Category: Business

The projection is below the 2.5 per cent threshold widely viewed as signalling a global recession. It also represents a significant deceleration compared to average annual growth rates prior to the COVID-19 pandemic when global growth was already subdued. Threats and volatility The report cited mounting threats including trade policy shocks, financial volatility and a […]

Governments around the world have addressed the challenge of increasing life expectancy and declining birth rates by raising the pension age. The UK is no exception. The challenge this creates for governments is the thorny dual issue of rising care costs for the ageing population while fewer taxpayers support the economy. Between the 1940s and […]

Lufthansa Innovation Hub and Munich Airport Terminal 2 are partnering on joint initiatives to drive innovation. Pictured are Matthias Langbehn, Managing Director, Terminal 2 Company and Dr Stefan Nothelfer, Senior Director, Head of Corporate Venturing & Strategic Growth, Lufthansa Innovation Hub, signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Lufthansa Innovation Hub, the Berlin-based innovation centre of […]

The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officers—and has decided not to retain the technology. Axon touts this technology as “force multiplying,” claiming it cuts in half the amount of time officers usually […]

For many people in the UK work is changing: how we work, what we do and where we do it. The change is faster for some than it is for others – and it’s not always changing for the better. A new national survey — organised and managed by my colleagues and I — paints […]

Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement risks contained within the draft Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill). Clause 80 of the DUA Bill weakens the safeguards for solely automated […]

The US has decided – again – to upend the global trading system. With the latest raft of tariffs just beginning to kick in, and after a week in which markets worldwide fell precipitously, the Trump administration announced that it would be suspending high tariffs on nearly 60 countries for 90 days. The announcement is […]

In a rare emergency session, the UK government has assumed effective control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant—Britain’s last facility capable of producing steel from scratch—amid rising concerns over national security, economic stability, and industrial self-reliance. On April 12, Parliament passed the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025, empowering Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to direct operations […]

Global copper demand is projected to surge by 70%, exceeding 50 million tons annually by 2050. This escalation is primarily driven by the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of data centers, and the global shift towards clean energy technologies. Key Drivers of Copper Demand Projected Demand and Supply Challenges BHP projects global copper demand […]

When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards shorter certificate life times. Beforehand, certificate authorities normally issued certificate lifetimes lasting a year or more. With 4.0, Certbot is now supporting Let’s Encrypt’s new capability for six […]