardian.com)
Something seismic has changed in the US-British relationship that will require the UK to look elsewhere for allies and accept that deals such as cooperation over the British nuclear deterrent are now in question, a former British ambassador to Washington has said.
Apple launches legal challenge to UK 'back door' order (ft.com)
Apple launches legal challenge to UK ‘back door’ order
How the U.K. broke its own economy (theatlantic.com)
With the best intentions, the United Kingdom engineered a housing and energy shortage.
Allies Assess What Intelligence They Can Still Share with Trump (foreignpolicy.com)
In handing U.S. President Donald Trump a personal invitation from King Charles III to enjoy all the pomp and circumstance that his country has to offer, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is plainly trying to salvage what many British politicians have fondly imagined is a special relationship with the United States. It’s a clever move, but it also smacks of a desperate rearguard action.
Brian May: "Nobody will be able to afford to make music" under UK AI copyright (nme.com)
Trump might not know he's forging a new relationship between Britain and the EU (theguardian.com)
It would be absurd to claim to see a silver lining behind every Donald Trump cloud. Those clouds are too many, too dark and too dangerous. All the same, viewed from a domestic political perspective, there is a clear emerging British upside to Trump’s efforts at crashing the post-cold war order. It might even get a boost from Thursday’s Washington visit by Keir Starmer.
US Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard will fight 'egregious' Apple back-door order (msn.com)
New U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has called a U.K. order that Apple break the encrypted storage it offers customers worldwide an “egregious” violation of American rights and said it could violate a law easing cooperation between the countries in investigations.