This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.

The levy on foreign students is an export tax. Has anyone in government wondered why countries don't usually impose export taxes?

After more than four years of development and multiple delays, the British government on Wednesday introduced its landmark Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to Parliament, threatening large fines for companies that fail to protect themselves from cyberattacks. Here's what you need to know ⤵️

E que tal se os candidatos disserem aquilo em que acreditam e deixarem os eleitores decidirem quem preferem? Parece ingénuo mas nos dias que correm talvez não seja assim tanto…

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Meta annually earns $16 billion (with a "b") on ads built to defraud people. It's so bad that Meta itself admits that its advertising tools and platforms have made it a pillar of the global scam economy. Reporting by Reuters. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Cyber-attacks rise by 50% in past year, UK security agency says

My chapter with @abarrinha.bsky.social on "Cyber Diplomacy in International Relations" is now out in The Palgrave Handbook on Cyber Diplomacy. Chapter: lnkd.in/g3Kz5x88 Book: lnkd.in/gQnJKiVK

A cyberattack disrupted operations at several major European airports today, including Brussels Airport and London’s Heathrow, causing flight delays and cancellations.

A gigante tecnológica foi acusada de favorecer os seus produtos na publicidade online.

#Portugal 🇵🇹 are the #UEFA #NationsLeague champions, six years since they won the inaugural tournament.

Universities face over £1bn in funding cuts due to policies introduced by the Labour government, the sector has warned Universities UK's Vivienne Stern said that rather than alleviate financial pressures facing HE, recent decisions have made them "a bit worse" reports @matildamartin.bsky.social

"As televisões privadas deram mais do dobro das entrevistas a Ventura, quando comparadas com o líder da oposição, que tinha quase o triplo dos votos e seis vezes mais deputados." Newsletter de Bárbara Reis

It’s great to see @safc.com back in the EPL. But what trophy were they lifting exactly?

It’s tariff day today it seems…

This is next level www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

Parece-me urgente rever a distribuição dos círculos eleitorais. Precisamos de menos, mas com um número mais equilibrado de deputados. Tendo em conta que ainda estão por contar os votos dos emigrantes, eu diria que vamos ultrapassar os 10% de votos para o lixo… www.publico.pt/2025/05/21/p...

O mesmo problema existe fora de Lisboa. A nossa dependência do carro é tão grande e cultivada desde tão cedo, que nem percebemos que outras realidades (mais saudáveis e económicas) são possíveis…

“Now, everyone in Europe can see the risks of relying on U.S. tech.” Read @himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on how Silicon Valley’s efforts to cater to the Trump administration could undermine Big Tech’s business model across much of the world:

It will be interesting the impact this will have on international admissions in US universities next year, but then again, this may well be part of the plan…

The ‘review of Nimitz Library’s holdings has identified 900 books that may run afoul of the defense secretary’s verbal order. According to a second defense official, they include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson.’

Is this April Fools’ Day in Brussels already? www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...

Turkey is not Russia. Erdoğan may end up creating a crisis where it didn’t exist…

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/dE5ukWH

Slightly concerning… on.ft.com/41gRYIP Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds

"Musk will reinvent the US government in the way that the hyperloop reinvented trains, that the Boring company reinvented subways, that Juicero reinvented squeezing. Which is to say he will...offer no solutions beyond those that consolidate his own power and wealth." www.wired.com/story/the-us...

Snooper's Charter realized. "The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies." Huge story from @joemenn.bsky.social

Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Multiple lessons here, including for Europe…

It’s hard to understand if the renovation works at #Eurostar channel terminal in Brussels Midi have now finished or if they decided to stop them halfway through. Not much (if anything) has changed in the last year and in general the terminal is now worse than it was before the works began…

The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on January 19. The decision marks the end of TikTok’s months-long legal fight against a law that essentially forces the ByteDance-owned app to shut down unless it divests its US operations. Read more: tcrn.ch/3PFRrK4

📯 New @rusi.bsky.social event 📯 We're hosting @maxwsmeets.bsky.social to discuss his new book on ransomware. He'll be joined by James Babbage, the Director General for Threats at the NCA and the first Commander of the National Cyber Force. 1730-1900, 6 February my.rusi.org/events/the-r...

A full-on start of the year for our @rusi.bsky.social cyber team! Check out our latest series of explainers on cyber statecraft in an era of systemic competition. This first one w @abarrinha.bsky.social unpacks the concept. Check it out! 👇🏻 More our project here: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

📺Exerting influence in cyberspace means states must embrace cyber statecraft. But what is 'cyber statecraft'? And why do we need another cyber-related concept? @abarrinha.bsky.social (@uniofbath.bsky.social), explains below - full video on our website: bit.ly/4fKpCLe

Politicians from the mainstream need to understand that business as usual is over; either they are ready for real change or they will be supplanted by those on the fringes

Spot on

These experiences are the biggest reason why I do not want an American model of health care in Canada. And everyone pretending they have the means or wherewithal to survive that type of system are deluding themselves.

Russia delivers historic life sentence to suspected founder of darknet marketplace therecord.media/hyrda-darkne...

Interesting project…

Verdadeiramente incrível a velocidade a que o BlueSky está a crescer entre os utilizadores portugueses. O que demorou anos no outro lado, aqui parece ser agora uma questão de meses, senão até de semanas. Interessante de ver que impacto esta migração terá para a política nacional…

Russian spies—likely Russia's GRU intelligence agency—used a new trick to hack a victim in Washington, DC: They remotely infected another network in a building across the street, hijacked a laptop there, then breached the target organization via its Wifi. www.wired.com/story/russia...

📯 New @rusi.bsky.social cyber event 📯 On 5 December at The Science Gallery, we're going to be reflecting on the last 10 years of cyber attribution. More info here: my.rusi.org/events/10-ye... Feat. @shashj.bsky.social @ciaranm.bsky.social, Sandra Joyce of Google, and Samantha Seller of FCDO.

Important conclusions from the #European Council on the application of International Law to cyberspace www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... w/ thanks to Louise M Hurel for sharing it

With so many friends and colleagues migrating to this platform in the last few weeks, I feel like a kid adding new stickers to a panini collection

European digital rights group say the future of online privacy is on a knife edge

New article with Rebbeca Turner on strategic narratives in #cyberdiplomacy www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Europe going all over the place on this one. 8 in favour 15 abstentions 4 against. Devastating.

Next month, if you’re in Bath (and why wouldn’t you?) come along to BRLSI to hear us discuss all things #cyberdiplomacy www.bath.ac.uk/events/cyber...

Applications currently open at UoB for potential Leverhulme EC Fellowship candidates. Let me know if you have plans to apply on issues related to #cyberspace politics/diplomacy/security and would consider moving to 1 of the nicest cities in the UK... www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...