Category: Technology

Amazon is experiencing an unprecedented surge in profits, with a record-breaking $20 billion in Q4 2024, almost double the previous year’s figure. This financial windfall marks a pivotal moment in the company’s history, reflecting the success of its diversified business strategy and positioning Amazon as a dominant player in the emerging AI sector. CEO Andy […]

An international panel of medical experts have thrust Lucy Letby back into the spotlight. At a press conference convened by Letby’s legal team, the experts cast doubt over the former nurse’s conviction. Letby was given 15 whole-life sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. Speaking at the press conference in London, […]

Here’s how the story of the Taung Child is usually told: In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone quarry in South Africa. He painstakingly removed a fossil skull from this material. A year later, on 7 February 1925, he published his description of what […]

Purpose of the evaluations UK Research and Innovation has a responsibility to maximise value and outcomes from public money. The publication of three independent evaluations commissioned by Research England provides an in-depth evidence base to assess the effectiveness of past knowledge exchange (KE) funding and to inform future policy decisions. Two of these evaluations focus […]

In a remarkable feat of engineering and ingenuity, the U.S. Air Force has successfully combined parts from two damaged F-35A Lightning II jets, creating the world’s first fully operational “Franken-bird” fighter. The repair, which took nearly a year to complete, cost the Air Force a fraction of what a new F-35 would – just $6 […]

With the release of the new Chinese open-source AI model DeepSeek, there has been much speculation on the possible implications of the model – both in Israel and around the globe. “A chatbot owned by a Chinese entity – that’s a concern. We don’t know where the data is going or who’s looking at it,” […]

In a significant move, Australia has banned the Chinese-developed DeepSeek AI program from all government devices, citing “an unacceptable level of security risk.” The ban follows a comprehensive threat and risk analysis, which led to the Department of Home Affairs’ decision to remove DeepSeek’s products, applications, and web services from all Australian government systems and […]

Apple achieved an all-time high in revenue for its fiscal Q1 2025, reporting $124.3 billion—a 4% year-on-year growth. However, the tech giant faced a significant dip in China, its second-largest market, where sales fell by 11.1%, totaling $18.5 billion. This marks the largest decline in China sales since fiscal Q1 2024, when the company saw […]

Picture by Yuri A/Shutterstock One of the unfortunate legacies that my generation, gen X, has passed on to the millennials and gen Z, is the idea that therapy has no side effects. However, just like many other medical treatments, there can be negative effects. For example, in some cases psychotherapy can be linked with a […]

OVHcloud’s latest executive report reveals a growing trend towards multi-cloud environments, with 62% of large organisations already using multi-cloud solutions and an additional 18% in the process of transitioning. The report, based on insights from over 500 IT decision-makers in the UK, highlights the increasing adoption of multi-cloud strategies across industries. According to Matt Tebay […]