The UK government is considering cracking down on VPNs under the Online Safety Act, including age-verified access.

That's a serious shift. VPNs are meant to protect privacy and security, not become another ID-gated tool.

This video explains what's being proposed and why it matters for digital freedom in the UK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-d2KtZRZg

#OnlineSafetyAct #VPN #Privacy #DigitalRights #UKTech #Surveillance #InternetFreedom

Uber & Lyft Team Up With Baidu for UK Robotaxi Trials

Uber and Lyft have partnered with Chinese tech giant Baidu to launch autonomous robotaxi trials in the UK in 2026, marking a major step toward driverless mobility in London and beyond.

#uber #lyft #baidu #robotaxi #autonomousvehicles #uktech #futureoftransport #selfdriv

Looks like the digital bouncers are getting serious! A porn operator in the UK just got slapped with a £1M fine for age verification failures, with a 72-hour deadline to fix it or face daily penalties. Even AI-generated fake IDs are getting spotted.

What's your take on the effectiveness of current age-check tech?
#Cybersecurity #UKTech #InternetSafety #Privacy #Compliance
https://www.engadget.com/general/uk-fines-porn-company-%C2%A31-million-for-weak-age-checks-130056578.html?src=rss

Every time a government discovers age checks, teenagers rediscover VPNs. The UK’s Online Safety Act pushed sites to introduce heavy-handed age verification, and the immediate effect was not obedience, but a stampede to VPN apps at the top of the charts. Now, officials are floating ideas to restrict VPNs for children, age-gate them, or pressure sites to block VPN traffic, all while insisting that a full ban is not on the table. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The irony is hard to miss: tools that protect journalists, employees, activists, and ordinary users are being reframed as loopholes rather than layers of safety. If you treat VPNs as the problem, you ignore why people are suddenly so eager to tunnel out of your system in the first place. Push too hard, and you do not get less circumvention; you get riskier circumvention, with kids flocking to shady free VPNs and other workarounds that leak far more data.

A policy that treats privacy tech as a nuisance just ends up weakening both privacy and safety. The smarter move is to design age verification that respects adults, protects children, and assumes that any blunt restriction will be tested by the most motivated users on the network, which usually means teenagers with a lot of time and curiosity. The VPN panic is only getting started, and it will be a revealing test of whether governments can balance safety with the right to a private, secure connection.

TL;DR

🧠 UK age checks under the Online Safety Act triggered a VPN boom
⚡ Officials are exploring VPN restrictions for children, not outright bans
🎓 Crude limits on VPNs risk driving users to less safe tools and shady free services
🔍 The real challenge is balancing age safety with the basic right to secure, private connections

https://www.theverge.com/tech/827435/uk-vpn-restrictions-ban-online-safety-act

#VPN #OnlineSafety #Privacy #UKtech #security #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity

Sky Live Ends: Sky will shut down its smart TV camera on Dec 4, 2025, refunding up to £290. Launched in 2023 for games, workouts, and video chats, it failed due to high cost and low demand. Sky now shifts focus to simpler, affordable tech on Glass and Stream.

#SkyLive #TechNews #Streaming #SmartTV #Innovation #UKTech #SkyGlass #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/sky-discontinue-sky-live-camera-refunds-290/

🇬🇧 UK leads G7 in VPN adoption, with 10.7M+ downloads in early 2025.

Privacy concerns and the Online Safety Act’s ID rules are fueling the rise.

🔗 https://www.technadu.com/uk-sees-rapid-growth-in-vpn-adoption-in-2025/612098/

#CyberSecurity #VPN #Privacy #UKTech #OnlineSafetyAct

UK Designates Apple and Google with ‘Strategic Market Status,’ Triggering New Rules for Mobile Ecosystems

#BigTech #Antitrust #Regulation #CMA #Apple #Google #UKTech #TechRegulation #DMCCAct #AppStore #Mobile #iOS #Android #CompetitionLaw

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/10/23/uk-designates-apple-and-google-with-strategic-market-status-triggering-new-rules-for-mobile-ecosystems-xcxwbn

UK regulators are eyeing changes that could force Google to offer more search engine options to Chrome users. Imagine a world where 'Google' isn't the default verb for 'search'! What search engine would you switch to first?

#TechNews #Google #Chrome #UKTech
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/new-ruling-could-change-how-google-operates-in-the-uk/#ftag=CAD590a51e