UN head backs new watchdog body for AI
UN SECRETARY-General Antonio Guterres is backing proposals for the creation of an international AI watchdog body.
The rapid advance of generative AI like ChatGPT —...
Troy Wiseman: Bamboo – A Sustainable Source of Fibre
Over the last ten years, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and REDD+ developments have proved that the price attributed to, and...
EESHA KHARE (Student): Young inventor changing the mobile world
MOBILE phone batteries last for a few hours and then slowly die. We all sigh a little, put them on charge, and wait a...
Madonna: Don’t Preach to the Material Girl
Over her career, the Queen of Pop Music racked up a staggering 300 million record sales. She may claim the title of all-time best-selling...
Carlos Rangel: On Savages, Revolutionaries, and Idiots
Driven by nostalgia for times that never were, victimised by foes that never existed, and waiting for an enlightened leader who never arrives: most...
Paul Allen – The Forgotten Man Of Microsoft
When two school friends set up their own software business, one of them didn’t expect it to become one of the most successful companies...
Europe: Bewildered and a Little Bewitched
Much of the focus of this winter’s World Economic Forum will fall upon Europe. For it is here where commentators expect the issues that...
Tannoy: At Home in Country Manors, Concert Halls, and Race Tracks
To tannoy – verb; to make an announcement, particularly at a public venue.
Tannoy – noun; public address system.
Whenever a brand becomes so ubiquitous that...
Slip into something ethical, like plastic-free workwear
ECO-FRIENDLY uniforms are the next step in the bid to cut plastic use.
The plastics issue is high on the global agenda. The UK introduced...
Book Review – Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone...
It remains somewhat of a mystery how Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne manages the UK government’s financial affairs. Presiding over a buoyant economy,...
