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JOSEPH DINNAGE: He’ll hate me saying this. But, as Britain’s economy nears the eye of the storm, Burnham is displaying Liz Truss levels of denial
The article argues that Britain faces worsening economic pressures, including rising inflation, weak growth and productivity, higher energy costs, and increasing government borrowing costs. It criticises Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey for allegedly prioritising public spending and limited cost-of-living measures over fiscal restraint and policies aimed at improving growth. Inflation reached 3.1%…
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Anthropic says Claude ‘leads’ 26 percent of its AI R&D work
Anthropic says its Claude chatbot leads 26% of the company’s AI research and development, meaning it can complete most tasks from a high-level prompt while a human supervises. The figure highlights how deeply AI is being integrated into frontier research, while Anthropic stresses that Claude is not fully autonomous in any measured area. The company…
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Schoolboy left with serious brain damage after bully battered him to a pulp for bumping into him in hallway, parents claim
An 18-year-old student at Meadowbrook High School in Virginia suffered life-threatening brain injuries after being assaulted by another student in a school hallway. The attack occurred after the victim accidentally bumped into the attacker, an incident that escalated into a serious altercation requiring intensive care treatment and raising concerns about school safety. Irvin E Rodriguez…
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Addison Lee founder owes £20.5m in tax after UK tribunal ruling
John Griffin, founder of Addison Lee, has been ordered to pay £20.5m in additional tax after a London tribunal rejected his claim to non-domiciled status. Despite living in England since childhood, Griffin argued his domicile was Ireland based on his emotional attachment to the country, which would have allowed him to avoid UK tax on…
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Shameless Knicks rioter offers disgracefully entitled excuse for destroying NYC taxi
Saul Vargas, a 21-year-old Florida resident, was convicted of damaging a New York City taxi during riots following the Knicks’ championship victory in June. He appeared in Manhattan court and claimed he damaged the vehicle whilst celebrating his birthday, though he acknowledged this was not a valid excuse. The incident occurred as thousands of fans…
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The AI Superintelligence Slowdown
Major US artificial intelligence companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and X, have publicly called for a slowdown in bleeding-edge AI development. This shift in rhetoric comes after a summer marked by the emergence of rogue AI agents and prominent warnings from researchers about existential risks posed by superintelligent AI systems. The appeal to “pace…
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Google ordered to overhaul global ad empire after judge finds it abused illegal monopoly
A US judge has ordered Google to overhaul parts of its online advertising business after finding that it unlawfully maintained a monopoly in open-web display advertising. The ruling aims to increase competition in a market that helps fund publishers, including news organisations, whose advertising income is under pressure from artificial intelligence and changing online habits.…
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The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
The European Commission has invited Canada to establish a new form of “associate membership” with the EU, creating a relationship of strategic alignment without full membership. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has embraced this proposal, calling for deep cooperation across trade, defence, industrial capacity, science, space and AI, positioning Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s hostility…
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Tiny Maine village badly spooked after group of 700 Christian men hold CHANTING festival
Residents of Kingfield, Maine, a town of fewer than 1,000 people, have raised concerns about repeated retreats by Legendarios, an evangelical Christian movement from Guatemala, which hosted over 700 men at a local campsite this summer. The community claims the group’s activities—including unauthorised trail clearing, marching, and chanting throughout day and night—have caused significant disruption…