Volkswagen board approves plan to cut another 50,000 jobs
German automotive conglomerate Volkswagen has given formal board approval to eliminate an additional 50,000 positions across its global operations, pushing
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AI tools that take notes for GPs could miss vital information, study suggests
General practitioners across Britain are increasingly relying on speech-to-text software that listens to consultations and transcribes them into written
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AI data centres are booming in Australia – but at what cost?
In the quiet streets of Lane Cove, a leafy suburb on Sydney's lower north-shore, residents are learning to live beside a sound…
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How Gloria Steinem changed the lives of generations of women
For nearly seven decades, a woman with aviator sunglasses perched on her nose and long, blonde-streaked hair became the unmistakable visual signature…
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‘Gromit was nearly a cat!’: Secrets from 50 years of Aardman
In 1976, two school friends in Bristol decided to make films out of plasticine. Fifty years later, that impromptu pastime had grown…
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Weekly quiz: What has been named TikTok’s song of the summer in the UK?
The past seven days delivered a peculiar cocktail of political milestones, continental geopolitical shifts, and celebrity business turning points that would
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From cake to pizza: How to get the best birthday freebies (and why there’s a catch)
Every year, the same ritual unfolds: a notification pings your phone, an email lands in your inbox, and suddenly your date of…
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Trump hints US would not back UK over Falkland Islands due to lack of Iran war support
Trump hints US would not back Britain in a renewed Falklands confrontation, Donald Trump told GB News, explicitly tying Washington's military guarantee…
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‘I lost my savings after a job interview scam’
A wave of sophisticated recruitment fraud is sweeping through online job platforms, leaving candidates financially devastated within hours of what they
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Could robots be the future of theme parks?
Theme parks have always chased the next sensory frontier. From the painted backdrops of nineteenth-century amusement grounds to the motion-simulated coasters
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