Allison Roche
@allyr.bsky.social
Londoner - Irish, American, English with travel, green and left inclinations.
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
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April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report
As president proposes new cuts, data shows 11 corporations collectively recorded nearly $500bn in profits since last cuts
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April 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves’ OBR figures show she has just put UK on a doomed anti growth spiral- managing UK decline at the expense of ordinary citizens affordability and livability - what the figures really mean is very scary www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Rachel Reeves’ figures in the Spring Statement don‘t stack up – and are very scary
Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement either doesn’t add up, or it reveals a deeply dangerous economic policy, and it may do both.
This is a long post and video - but stick with it. This one might be reall...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rachel Reeves’ OBR figures show she has just put UK on a doomed anti growth spiral- managing UK decline at the expense of ordinary citizens affordability and livability - what the figures really mean is very scary www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Spring budget - defence is the only idea for growth, it has the worst growth multiplier of any spending. Goldman Sachs said exactly the same about the EU defence spending increases too “The shift will have a positive but limited impact on GDP growth” www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
The Spring Statement – a rolling blog post
This blog post is going to be updated frequently during the course of Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement, the delivery of which should start at 12.30 today.
To get the latest comments made by me, refres...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Spring budget - defence is the only idea for growth, it has the worst growth multiplier of any spending. Goldman Sachs said exactly the same about the EU defence spending increases too “The shift will have a positive but limited impact on GDP growth” www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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Some thoughts about the government’s ambitious new plans for UK AI
January 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some thoughts about the government’s ambitious new plans for UK AI
Reposted by Allison Roche
Problem is Starmer’s insistence this is about ‘being in the side of industry’. Which means Big Tech. He wants to shift regulation from public and environmental safety to fixation on growth. The opposite of what we need if AI is to develop. 1/3 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Problem is Starmer’s insistence this is about ‘being in the side of industry’. Which means Big Tech. He wants to shift regulation from public and environmental safety to fixation on growth. The opposite of what we need if AI is to develop. 1/3 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"Starmer has instructed every member of his cabinet to make AI adoption a top priority." Never mind the problem or the need...
A Scott Bacula "oh boy!" moment if there was one. A push for rapid adoption of AI in public services needs tempering with so many caveats. I fear a tidal wave of tech-centric ideas that will overwhelm and drown out user-centred design voices. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Keir Starmer plans to ‘unleash’ technology with massive investment and deployment, despite public fears
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January 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"Starmer has instructed every member of his cabinet to make AI adoption a top priority." Never mind the problem or the need...
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Britain wants to become a global AI leader, building a domestic OpenAI rival
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview to the media while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United States on September 25, 2024. Leon…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview to the media while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United States on September 25, 2024. Leon…
Britain wants to become a global AI leader, building a domestic OpenAI rival
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview to the media while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United States on September 25, 2024. Leon Neal | Via Reuters LONDON — The United Kingdom is looking to build a home-grown challenger to OpenAI and dramatically increase the national computing infrastructure as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government sets its sights on becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence.
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January 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Britain wants to become a global AI leader, building a domestic OpenAI rival
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview to the media while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United States on September 25, 2024. Leon…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an interview to the media while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United States on September 25, 2024. Leon…
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UK PM Keir Starmer to announce new plans to transform the country into an ‘AI superpower’ siliconangle.com/2025/01/12/u...
UK PM Keir Starmer to announce new plans to transform the country into an 'AI superpower' - SiliconANGLE
UK PM Keir Starmer to announce new plans to transform the country into an 'AI superpower' - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
UK PM Keir Starmer to announce new plans to transform the country into an ‘AI superpower’ siliconangle.com/2025/01/12/u...
We walked Mt Tiede the other day #moonlandscapes
November 17, 2024 at 7:49 AM
We walked Mt Tiede the other day #moonlandscapes
