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No one could stand in the way of this juggernaut! The biggest shocks from the Emmy awards
Hollywood’s Emmy awards produced a string of surprises, with the comedy Hacks suffering a stark reversal of fortune despite entering the ceremony with a record 24 nominations. Jean Smart won lead actress in a comedy for the fourth consecutive season of the show, making her the first woman to win an Emmy for every season…
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US confirms for first time it has deployed a space weapon in orbit
The US Air Force has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed a weapon in Earth’s orbit, with Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink saying the move was necessary to protect American forces from “evolving threats”. Speaking at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Meink gave no details on the weapon’s capabilities…
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Make NHS and MoD uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
The thinktank Fashion Roundtable is delivering a letter to Downing Street urging the housing secretary Andy Burnham to commit to manufacturing NHS and Ministry of Defence uniforms in the UK, arguing that domestic public procurement contracts would help preserve Britain’s manufacturing industry. The letter, signed by more than 1,200 people including adventurer Ben Fogle and…
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AI safety requires more than just slowing our pace | Stuart Russell
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a lengthy letter, “We Must Pace the Frontier,” proposing measures to prevent AI development from outpacing safety work, drawing public support from rivals including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis and Satya Nadella. In this response, AI safety researcher Stuart Russell welcomes the intent but argues the “pacing” framing,…
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How Everpure plans to stop AI from starving without data
Everpure, the storage technology vendor, has outlined an approach to preventing expensive AI infrastructure from sitting idle while waiting for data. As organisations build AI agent systems on Nvidia SuperPOD-class hardware costing tens of millions of dollars, the company argues that traditional storage architectures cannot keep pace with the throughput and metadata demands of large-scale…
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Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is in talks with Nato member states to sell them its newly revamped Defender military vehicle, as the British carmaker looks to capitalise on Europe’s rearmament drive. The Tata Motors-owned firm has created a new Defender defence division to pursue partnerships supplying transport vehicles to defence sectors worldwide, seeking to offset…
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Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh
Volvo has revealed a plug-in hybrid refresh for its bestselling XC60 SUV and larger three-row XC90, headlined by a substantially larger battery that more than doubles real-world electric range. The update matters because the XC60 alone has sold over 2.7 million units worldwide, making it a crucial model for the brand, and the improved range…
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Volvo’s plug-in hybrid XC60 and XC90 can really go the distance
Volvo has unveiled updated plug-in hybrid versions of its XC60 and XC90 SUVs, claiming they will offer the longest electric-only range of any PHEVs currently sold in the United States. The models are being marketed as Volvo’s first “long-range plug-in hybrids”, reflecting a broader industry push to make hybrids more competitive with pure electric vehicles…
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Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies
Donald Trump is facing pushback from members of both parties in Congress over his dismissal of growing concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, as Democrats and some Republicans call for regulatory guardrails on major AI companies. After tech leaders warned this week about the rapid pace of AI development and its potential threat to…