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Will AI turn us all into hipsters and artisans?
There is good reason to be dubious about the notion that automation will supplant all demand for human labour
We’re entering a sectarian age — playing to extremes wins votes
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Stay calm, Kemi Badenoch. ‘Unite the Right’ would kill the Tories
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Pedro Sánchez Is Showing How to Stand Up to Trump, and So Much More
Pedro Sánchez has established an alternative governing philosophy to Trumpism.
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Financial Times
Starmer ‘weighing’ if premiership can be saved ahead of crucial cabinet meeting
Labour Party mood turns ‘pretty ugly’ after Shabana Mahmood and Yvette Cooper urge prime minister to set exit plan
Financial Times
Reeves’ allies say chancellor should stay in post if Starmer ousted
Fears growing that leadership contest could unleash chaos on already jittery bond markets
Financial Times
UK government bonds and sterling drop as pressure on Starmer grows
Prime minister’s future on the line as he prepares for crucial cabinet meeting amid party revolt
Financial Times
Trump loses his trade superpower
‘Tariff man’ wants to recover from a wounding Supreme Court ruling. But Congress is restive and voters are unhappy
BBC News
Chris Mason: PM hangs on by a thread as party revolts
A dam appears to have broken, with Labour MPs posting their public loss of confidence in the PM, our political editor writes.
BBC News
BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings
The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.
BBC News
Polanski apologises over houseboat council tax
The Green Party admits that its leader has, until recently, been living on a houseboat in London and may have failed to pay...
BBC News
How driving test booking is changing for learner drivers
From 12 May, only learner drivers can book their own tests, not instructors.
BBC News
Last passengers leave virus-hit cruise ship as three more test positive
An American and a French national who have returned home have tested positive for hantavirus.
The Economist
America is experiencing a productivity miracle
NYT Europe
Here’s the latest.
NYT Europe
A Reporter Shares His Secrets to Covering the Cannes Film Festival
Kyle Buchanan, who has attended the annual launchpad for Oscar contenders in France since 2013, subsists on Red Bull and...
The Telegraph
Hero to zero: Tel’s moment of madness costs Spurs in Leeds draw
Hero to zero: Tel’s moment of madness costs Spurs in Leeds draw
The Telegraph
Hull end Millwall’s Premier League dreams to reach Championship play-off final
Hull end Millwall’s Premier League dreams to reach Championship play-off final
Wales
BBC Wales
My dad's abuse was uncovered after a burglar stole his laptop and found indecent images
Lizzie Jones started being abused by her father, David Terrence Pethig, when she was four years old.
BBC Wales
Moment brazen thief steals entire Mini Egg chocolate display
Ashley Daley is jailed after a three-week shoplifting spree costing businesses £4,000.
BBC Wales
My 40th birthday was ruined by homophobic abuse - we're going backwards
Karl Whitcomb said homophobic abuse from two groups of young men in one weekend left him "gobsmacked".
BBC Wales
Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth expected to become Wales' first minister on Tuesday
Plaid Cymru leader to form new Welsh government as Senedd returns following historic election.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
Spurs drag out safety battle to keep nerves jangling
Tottenham hit the self-destruct button once more to leave Roberto de Zerbi frustrated as fight to avoid relegation looks set...
BBC Sport · Football
'Superhuman' managers shouldn't have to ask for help - Beard's family on loss
The family of former WSL manager Matt Beard tell BBC Sport about the emotional burden of football management, and the changes...
BBC Sport · Football
'One of saves of the season' - Kinsky's redemption moment at Tottenham?
Two months after many thought Antonin Kinsky would never play for Tottenham again the goalkeeper makes one of the saves of the...
BBC Sport · Cycling
Archibald retires from cycling after falling 'in love' with nursing
Three-time Olympic medallist Katie Archibald retires from cycling - despite being previously chosen for Scotland's 2026...
The Race
Williams's race one upgrade was two months late
Williams has been left with a backlog of upgrades that mean its planned Australian GP package has only just made it onto its F1 car
The Race · F1
The strange nature of Audi's early F1 problems
Though Audi's showing pace in its first F1 season, it's struggling not just to finish races but to even start them
The Race · F1
What new Sky mega-deal means for F1's Apple plans
Apple clearly has global broadcasting ambitions for F1 - but that didn't prevent major extensions with Sky Sports across...
The Race
The real story behind Red Bull wing that eclipsed Ferrari's
When Red Bull debuted its rotating rear wing at the Miami GP it immediately eclipsed the F1 team that had initially earned...
Formula 1 Official
Star-studded music line-up announced for Azerbaijan
Katy Perry and Calvin Harris will perform in Baku over the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend.
Formula 1 Official
Inside the art of deployment and its impact on betting
The 2026 regulations brought a huge shift in how drivers utilise the electrical energy of their engines, so we take a look at...
ESPN Cricinfo
Greenberg: 'We should have done a better job' explaining BBL privatisation
Greenberg said CA chair Mike Baird and NSW chair John Knox met on Monday but CA is pushing ahead with testing the market with...
ESPN Cricinfo
Pakistan need 262 more runs, Bangladesh hunt for nine wickets
Noman Ali, 39, became the oldest cricketer to complete 100 Test wickets
Science
New Scientist
The story of the first human tool: the humble container
An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 years...
New Scientist
Can floating data centres meet AI's huge energy demand?
A US start-up is putting autonomous data centres in the ocean, powered by wave energy, but experts warn that the harsh...
New Scientist
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer
The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always...
New Scientist
Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence
Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the...
Nature
Publisher Correction: Presymptomatic training mitigates functional deficits in a mouse model of Rett syndrome
Nature, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10578-5 Publisher Correction: Presymptomatic training mitigates...
Nature
Audio long read: The air is full of DNA — here’s what scientists are using it for
Nature, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01522-8 Floating genetic material could give insights into...
Nature
The sleep paradox: why do humans sleep so little when we need it so much?
Nature, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01478-9 A new book brings together ethnography, neurobiology and...
Nature
Elsevier vs Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers
Nature, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01481-0 Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a...
Technology
The Verge
Sony upgraded its wearable AC so it’s cooler and better at hugging your neck
Sony has announced a new version of the wearable personal air conditioner the company first revealed in 2019 ahead of the 2020...
The Verge
OpenAI just released its answer to Claude Mythos
OpenAI is launching Daybreak, an AI initiative focused on detecting and patching vulnerabilities before attackers find them....
The Verge
Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower
The company behind the robot lawn mower that ran me over has changed its tune. Yarbo now plans to completely remove the remote...
The Verge
Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to
Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Monday that it's working on something...
Techcrunch
Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks
Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking...
Techcrunch
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO
Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth and early-stage startups.
Techcrunch
GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills
Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and...
Techcrunch
Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted
Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.
Wired
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Wired
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Get 20% off with verified Dell promo code, plus today’s coupons for up to $600 off laptops, Alienware monitors, and all things tech.
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They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
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UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to repair brain damage (2025)
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Papers
Computer science
Evaluating Prompt Injection Defenses for Educational LLM Tutors: Security-Usability-Latency Trade-offs
Computer science
GraphDC: A Divide-and-Conquer Multi-Agent System for Scalable Graph Algorithm Reasoning
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