Sir Keir Starmer and his Labor Party team are reveling in warm, cuddly sentiments about the European Union. While Starmer has ruled out returning to the customs union or EU single market, Labor says it will improve the UK’s relations with the EU by negotiating a veterinary agreement that would reduce border controls and seek… Read More »
Britain’s biggest ever benefits fraud scheme was uncovered after a lone Bulgarian police officer told British authorities that his city was suddenly flooded with cash and criminals were “living like barons”, The Telegraph has revealed. Five Bulgarian citizens admitted stealing more than £50 million from the taxpayer last month and appeared in court on the… Read More »
The most powerful solar storm in almost 20 years is expected to hit Earth on Friday night and the Northern Lights are likely to be visible from across the UK. Bursts of charged particles, resulting from a series of powerful explosions from the Sun’s surface, are traveling directly towards Earth at about 900 km per… Read More »
The UK’s approach to AI is too narrowly focused on AI safety and the threats it could pose rather than the benefits of the technology, meaning it could “miss out on the AI gold rush”, a House of Lords Committee has warned. The technology will produce era-defining changes comparable to the invention of the internet,… Read More »
Gabriel Attal says Britain’s departure from the EU is behind the imminent closure of the country’s last blast furnaces – Michel Euler/AP Brexit is killing British industry, the French prime minister claimed in parliament on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said that Britain’s departure from the EU was behind the closure of the “last blast furnaces” in… Read More »
The UK is “really insecure” against future pandemic threats, a leading academic has told MPs. Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, said he was concerned that not enough work had been done to investigate the different viruses and bacteria that pose a threat. Sir Andrew, whose team created the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19… Read More »
The Supreme Court ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot legally be called an inventor, securing patent rights. Britain’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that “the inventor must be a person” to apply for a patent under current law. The decision comes after technologist Dr Stephen Thaler took his long-running dispute with the Intellectual Property Office… Read More »
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — The United States is expanding high-tech military cooperation with Australia and the United Kingdom on everything from underwater drones to electronic warfare as part of a broader effort to counter China’s rapidly growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with defense chiefs from Australia and the United… Read More »