Silicon Roundabout

Kernel founder Milo Yiannopoulos was interviewed by Tech City Insider for its upcoming guide to the 100 people shaping Shoreditch's digital industry. More »

The nationalisation of Britain's start-up economy will be accelerated by plans for an entirely unnecessary £50 million redevelopment of the Old Street roundabout, writes Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

The appointment of Joanna Shields as chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation is a shot in the arm for the quango's flagging reputation. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos has come to a startling realisation. The only way to effect change in the Tech City Investment Organisation is for a strong woman from the private sector to shake up the old boys' network. More »

The Telegraph's Damian Thompson has issued a staggering rebuke to the Government's tech start-up strategy in east London. We only wish we had his heavenly turn of phrase. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos thinks that wannabe start-up founders in east London should concentrate on building world-beating products instead of waiting for hand-outs from corporates and the Government. More »

Eric van der Kleij, the Government's east London tech tsar responsible for overseeing millions of pounds' worth of taxpayers' money, has had to take out an Individual Voluntary Arrangement to rescue himself from personal bankruptcy, The Kernel can reveal. More »

Olympic embargos on building work are having a serious effect on east London's technology start-ups, writes Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

In a brave admission, the Prime Minister's "Ambassador" to Tech City, Ben Hammersley, last week admitted that UKTI's bluster about east London is unlikely to have any economic impact. Here's how the quango's impending Götterdämmerung will play out. More »

More impressive news from the quango that brought you 'Silicon Drinkabout to be bigger than God by next Tuesday'. More »

With a heavy sense of regret, Milo Yiannopoulos explains how you can tell that the Silicon Roundabout hype bubble has burst. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos wonders if the Tech City Investment Organisation's days are numbered now that tougher questions are being asked about its performance. More »

David Blumenstein thinks the Government should stop over-hyping Tech City and let east London get on with growing organically, lest there be unfortunate consequences to the excessive attention and pressure placed on entrepreneurs. More »

If the Government is serious about helping British technology start-ups, it will cut its losses with the Tech City Investment Organisation and go back to the drawing board, writes entrepreneur Jack Lenox. More »

David Cameron has revealed that he considers the M4 corridor the UK's Silicon Valley, in a statement that will come as a disappointment to civil servants in east London furiously promoting Old Street as Europe's pre-eminent tech hub. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos sounds an ominous warning about the future of the Tech City Investment Organisation, and wonders why more journalists aren't applying their usual rigorous standards when covering the quango's activities. More »

Celebrated start-up fanatic Ben Hammersley, recently appointed the Prime Minister's "Ambassador" to Tech City, takes a break from his Christmas celebrations to share what he was doing in December, exclusively for The Kernel. The first in a series. More »

Milo Yiannopoulos wonders why Mike Butcher is nailed to the mast of a sinking ship. TechCrunch's European editor, like the US staff who have already departed, has outgrown the ailing AOL property. More »

The Kernel's social diarist, Stu Bradley, introduces himself. He'll be taking a cynical, outsider's view of the events and parties in east London. More »