(Illustration by Tracy Worrall) 10 min read4 hr Can the Liberal Democrats break through in big cities again? Noah Vickers reports on the party’s bid to sharpen its ‘national brand’ Ed Davey was triumphant on May 8 as the results of the local elections in England rolled in. “We’re on for
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. JORGE GARAY: AI BioDesign seeks to explore possible molecules and biological functions that have never existed in nature. Are there any particular risks involved in venturing into this uncharted territory? How can scientists anticipate those risks and what steps can they take to minimize them before
Taking a GLP-1 drug has changed my relationship with food. I still like to eat, but get full quickly and have to plan meals much more carefully. It’s not that you’re not hungry. It’s that if you order what you used to eat, there will be plenty of leftovers. When it comes to snacks, I
Researchers created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient’s preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier for clinicians to precisely pilot minimally invasive surgical tools, leading to faster and safer procedures. Clinicians perform many minimally invasive surgeries using real-time X-rays to help them steer
2 min read15 September Exclusive: British officials were hauled into a meeting at the US embassy on Monday and dressed down over the Online Safety Act, along with their plans to ban under-16s from social media and prioritise public broadcasters’ prominence online. According to sources familiar with the discussions, representatives from the Department
Andrea Egan addressing an anti-racism rally in March 2023. Then president of Unison, she has since become general secretary (Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News) 3 min read1 hr Exclusive: Unison general secretary Andrea Egan has accused Shabana Mahmood of putting up a “wall of silence” by refusing to meet with the union
A proposed overhaul of UK settlement rules would double the wait for permanent residence, and it reaches back to sponsored engineers already here. For AI employers, it is quietly becoming a retention problem. By Sunny Sandhu, Senior Immigration Associate, AY&J Solicitors For years, the offer that brought skilled engineers to Britain was straightforward: work here
I have covered two bankruptcy stories before. Not from the usual angle of what happened and why; for each, I dug deeper into who could win from the wreckage. The Magellan Aerospace story led me to Howmet. The IKEA store closures pointed me to Target. This week’s Chapter 11 filing from Focus Factor maker Synergy
Insider Brief Fortaegis raised $50 million to commercialize chip-based security technology for AI infrastructure, autonomous systems and connected machines. Its architecture uses the unique physical properties of silicon chips to generate changing encryption keys and verify identities across networks. The funding will support commercial production, FPGA deployments and development of application-specific chips in the U.S.,
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