Spiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence ‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions Prominent British rabbis have backed Ed Miliband’s sanctions on Israeli settlements, warning that the time for inaction on settler violence must come to an end. ...
Day: September 9, 2026
‘I’m sick of her talking about it’: 11 readers share how GLP-1s have affected their relationships‘I’m sick of her talking about it’: 11 readers share how GLP-1s have affected their relationships
As weight loss drugs have risen all around the world, it has reshaped users’ relationships for better and for worse As GLP-1 use continues to rise in the US and the UK, people’s bodies are being reshaped – as are their relationships. “Relationships tend to develop a sense of equilibrium ...
‘We felt someone was watching us’: author Rozina Ali on the untold story of Islamophobia in the US‘We felt someone was watching us’: author Rozina Ali on the untold story of Islamophobia in the US
In her new book Seasons of Fury, Ali traces the impact of anti-Muslim policies in the US, from the 1967 Israel-Arab war and the ‘war on terror’ to Trump Growing up in the early 2000s in California, surrounded by piles of history books about the Kennedy family and her Buffy ...
Seven of my colleagues were killed in Gaza. There and in Ukraine, aid workers are no longer safe | José AndrésSeven of my colleagues were killed in Gaza. There and in Ukraine, aid workers are no longer safe | José Andrés
It now seems the 2024 attack on World Central Kitchen workers was a deliberate IDF tactic. The protections of the Geneva conventions have become paper thin José Andrés is the founder of the food aid charity World Central Kitchen In times of war, the hard and vital work of supplying ...
China makes enterprise push for AI glassesChina makes enterprise push for AI glasses
Chinese tech companies are pushing to integrate AI and coding tools into smart glasses as a global debate builds over the devices’ privacy and security implications. Alibaba Cloud announced a glasses edition of its AI coding platform last week, while Tencent is bringing its office agent to co-branded Rokid frames. ...
Meta launches Muse AI assistantMeta launches Muse AI assistant
Meta’s new AI assistant Muse could be the first experience a lot of people have with the power of AI that can actually do things for you, rather than just answer questions. Think of it like a computer sitting on Meta’s servers that connects to and can control your email, ...
Students perform better academically with less AI, study findsStudents perform better academically with less AI, study finds
Students won’t learn without exercising their brains, “in the same way that we do not become fit by watching sports but by doing sports,” wrote an OECD researcher in a recent report. Students who refrain from using AI perform better academically than those who use it, according to the report, ...
Trailer for Altman biopic misses the real dramaTrailer for Altman biopic misses the real drama
The ominous trailer for the Sam Altman movie, Artificial, launched Tuesday, the same day OpenAI became the first AI company to solve one of the Millennium Prize challenges. It was like a tribute to the company’s brutal duality, constantly achieving impressive milestones while being forced to combat the worst public ...
New startup looks to build robots for entertainmentNew startup looks to build robots for entertainment
A new startup wants to make American robotics fun again. Dynamic Creatures, a spinoff of Boston Dynamics, launched out of stealth yesterday with a focus on making robots for hospitality and entertainment, starting with theme parks and retail spaces. Boston Dynamics was once best known for its viral videos of ...
‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements
Ed Miliband’s intervention was ‘inevitable’ after Israeli government and security failures, say former ministers and diplomats Prominent Israelis have welcomed new UK sanctions as a necessary response to settlement expansion and spiralling violence in the occupied West Bank. The intervention was described – by the president of the Israel Academy ...