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Water shortage fears as Labour’s first AI growth zone sited next to new reservoir
Key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s action plan for AI
The UK government has unveiled a
to boost the country’s role in developing and deploying artificial intelligence. The 50 recommendations fromthe report
, written by the tech investor Matt Clifford, have been endorsed by Keir Starmer, who says the technology will drive “incredible …GSK to buy US cancer drug firm IDRx for up to $1.15bn
GSK has struck a deal worth up to $1.15bn (£950m) to acquire a Massachusetts-based developer of rare cancer therapies, in an attempt to bolster its expanding oncology business.
behind AstraZeneca, said the acquisition of IDRx, based in Plymouth near Boston, would help it …Stay on top of tech: five ways to take back control, from emails to AI
Monday briefing: What you need to know about Pierre Poilievre, the favourite to win Canada’s next election
Good morning. He is the abrasive leader who has taken his party from the conventional right to the populist flank. He paints a dark vision of a “broken” nation and promises to put his country first. He is fond of hurling insults at his political opponents, says he wants to …
Starwatch: Mars at its brightest, closest to Earth and in conjunction with moon
It’s all about Mars this week. The planet is at its closest approach to Earth for the next two years and will experience a close conjunction with the moon at the same time as drawing opposite to the sun in the sky.
Like a runner on the inside track, Earth …
Country diary: The northern lights have reached us, down in the valley | Susie White
It’s a calm, clear evening at last after two days of relentless wind and rain. When my son phones to tell me to look outside I’m hoping that I’ll see the northern lights. Piling on layers of warm clothes – the temperature is already dropping – I step out into …
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects.
Keir Starmer will launch a sweeping action plan to increase 20-fold the amount of AI computing power under public …
Why Starmer and Reeves are pinning their hopes on AI to drive growth in UK
Keir Starmer and the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, believes AI is a significant part of the answer.
The UK …
Court ruling on Belgium’s conduct in colonial Africa hailed as turning point
A historic court ruling that found Belgium guilty of crimes against humanity during its colonial rule of central Africa has been hailed as a turning point that could pave the way for compensation and other forms of justice.