Science & Technology
Frontier AI Report Hires a Witness for the Hype
Britain’s first Frontier AI Trends Report tests advanced systems, putting evidence between AI panic, corporate prophecy and PowerPoint.
Hedgewick Thistleton
A self-proclaimed horticultural sovereign, Hedgewick once attempted to broker a peace treaty between the Flowerbed Federation and the Weed Uprising of '23. He spends his days dictating new lawn ordinances from his stately compost heap and has an unshakable belief that the squirrels are spying on him.
UK Politics & Public Life
South Sudan Peace Deal Marks Seven Years of Waiting for the Transition
South Sudan’s peace deal promised a transition. Seven years later, the leadership appears to be waiting for the paperwork to move first.
Culture & Entertainment
Fisheries Plans Give the Folder a Tide Table
Fisheries management plans set a sustainable course, leaving the harbour folder to learn the tide table.
Sport
National Physical Activity Taskforce Defines Moving
The National Physical Activity Taskforce wants 3.5 million more people active by 2030, beginning with a meeting about moving.
World
Secure innovation reviews ask start ups to hide the keys
Secure Innovation Security Reviews offer small firms expert advice, provided nobody leaves the breakthrough beside the kettle.
Health & Lifestyle
Medical devices get an early access lane, paperwork first
The MHRA’s proposed Early Access service could get innovative medical devices to NHS patients sooner, once the paperwork survives its own trial.
Travel & Transport
Zero Emission Bus Funding Lets 319 Buses Go Quiet
Zero emission bus funding will deliver 319 quieter buses, each carrying the full emotional weight of a national strategy.
Business & Economy
Business borrowing hits £8.6bn, calculator seeks privacy
Business borrowing reached £8.6bn in May, leaving an office calculator to seek privacy while the financial figures acquire emotional significance.
Science & Technology
Baltic Sea Bloom Meets The Instant Answer Machine
A bright Baltic Sea bloom leaves a satellite unable to identify every microscopic culprit, while experts resist the lure of instant certainty.
UK Politics & Public Life
Council AI Minute Takes Notes on Why Councils Meet
Councils are trialling AI meeting notes, bravely confronting the oldest civic mystery: what the meeting was for.