Andy Burnham has set out his vision for “good growth in every postcode”. It may seem like levelling up 2.0 – and if so, that’s very good news for the country. Because, unlike his Labour and Conservative predecessors, Burnham may well have a far better sense of how to deliver it. Boris Johnson lifted the…
Is any acting gig more contested than James Bond? Each week seems to bring a din of audition speculation so loud that it must be exhausting for the Elordis, Cavills and Dickinsons who are at the centre of it all. But when one of them does finally bag the role, perhaps they should seek the…
Stephan Lewandowsky, a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol in Britain, wrote by email: My research has shown that A.I. can be used to tailor political messages to people with different personalities, and that tailored messages have a slight persuasive edge over untailored messages. So on that basis alone I think A.I. will be…
Brightening clouds. Refreezing the Arctic. Floating a giant parasol in outer space. To the ranks of out-there ideas for countering climate change, two Dutch scientists have added this: building a 50-mile-long dam across the Bering Strait, the shallow waterway that separates Russia and Alaska. In a study published on Friday in the journal Science Advances,…
It is this time of year that I add a new smart speaker to my home collection. This year it was the turn of my son, who wants to be able to play music in his room. I took advantage of a Black Friday offer, but part of me is wishing I had held out…
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Firefox 139 has added an AI-powered link preview featureThis summarizes web pages without you needing to click a linkLike all AI generation, it needs time to think – which can be a pain With artificial intelligence (AI) all the rage these days, it’s not uncommon to find your favorite web browser has added a bunch…
