Silly games and the goodest boy

The UK buys a unicorn and kills it, panic! at the emergency alert, the media and tech morass continues – all that and dog Jesus, too

Welcome to the fourth issue of Techtris – a newsletter looking at what’s going on in the world of tech, regulation, and everything around it, and (more importantly) what it all means. I hope you’re enjoying the show so far – if you are, please do think about forwarding it to a friend or signing up for a paid subscription.

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A stupid game to play

Reality has a sense of timing that would get any decent fiction writer into trouble. Last week, the government launched the incredibly naffly-named “Unicorn Britain” initiative, to try to attract big tech talent to the UK. That very same week, the Competitions and Market Authority (CMA) brought out a report on the proposed $6…