The race for AI-powered search engines is a long war and ChatGPT could easily lose February 15, 2023 Will ChatGPT mean the end of Google searches as we know them? As tech giants compete to get their version of the AI tool in pole position, all is not lost for Google, writes Paul Ormerod
Sunak should go vegan for a month so he can fix Britain’s agriculture industry February 15, 2023 Gen V wants Rishi Sunak to go vegan. He should, but only to understand what our food system needs - with sustainable farming and lab-made meat as great alternatives to an army of vegans, writes Sascha O'Sullivan
Valentine’s Day isn’t a cause for celebration if you’ve been catfished by a fraudster February 15, 2023 Valentine's Day might be the day of love, but the picture is not that rosy for everyone. Victims of romance fraud still get victim-blamed by the authorities, and it's unfair, writes Rosie Beacon
Explainer-in-brief: UFOs or Chinese spy balloons? February 14, 2023 Are the mysterious objects flying over North America a sign of alien life?
The £200bn Covid savings war chest that could prevent a UK recession February 14, 2023 There’s a war chest of nearly £200bn – which started to be built up during the pandemic and has grown ever since – that could save the UK from recession. This may come as a surprise when all we hear from Westminster is how skint we are, but the stash of cash isn’t made up [...]
Jimmy McLoughlin’s Notebook: Has the office romance been killed off? February 14, 2023 We recently polled 1,000 people on romantic relationships in the office with the polling company FocalDate. It had been my hypothesis that the office romance had been squeezed over the last decade by the rise in dating apps, the #metoo movement and of course the pandemic. All these factors, leading to greater choice in partner [...]
The economics of envy: ditch the roses for Valentine’s and bake a cake instead February 14, 2023 This Valentine's Day, instead of going for a teddy bear or roses, gift your loved one a shared experience - as economics teach us that's what they'll really appreciate, writes Phoebe Arslanagic Wakefield
I won’t be crying any tears for the end of the office romance and neither should you February 14, 2023 The office romance is not the Gen Z preference. Should we mourn it? Not really. It only means we're getting better at separating work and personal life, writes Eliza Flby
BT and Openreach’s iron grip on the telecoms monopoly has left the UK disconnected February 14, 2023 A lack of competition in the telecoms industry has left us one of the worst connected countries in Europe. We need better connectivity, and we need it now, writes Tim Creswick
Explainer: Sunak’s plan to grow the workforce February 13, 2023 With Parliament in recess this week, Rishi Sunak gained some time to go back to his desk and think about his priorities – much needed with a budget coming up in a month. Among those, one leading target in his mind is to get more people back into work to drive economic growth. The UK [...]