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The UK Government’s New App Explained

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In this video, we’re going to take a look at the government's new app, how it fits into this wider strategy, and what the future of government might look like.

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Apple redefines reality (again) at WWDC25…

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Apple Intelligence was nowhere to be seen at WWDC 2025 but Apple did ship some updates that could make a difference to developers. Here's everything you need to know about Apple's WWDC25.

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Why Thames Water's Nationalisation is (probably) Inevitable

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In this video, we’re going to have a look at Thames Water: how they got into the mess they’re in, and whether nationalisation is now the most likely outcome.

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SOURCES

The Guardian on What Happens if Thames Water is Temporarily Renationalised
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/30/what-would-happen-if-thames-water-is-temporarily-renationalised

The Financial Times on Thames Waters’ Creditor Demands
https://www.ft.com/content/1e05a7ff-391d-44f4-96d6-800cba2d2e8c

The Guardian on What Now for Thames Water
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/04/a-race-against-time-what-now-for-thames-water-after-rescue-deal-collapses

Reuters on How Thames Water Got to the Brink
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/thames-water-how-did-it-get-brink-2024-03-28/

iNews on How Water was Privatised
https://inews.co.uk/news/business/water-privatised-when-who-responsible-privatisation-why-government-explained-2442178

BBC News on Why Thames Water is in So Much Trouble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgleg70r7rno

The Government on Benefits of Privatisation
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-for-water-our-integrated-plan-for-delivering-clean-and-plentiful-water/plan-for-water-our-integrated-plan-for-delivering-clean-and-plentiful-water

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Is This the Beginning of the End for Starmer?

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In this video, we’re going to briefly explain the PIP vote this week, how it weakened Starmer, and ultimately, whether this could be the end for the embattled PM.

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SOURCES

The Big Issue, PIP Explained
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/labour-benefits-bill-pip-cuts-explained/

BBC News, What Happened in the Commons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czry6gv80mjo

The Guardian, How the Welfare Bill Soured Starmer’s Relationship with Rebel MPs
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/29/they-didnt-think-wed-have-the-guts-how-labour-rebels-forced-the-governments-welfare-u-turn

The Telegraph, History Suggests the Rebellion Will Get Worse
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/07/01/welfare-bill-labour-rebellion-keir-starmer-disability-pip/

That time Google Cloud Platform bricked the Internet…

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Last week, Google Cloud Platform managed to take down a large chunk of the internet by pushing some bad code into production. In today's video, we'll find out exactly what happened from a software engineering perspective.

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