Image source, Getty Images Article information Labour’s remarkable victory provides a unique opportunity to revitalise and transform the British economy. The incoming Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister know this, and I am told that this is what they intend to achieve in office. Rachel Reeves told me she was looking for a … Read more
Corner down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing downwards. A nearby asteroid called Bennu, which poses no threat to Earth. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA via AP NASA ran a new tabletop simulation of the discovery of a large asteroid heading towards Earth. Experts feared that Congress would not appropriate funding for a … Read more
Function Microsoft President Brad Smith struck a conciliatory tone during a congressional hearing on Thursday over his IT giant’s repeated computer security failures — while also arguing that the Windows maker is above the rule of law, at least in China. He answered nearly three hours of questions from representatives of the U.S. House of … Read more
New findings from the Gaia Space Telescope indicate that the Milky Way cosmically cannibalized a small galaxy not so long ago. In fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another galaxy appears to have occurred billions years later than previously suspected. It has long been believed that the Milky Way grew through a … Read more
I remember it clearly: I was at EGX 2015 in Birmingham, and one match made my head turn like a doorknob. It wasn’t one of the blockbusters, or one of the games with a flashy mode, but a much smaller game on a few screens, nestled among many others. On that screen it looked like … Read more
Microsoft will soon allow companies and developers to build AI-powered copilots that can work as virtual workers and perform tasks automatically. Instead of Copilot sitting idly by waiting for queries, it will be able to do things like monitor email inboxes and automate a series of tasks or data entry that employees would normally have … Read more