Svetlana Grković told Serbian media that her husband is “seriously injured and in shock”. ...
Month: July 2026
Police say Ann Widdecombe killed in ‘targeted attack’ as motive investigatedPolice say Ann Widdecombe killed in ‘targeted attack’ as motive investigated
Counter terror police say they have obtained a warrant to hold a 28-year-old suspect for up to seven days. ...
AI is the business-model shock law firms needAI is the business-model shock law firms need
Liz’s view It’s easier to change the law than the firms that practice it, an old industry saying goes. Teleport a lawyer from the 1970s to a big law firm today and the work looks basically the same, except with better pay (shockingly at the high end) and computers. Young ...
IBM’s warning sows anxiety for investorsIBM’s warning sows anxiety for investors
It might be tempting to dismiss IBM’s early profit warning — its first since the early 2000s — as a misstep by a tech company stuck in an earlier era, rather than an indictment of the software sector or a broader economic warning bell. But CEO Arvind Krishna’s comments paint ...
Tariff refunds weigh on federal budgetTariff refunds weigh on federal budget
Tariff refunds are squeezing the federal budget. The US paid out $26 billion more in refunds than it collected in June after a February Supreme Court decision struck down most of the Trump administration’s levies, contributing to a widening $120 billion monthly deficit. The White House justified tariffs partly as ...
Bonta’s Paramount suit underwhelmsBonta’s Paramount suit underwhelms
California’s case against Paramount landed yesterday with a whimper, not a bang. Rob Bonta and 11 other attorneys general argue that a combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery would hurt competition in three markets: general film distribution, blockbuster film distribution, and cable TV. Paramount plans to contest Bonta’s definition of “blockbuster” films ...
DeepMind’s Hassabis calls for AI government oversightDeepMind’s Hassabis calls for AI government oversight
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for government oversight and, potentially, a mandated pause for frontier AI research, warning that a race-to-the-top dynamic is exacerbating the technology’s risks. AI will herald “a new age for humanity,” Hassabis wrote, greater than the Industrial Revolution, but only if deployed responsibly. As it ...
‘For Diego’: spectre of Maradona looms over Argentina ahead of England clash‘For Diego’: spectre of Maradona looms over Argentina ahead of England clash
The image of the national icon has been ever present through this World Cup, in banners and songs and memory. It adds a fresh layer to Wednesday’s semi-final Not two minutes after his side’s dramatic, extra-time quarter-final victory over Switzerland on Saturday, the Argentina head coach, Lionel Scaloni, was already ...
‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat‘Anti-ageing is anti-life’: why longevity culture is just ageism in a lab coat
Rapid scientific progress has given us the tools to stop time more convincingly than ever – but lurking behind these claims is the same fear of ageing Andrea holds a PhD in literature and works for a nonprofit in Dallas. She’s in her late 40s and tells me that the ...
California faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head northCalifornia faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head north
El Niño climate phenomenon heating waters off Mexico but incidents with humans remain a rarity California is set to see one of its sharkiest summers in a decade, with large numbers of juvenile great whites already on a reverse vacation from the warm waters of Mexico to cooler pastures along ...