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Opinion: Trusting an unverified AI agent is like handing your keys to a drunk graduate
AI agents are now being embedded across core business functions globally. Soon, these agents could be scheduling our lives, making key…
Susan Darwin
I focus on highlighting the latest in news and politics. With a passion for bringing fresh perspectives to the forefront, I aim to share stories that inspire progress, critical thinking, and informed discussions on today's most pressing issues.
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Unlocking enterprise agility in the API economy
Elsewhere, Coca-Cola integrated its global systems using APIs, enabling faster, lower-cost delivery and improved cross-functional…
News
Isle of Rum's Kinloch Castle on sale for offers over £750,000
A castle on a Hebridean island has gone back on the market after a previous potential sale collapsed in a row between a millionaire…
Business
Cracker Barrel stock rebounds after it ditches its new logo. It’s not the first brand to walk back a redesign
Cracker Barrel released a new logo earlier this month and, to put things lightly, it didn’t go over well. The restaurant chain lost nearly…
News
Spotify and the problem with our ‘everything app’ era
How many apps do you use to chat with other people? I don’t mean tweeting out into the ether. I mean actually interacting with a fellow…
News
The Download: introducing: the Security issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.…
Culture
Runway’s AI can edit reality. Hollywood is paying attention
AI tools are disrupting creative work of all kinds, and Runway AI is a pioneer in the space—making major waves in Hollywood through…
Business
Four ways to keep your energy bills down
Lucy Hooker Business reporter, BBC News Energy prices are going up again in October, by about £35 a year for a typical household. It is…
Business
Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform
Craig Williams BBC Scotland News Simpson says he has joined Reform to help get the SNP out of office Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has…
News
How large language models can reconstruct forbidden knowledge
In the late 1970s, a Princeton undergraduate named John Aristotle Phillips made headlines by designing an atomic bomb using only publicly…
Business
Yeremy Pino: Crystal Palace agree £26m deal in principle for Villarreal winger
Crystal Palace have agreed a deal in principle worth up to £26m with Villarreal for Spain winger Yeremy Pino. The 22-year-old is believed…
Business
This modern AC alternative is inspired by an ancient cooling technique
When the heat index in Delhi, India, reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit this summer, so many people cranked up their air-conditioning that it…
News
Bananas, champagne, and robots: Why automation still needs humans
Watching robots awkwardly flop around, cause robot body pile-ups on the soccer field, and accidentally lose their heads while taking part…
Business
Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI
A California couple is suing OpenAI over the death of their teenage son, alleging its chatbot, ChatGPT, encouraged him to take his own…
Business
No salary information in the job posting? Hard pass
I’ve been through so many of these calls that they’re more predictable than a Tyler Perry plot. They start with small talk about the…
News
Energy price cap: Typical annual household bill to rise by £35 in October
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent, BBC News Gas and electricity prices will rise by 2% for millions of households under the…
Business
Tayvis are engaged - what we learned, and how fans reacted
André Rhoden-Paul & Francesca Gillett BBC News Watch: "Please give me an invite" - Young Americans react to Taylor Swift's engagement…
News
Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Ukrainian forces have acknowledged that Russia's military has crossed into the eastern industrial region…
Business
Princess Diana 90s time capsule contains Kylie CD and pocket TV
A time capsule buried by Diana, Princess of Wales at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in 1991 has been opened, revealing a Kylie…
Culture
Fantasy football no longer belongs to the boys
Fantasy football draft season is here—and it’s no longer a boys’ club. Of the 62.5 million people playing fantasy sports in the U.S. and…
Culture
Kpop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix's most viewed film ever
The animated musical KPop Demon Hunters has climbed "up, up, up" Netflix's charts to become its most viewed movie ever, the streaming…
News
Gaza hospital attack: UN demands justice over Israeli double strike that killed 20
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News How the double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital unfolded The UN has said "there needs to be justice" following…
Business
SpaceX pulls off Starship rocket launch in stunning comeback
SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The…
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Watch: SpaceX Starship completes successful test flight
SpaceX has successfully launched its 10th test flight of the Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. The rocket, which in previous…