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Why the much-feared crunch in oil markets has yet to arrive
Still-ample stocks and some more reactive producers and consumers look to have left the world better equipped to cope with disruption
Wes Streeting left the NHS high and dry. No party seems to care
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Forget left vs right: the battle we now face is between truth and lies
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Better Sex, Better Hair, Better Sleep: ‘Humanmaxxing’ Is Here
The biotech billionaire who wants to rebuild your body and blow your mind.
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Financial Times
EU countries weigh ‘tearing apart’ bloc’s diplomatic service
Chief diplomat Kaja Kallas and her EEAS are in capitals’ crosshairs over leadership and co-ordination issues
Financial Times
How SpaceX could pull millions of savers into Musk’s orbit
The world’s richest man is shooting for Mars. Ordinary people are coming along for the ride
Financial Times
We will need a new tax code for the wealth AI creates
The question isn’t whether mass underemployment arrives but whether we have a policy framework ready when it does
Financial Times
A shorter third runway at Heathrow is better than none
The UK airport and its airlines should stop fighting and compromise on expansion
BBC News
Who is your local World Cup hero? Try our postcode lookup to find out
Which World Cup stars have roots near you? Find out with our interactive lookup tool
BBC News
Met Police calls on tech firms to make stolen phones unusable
Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary to introduce legislation forcing companies to publish data on stolen devices.
BBC News
Olivia Rodrigo on heartbreak and choosing her wedding song
The pop star discusses the difficulty of writing happy songs, and her Glastonbury anxiety attack.
BBC News
Facing a seismic by-election, the people of Makerfield tell us what matters to them
In conversations with residents, business owners and campaigners in Makerfield, the BBC found a mixed mood.
BBC News
Nearly 3,000 patients a day face corridor care in NHS
New data reveals sheer scale of patients in England being treated in unsafe and undignified make-shift areas.
The Economist
Donald Trump’s least bad option in Iran
The Economist
British politicians are racing to the hard right
NYT Europe
With Inflation Bearing Down, Europe Is Facing Higher Interest Rates
The European Central Bank is set to raise rates, the first such move since September 2023, as energy disruptions caused by the...
NYT Europe
The War in Ukraine Has Now Gone On Longer Than World War I
Parallels between the two wars abound, from the grinding nature of the fighting to the way new technologies reshaped warfare.
The Telegraph
Tuchel proves Bellingham and Rogers can play together
Tuchel proves Bellingham and Rogers can play together
The Telegraph
Yaba, the ‘crazy pill’ pushing thousands into addiction
Once used legally by long haul truck drivers in Thailand, the drug is now wreaking havoc with lives in Bangladesh
Wales
BBC Wales
Farmer had triple bypass before winning Britain's Got Talent as he urges others to see a GP
Hugh Thomas, 75, says farmers are "not keen" on going to the doctors and some leave it "too late".
BBC Wales
Bride who went ahead with wedding after being left at altar gets engaged
Rather than cancel the £12,000 big day, Kayley went ahead with it, posting videos and photos online.
BBC Wales
Welsh church in village home to legendary hound voted 'best place on Earth' by Reddit users
St Mary's Church in Beddgelert was the last place standing in a challenge that started with a world map.
BBC Wales
Ban on overnight parking in national park paused after 'anti-social behaviour got worse'
Eryri National Park Authority has restricted overnight parking at car parks since 1 April.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
Wolves sack Edwards after seven months
Wolves sack head coach Rob Edwards just seven months after appointing him.
BBC Sport · Basketball
Spurs the dumbest basketball team in history of civilisation - Barkley
NBA legend Charles Barkley brands the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the...
BBC Sport · Athletics
Tharp breaks 110m hurdles world record at US college championships
Ja'Kobe Tharp breaks the 110m hurdles world record during heats at the American college championships on Wednesday.
BBC Sport · American Football
Mahomes to become NFL's first $500m player
Patrick Mahomes is called a "generational talent and elite human being" by Kansas City Chiefs boss Clark Hunt.
The Race
Ford's dream plan to race with Verstappen - and Ricciardo
Ford wants to bring Max Verstappen into its sportscar programme and has teased Daniel Ricciardo could be tempted to compete in...
The Race · F1
Where Cadillac might already be F1's best
Being in the top 10 in Monaco (before a penalty took it away) was a big achievement for Cadillac - but it ticked off another...
The Race
The figures that show how ludicrous Red Bull benchmark status is
Have Red Bull's rivals gamed the system to get an advantage? What would the competitive order look like based on F1's catch-up...
The Race · F1
F1's 2027 engine rule compromise revealed
Formula 1 will introduce a two-step regulation change across 2027 and 2028 to reduce the role of electrical power in F1 engines
Formula 1 Official
The drivers with the most starts for Williams
Alex Albon will become Williams’ leading all-time Grand Prix starter when he climbs into his FW48 at the Barcelona-Catalunya...
Formula 1 Official
Which rookies are getting FP1 outings in Barcelona?
A number of drivers will be sitting out of Free Practice 1 at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix to allow junior, test and...
ESPN Cricinfo
Women's T20 Asia Cup: Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and UAE qualify
The four teams won their respective quarter-finals at the ACC Women's Premier Cup to make the cut for the continental tournament
ESPN Cricinfo
India-born Nikhil Chaudhary called into Australia T20 squad
Former Punjab allrounder Chaudhary replaces Travis Head for Bangladesh T20Is after three excellent seasons with Hurricanes in the BBL
Science
New Scientist
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds
Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution,...
New Scientist
Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…
Feedback is alarmed by a study that explored how funny people think they are, and that discovered certain traits in those who...
New Scientist
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully...
New Scientist
Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording
Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatened by predators, but footage from Białowieża...
Technology
The Verge
Ryanair is under investigation over charging parents to sit with their kids
European economy airline Ryanair is under investigation in the UK for charging parents mandatory fees to sit with their...
The Verge
Deezer launches an AI music detector for other streaming services
Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big...
The Verge
Bluesky is getting ‘communities’
Bluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people...
The Verge
Framework delays its first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is delayed. The new 13-inch Framework flagship was set to launch in June, but shipments from the...
Techcrunch
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
The decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
Techcrunch
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
If you doubted his genius, doubt no more.
Techcrunch
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days...
Techcrunch
Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and...
Wired
I Was Scammed Buying GLP-1s Online. I’m Not Alone
Customers have complained that a telehealth network selling compounded GLP-1s has been ripping them off—even after it had to...
Wired
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Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones
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AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere
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Macaroni – a single HTML file messenger
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Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable
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Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles
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Computer science
Restless bandits with imperfect binary feedback: PCL-indexability analysis and computation
Computer science
Approximation Properties of Evolutionary Dynamics in Continuous-Time Finite State Space Games
Congenital Heart Block