August 2025 - Netscape Nation

Tech Brief 4 August 2025 features an 8-bit pixel art image showcasing a digital landscape with symbols like a padlock and speech bubble, backgrounded by a pixelated arcade machine and old computer.

Tech Brief 4 August 2025: Free Speech, AI Policy, Retro Gaming

4 August 2025 Sophie Calder 0

Tech Brief 4 August 2025 exposes the tension between online safety and free speech with a focus on the UK’s Online Safety Act, highlighting arguments from various stakeholders.

Clockwork Radio in a rustic shed showing a cluttered workbench with mechanical parts and a half-assembled radio, rain visible through a window in the background.

Clockwork Radio – Wind-Up Wonder: The Radio That Outran the Batteries

3 August 2025 Nathan Clarke 0

Explore the inspiring journey of Trevor Baylis, the inventor of the clockwork radio, which began as a simple hack in a shed and transformed into a global phenomenon, revolutionizing communication technologies across remote areas.

Tech Brief 3 August 2025 shows a pixel art cityscape with an underground pipeline installation, a busy, intact city street above, a computer screen with YouTube, and a CCTV camera, reflecting diverse technology impacts.

Tech Brief 3 August 2025: Pipebursting, Streaming, Surveillance

3 August 2025 Sophie Calder 0

Tech Brief 3 August 2025 covers the resurgence of pipebursting technology in UK infrastructure, offering a seamless method for replacing outdated water mains, thus reducing urban traffic and construction disturbances significantly.

Tech Brief 2 August 2025 depicted in retro 8-bit pixel art showing a balance scale with 'Laws' and 'Free Speech', accompanied by a computer and a gavel symbolising digital governance.

Tech Brief 2 August 2025: Online Safety, Gaming Platforms, Government AI

2 August 2025 Sophie Calder 1

Tech Brief 2 August 2025 delves into digital governance, exploring the precarious balance between regulation and free speech in the realms of online platforms and AI.

Tech Brief 01 August 2025 depicted in an 8-bit style with a CCTV camera symbolising surveillance in present-day London, with iconic landmarks like the London Eye in the backdrop.

Tech Brief 1 August 2025: Surveillance, Encryption, Cloud

1 August 2025 Sophie Calder 1

Tech Brief 1 August 2025 examines the increased use of facial recognition by the Metropolitan Police in London, highlighting the tension between public security and individual privacy and how it echoes past digital rights debates.