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Mid-23. Another day, another doomsday proclamation from those anti-AI. Well, perhaps more of the 'we must control it' variety. As if more regulation is ever the actual answer. Think recent banking crises, escaped viruses and the land grabs of oppressive regimes. Anyway. A group of medical professionals - if that's

"Declinism takes many forms – but let’s start with the most pernicious: failing to recognise what we’re great at doing." The sign-off from a London broadsheet tech columnist recently about Britain's world leading space capabilities. Ones which the populace, including policy makers, seem oblivious too. Stated as a crying

Much ado earlier in the year got sparked by NY clinical psychologist, Arianna Brandolini. She aimed to help people grasp the nettle when it comes to ending a friendship. Under the handle answeranxiety, her suggested script was seemingly put forward as an alternative to the oft-unsatisfactory letting things fade away

The world continues to be imperilled by the megalomaniacal looting warmonger squatting in the Kremlin. With the Springtime counter-offensive imminent, yesterday the UK freshly pledged 200-mile range cruise missiles. The longest yet at the invaded army's disposal. Gifted Ukraine as "a calibrated and proportionate response to Russia’s escalations ... [giving]

Heartbreaking. Chiefly due to those struggling to make ends meet ensnared by the lure of making life that little bit easier at the hand of ruthless criminals. But also because of how the bad name of such tactics can infect those of us trying to reach out in the commercial

I've noted the gravitational pull on Sales before. In 2022 & 2016 for instance. Now add to these leanings the discovery of an ultra-massive black hole. The researchers from Durham University found something so vast as to be almost incomprehensible; 33 billion times larger than our sun. The image up-top takes

Welcome to the hottest euphemism right now. Courtesy of Space X engineers. The title of this post being the term they use to describe a mission-ending explosion. They also initial-ise it. Forming the word, RUD. Footage of their flight today, the largest rocket ever launched, shows the moment in the

"Precision technology enables farmers to lower their input costs, increase their crop yields, and improve their productivity." Parag Garg, Chief Digital Product Officer, CNH Industrial I read this in a magazine earlier in the year. I instantly nodded, approvingly. Whatever its veracity - and it really ought have factual foundation

Having seldom tuned in down the years, I was nudged to view episode number 321 of South Park. As the above opening credits screenshot shows, the Worldwide Privacy Tour riffed on plenty of meme-ables. In this particular case here, The Magical Mystery Tour of The Beatles, 1967. To our main