£89 million of funding has been awarded to 20 net zero tech projects including hydrogen-powered offroad vehicles, a new lithium scale-up plant, and revolutionary new EV battery systems, reinforcing the UK as a world leader in zero emissions vehicle technology.

The UK will play a crucial role in a landmark mission to trace patterns in the light from space, looking back almost to the Big Bang, bringing us closer to understanding the nature of our Universe and how it began.

Edinburgh is poised to host a next-generation compute system amongst the fastest in the world, with the potential to revolutionise breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, medicine, and clean low-carbon energy.

The UK Space Agency has announced up to £65 million of funding for ground-breaking innovations that could boost UK leadership in space technologies and applications.

The Deputy Prime Minister warns that global regulations are falling behind current advances in emerging technologies, such as AI, as he takes to the world stage at the UN General Assembly in New York.

In a recent speech, the PM announced some revised plans to make the UK net zero by 2050 and pledged a ‘fairer’ path to ease the financial burden on British families.

The UK will set out an ambitious vision for how the enormous potential of AI technology can be harnessed to speed up development in the world’s poorest nations at UNGA today.

Leading names from national security to computer science will advise the UK Government on the risks and opportunities from AI as the Frontier AI Taskforce gathers momentum and appoints a team of experts to accelerate efforts.

UK scientists will have access to the world’s largest research collaboration programme, Horizon Europe, as the Prime Minister secures a bespoke deal with improved financial terms for the UK’s participation.

The first ever UK Pavilion at Semicon Taiwan demonstrates UK strength in design & IP, compound semiconductors, and a world-leading research & innovation system.

The projects include rapid-charging motorcycles and self-driving cars, cementing the UK as the best location in the world to manufacture.

The UK government has set out its ambitions for the AI Safety Summit which will take place on the 1st and 2nd November at Bletchley Park.

Led by Professor Julia Sutcliffe, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the first ever UK Semiconductors business delegation consisting of 19 high-growth, innovate British businesses will be visiting Taiwan and showcasing the UK’s capability across the semiconductor sector with an UK Pavilion at the 2023 SEMICON Taiwan.

International governments, leading AI companies, and experts in research will unite for crucial talks in November on the safe development and use of frontier AI technology, as the UK Government announces Bletchley Park as the location for the UK summit. 

The UK Government has announced it will be spending £100m to accelerate its positioning within the global race to produce computer chips that will be used to power artificial intelligence (AI).

As the first major global AI safety summit approaches, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is yet to provide crucial details such as an exact date and invitee lists, as officials from four counties around the world urge the UK to speed up the planning process, according to spokespeople from Politico.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to transform the way industries cut their carbon emissions thanks to a multi-million-pound government investment.

Experts working at semiconductor titans such as Arm, IQE and PragmatIC will meet with Technology Minister Paul Scully (Thursday 3rd August) at Imperial College London, as part of the first meeting of the Semiconductor Advisory Panel.  

The Department for Business and Trade has announced an indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for UK businesses.

A European mission to explore how gravity, dark energy and dark matter has shaped the universe has launched following £37 million UK Space Agency funding.