France races ahead of UK in AI push February 10, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron announced a €109bn (£90bn) investment in artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday, dwarfing the UK’s commitment to leading the global tech race. The funding, which was announced at the Paris AI summit, will come from both public and private sources, as Macron aims to position France as a major AI hub. The [...]
Steel tariffs: UK ‘ready for all situations’, No10 says on Trump threats February 10, 2025 The UK is “ready for all situations” and ministers will “engage as appropriate”, No10 has said, in the wake of Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports into the US It follows a government minister saying Britain will have to “wait and see” if Donald Trump “gets more specific” about his [...]
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Hyper-personalisation: Has AI finally made retail’s ‘holy grail’ possible? February 8, 2025 Hyper-personalisation has long been the holy grail of retail: to recreate the customer experience of a local, everyone-knows-your-name store on a global scale. Now, with the combination of data tracking, AI and our ever-increasing tendency to consume online content, genuinely personally-tailored ads are just about within touching distance. These ads, introduced in their earliest form [...]
Porsche 911 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid review: The 911 goes electric February 7, 2025 We knew it was coming and so did Porsche; the current ‘992’ generation of 911 was engineered to accommodate a battery and electric motor from the outset. Even so, this feels like an evolutionary leap: a milestone in the car’s 62-year story so far. In time, will the arrival of a hybrid 911 be seen [...]
Will AI change how you watch the Super Bowl? February 7, 2025 From AI-generated game stats to augmented reality viewing experiences, technology is changing how we interact with sports, says Nicole Junkermann On 15 January 1967, when the legendary quarterback Bart Starr made his second touchdown of the match to clinch the game for the Green Bay Packers, America’s first-ever Super Bowl was watched by a stadium [...]
Jimi Hendrix copyright dispute proceeds to trial as Sony losses appeal February 6, 2025 Sony Music's attempt to block a copyright claim by the estate of Jimi Hendrix has been blocked again after the Court of Appeal dismissed their claim
‘Those who told me to start small are eating their words’: Kate Robertson on setting up ‘the Young Davos’ February 6, 2025 After 30 years in advertising, Kate Robertson launched One Young World, since dubbed 'the Young Davos'. She gives us her best career advice.
Formula E beats Formula 1 in key US viewership figure, electric series claims February 5, 2025 Formula E’s Mexico City race saw a higher viewership number than Formula 1’s first race in Las Vegas in 2023, the electric series has claimed. The US audience was 80 per cent higher for the E-Prix this season versus the inaugural Vegas race, which has been described as many as a commercial juggernaut for Formula [...]
EFL board set to discuss National League promotion demand February 5, 2025 The EFL board will meet on Thursday amid renewed pressure from the entire National League to increase the number of promotion places from two to three. All 72 National League clubs, which represent the fifth and sixth tiers of English football, wrote to the EFL this week demanding the increase with immediate effect. The issue [...]