It’s difficult to imagine the second order impacts of technologies under development today: Quantum computers, fusion reactors, humanoid robots. Their real impact won’t come from what they do directly, but from the second-, third-, and fourth-order effects they unleash across markets, labor, and geopolitics. Trying to comprehend the massive change ...
Month: May 2026
Marco Rubio: Trump ‘disappointment’ with Nato will be discussed at summitMarco Rubio: Trump ‘disappointment’ with Nato will be discussed at summit
Secretary of state suggests July meeting of alliance will be fraught as US demands help in strait of Hormuz Donald Trump is disappointed that Nato allies refused to become more actively involved in attacking Iran, the US secretary of state has said, setting up what could become a fraught summit ...
Qatar sends mediators to Tehran in sign talks to reopen strait of Hormuz are reaching climaxQatar sends mediators to Tehran in sign talks to reopen strait of Hormuz are reaching climax
Iran has threatened to impose tolls on shipping, while US demands that Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium may be deferred. Is there an end in sight? Qatar has rushed a team of mediators to Tehran in a sign that talks to open the strait of Hormuz, in return ...
Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detentionGaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention
Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to Palestinians Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers have alleged, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least ...
Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir | Ben ReiffNobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir | Ben Reiff
He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond No, you’re not hallucinating: western governments really are condemning Israel, one-by-one, without equivocation. Not because of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, of ...
‘I’m not trying to replace him’: meet the media mogul taking over Stephen Colbert’s time slot on CBS‘I’m not trying to replace him’: meet the media mogul taking over Stephen Colbert’s time slot on CBS
Byron Allen’s show Comics Unleashed will take the 11.35pm time slot vacated by the cancellation of The Late Show Viewers accustomed to watching The Late Show With Stephen Colbert at its typical 11.35pm time slot will be greeted with a different show starting on Friday: Comics Unleashed, hosted by Byron ...
Screentime swaps: how to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phoneScreentime swaps: how to quit doomscrolling without quitting your phone
Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time online The average UK adult spends around 7.5 hours a day on a screen, whether that’s a phone, laptop, games console or TV. That figure may even be conservative, particularly ...
‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man
His starring role in Richard Gadd’s brutal toxic masculinity series is a far cry from his days as Billy Elliot. The actor opens up about gruelling shoots, dancing on toilets – and why he can’t ever just chill out Not many actors are relieved when they have to film an ...
Trump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as ‘priced in’ | Margaret SullivanTrump self-deals, lies and seems to fall asleep in meetings. The media treats it all as ‘priced in’ | Margaret Sullivan
As the outrages continue, mainstream outlets just see Trump being Trump His social media posts are unhinged. He seems to fall asleep in meetings. He proudly proclaims he’s not thinking “even a little bit” about Americans’ personal finances in talks with Iran. And he lies constantly about the supposed success ...
Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientistsWhy an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists
What does a surge in ocean temperatures, compounded with El Niño, bode for the summer? An enormous marine heatwave off the US west coast is ringing alarm bells among ocean and atmospheric scientists as new data shows its ecological and environmental effects are intensifying. The unusual area of warm water ...