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BoE holds interest rates at 3.75% amid Middle East energy shock
Financial Times · Thu 30 Apr, 08:10
Monetary Policy Committee ‘ready’ to combat inflation threat after 8 to 1 vote to keep borrowing costs steady
Financial Times
Oil tumbles after surging to $126 on supply fears
Brent crude hit new conflict high as blockade of Strait of Hormuz continues before dropping in wildly volatile trading
Financial Times
The energy crisis is no excuse for bad subsidies
We know what worked and what failed the last time around
Financial Times
Starmergeddon: what Labour’s likely meltdown means for the UK
The ruling party is being outflanked by populists on the left and right. The consequences could change British...
Financial Times
The problematic inevitability of Andy Burnham
Labour’s assumptions about its leader-in-waiting are logical but no guarantee of success
BBC News
Watch: Met Police body-worn footage of Golders Green arrest
Footage shows the moment a man was arrested after two Jewish men were stabbed in north London.
BBC News
Oil price jumps after report Trump to be given new Iran options
Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
BBC News
Neo-Nazi guilty of terror charge after MI5 sting
Jurors at the Old Bailey hear Alfie Coleman, 21, believed in fighting a race war.
BBC News
Have the royals got their mojo back from US visit?
Many commentators, even critics of the monarchy, seem delighted at the spectacle.
The Economist
Oil markets are still in La La land
Oil markets are still in La La land The Economist
The Economist
Why DeepSeek’s sequel failed to impress
Why DeepSeek’s sequel failed to impress The Economist
NYT Europe
Ukraine Reacts With Shrug to Phone Call Between Trump and Putin
More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have...
NYT Europe
Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare
Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using...
The Telegraph
Arteta furious at penalty decision as Atletico resort to dark arts
Arteta furious at penalty decision as Atletico resort to dark arts
The Telegraph
Telegraph Fantasy Football tips: Game Week 34
The experts at Fantasy Football Hub are back with their selection advice for GW34
Wales
BBC Wales
Ukraine volunteer claims MP stole idea to donate ventilators - to divert them to Cuba
Steve Witherden MP has been accused of plagiarism over a letter written to him about the ventilators.
BBC Wales
'Hilarious' Welsh nans befriend pro wrestler on Vegas flight after royal rumble over seats
The group was travelling to Las Vegas to scatter the ashes of one of their late husbands.
BBC Wales
'Horrendous' stress for couple forced to pay monthly mortgage twice after law firm collapse
Gabriella and Kurtiss Smith feared their home would be repossessed when PM Property Law collapsed.
BBC Wales
'Only so much' voters can worry about - are attitudes to net zero changing?
Recent studies show a decline in the public's sense of urgency around reaching net zero.
Sport
Formula 1
Race
Miami GP
Sun 03 May
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Miami GP
Sat 02 May
BBC Sport · Football
Burnley want Bellamy after Parker leaves
Burnley are interested in appointing Craig Bellamy as manager after Scott Parker leaves following relegation from...
BBC Sport · Golf
Saudi Arabia to stop funding LIV Golf at end of season
Saudi Arabia will withdraw its multi-billion dollar backing of LIV Golf at the end of the season, plunging the...
BBC Sport · Football
Mainoo signs new Man Utd deal until 2031
Kobbie Mainoo signs a new contract with Manchester United that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2031.
BBC Sport · Rugby Union
Lomu, Wilkinson, Pollock? Rugby's search for a crossover star
Henry Pollock has signed with Eddie Hearn's talent agency in the hope of boosting his profile, but why has rugby...
The Race
What Ferrari thinks Hamilton's unlocked in 2026
Three weekends is a small sample set, and this year's F1 is very different to last year's. But Ferrari is convinced...
The Race · F1
All-new cars? Six ways F1 2026 will be different in Miami
F1 returns from its unintended April break with a lot of changes. So here are all the ways the 2026 season will be...
The Race · F1
All the Miami GP special F1 liveries revealed so far
Plenty of Formula 1 teams produce special liveries for the Miami Grand Prix. Here are their 2026 efforts
The Race · F1
FIA bans F1 boost mode use in wet weather
Formula 1 drivers are to be banned from using boost mode to help with overtakes in the wet as part of new safety...
Formula 1 Official
Where Hamilton has the best chance of winning in 2026
F1.com looks at the data to figure out which tracks could be the most likely candidates for a Lewis Hamilton and...
Formula 1 Official
A guide to in-race betting opportunities in Miami
When the lights go out in Florida, bettors will be watching closely to make predictions in real-time.
ESPN Cricinfo
MCC backs umpire's decision to give Raghuvanshi out 'obstructing the field'
Raghuvanshi became just the fourth player in the IPL to be given out 'obstructing the field' in a KKR-LSG clash
ESPN Cricinfo
Parag penalised after being caught vaping during PBKS vs RR match
The BCCI said it was "exploring other options to initiate proceedings for stringent action against the erring team,...
Science
New Scientist
We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past
A technique inspired by the film Interstellar suggests a new way of communicating backwards in time, but it could...
New Scientist
Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD
These unusual images were created by visual artist Daniel Regan by submerging Polaroid photographs in his ADHD...
New Scientist
Is an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg – or any boss – a good plan?
Feedback has learned that, according to reports, Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with...
New Scientist
Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts
A procedure that could be done in half an hour, and prepared ahead of time, could seriously reduce blood loss from...
Nature
An electrifying test to find a good coffee
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01289-yTechnique determines roast level and strength...
Nature
Why preprint servers are increasing moderation — and what that means for researchers
Nature, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01203-6Repositories are adapting in response to...
Nature
Author Correction: Broadly stable atmospheric CO
2
and CH
4
levels over the past 3 million years
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10600-wAuthor Correction: Broadly stable atmospheric...
Nature
Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10370-5Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss...
Technology
The Verge
Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups
The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content - and Meta, at least publicly, has said it...
The Verge
Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?
Dallas-based genetics and biotech startup Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture...
The Verge
Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have...
The Verge
OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new frontier cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5-Cyber. CEO Sam Altman said the model will...
Techcrunch
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI tools
Techcrunch
Instagram cracks down on content aggregators
The update targets content aggregators that don't post original content and instead simply re-upload others' posts.
Techcrunch
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO
You need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.
Techcrunch
Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India
PhonePe and Google Pay command 80% of India's UPI instant payments network. Rivals are set to meet with regulators...
Wired
Best Gifts for Hikers, Backpackers, Outdoorsy People (2026)
Let them pick out their own hiking boots. Instead, try gifting a useful blade or a nature journal to delight your...
Wired
Goal Zero Yeti 1500 Power Station Review (2026): More Power, Better Chemistry
Goal Zero’s new Yeti 1500 power station charges faster and has more juice to keep you powered up, no matter where you are.
Hacker News · 103 pts
Granite 4.1: IBM's 8B Model Matching 32B MoE
Hacker News · 189 pts
Mozilla's Opposition to Chrome's Prompt API
Hacker News · 736 pts
Where the goblins came from
Hacker News · 313 pts
Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans
Hacker News · 1919 pts
Zed 1.0
Hacker News · 375 pts
The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
Reading List
Amazon Earnings, Trainium and Commodity Markets, Additional Amazon Notes
Stratechery
Amazon's earnings suggest that the shift away from training towards inference and agents means...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
Analysing Lightweight Large Language Models for Biomedical Named Entity Recognition on Diverse Ouput Formats
One Word at a Time: Incremental Completion Decomposition Breaks LLM Safety
Consciousness with the Serial Numbers Filed Off: Measuring Trained Denial in 115 AI Models
Economics
Auditing Marketing Budget Allocation with Hindsight Regret
Stochastic Frontier meets Breakdown Frontier
Sequential Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity
Congenital Heart Block
Comorbidities in parents of individuals with congenital heart block: a Swedish nationwide study
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus