A French University Program Quietly Trains The Country’s Future And Current Intelligence Officers
A discreet diploma run by a leading French university is training both students and active intelligence agents, with lecturers and classmates often unaware of each other’s real identities, reflecting how…
Experts Map How Technology Could Shape Daily Life By 2050
Experts say advances in nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, quantum computing, autonomous transport, and space manufacturing could reshape how people live, learn, travel, and receive medical care by 2050, according to…
K-Beauty Boom Turns Viral Skincare Trends Into A Global Export Powerhouse
Snail mucin serums, once a niche concept, have become a mainstream skincare product worldwide, illustrating how South Korea’s beauty industry has scaled viral trends into a global manufacturing and export…
Airline Divide Deepens As Premium Focus Grows And Budget Carriers Face Pressure In 2026
U.S. airlines are entering 2026 with widening gaps between premium-focused carriers and price-sensitive operators, as airlines lean further into higher-paying customers while cost pressures, infrastructure limits, and uneven demand continue…
Tech Industry Sees Series Of Unusual Incidents Across Legal Disputes, Hiring Practices, And Product Experiments in 2025
A range of unusual events unfolded across the technology sector during 2025, spanning legal disputes over identity, employment controversies, executive behavior, experimental consumer products, and public reactions to artificial intelligence…
Taylor Swift Leads UK Charts In 2025 As Female Artists And Streaming Drive Record Music Sales
Taylor Swift dominated the UK music charts in 2025, as her latest release became the year’s best-selling album and women accounted for the majority of chart success, according to new…
AI-Generated Video Floods YouTube Shorts As Slop Consumption Rises, Kapwing Finds
AI-generated video content is increasingly dominating YouTube Shorts, with a significant share classified as low-quality “AI slop,” as tools such as OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo lower the barrier to…
Algorithms Redefine Creator Reach As Trust, Clipping, And Niche Audiences Gain Importance
As social media platforms rely more heavily on algorithmic feeds, creators are adjusting to a reality where publishing content no longer guarantees visibility among followers, according to executives and creators…
AI-Driven Power Demand Puts US Electrical Grid And Energy Software Startups In Focus
Rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence workloads has pushed the US electrical grid into public focus in 2025, as higher prices, capacity concerns, and environmental pressure converge with a…
AI Investment Landscape Expected To Fragment In 2026 As Valuation Gaps Widen
The artificial intelligence market is expected to split into distinct segments in 2026, as investors move away from broad-based optimism and begin to differentiate between companies spending heavily on AI…
UK Report Finds Widespread Use Of AI For Emotional Support As Capability Risks Accelerate
A significant share of adults in the United Kingdom are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction, according to the first report published by the government-backed AI Security…
UK Adults Spend More Time Online in 2025 Than During the Pandemic, Ofcom Survey Shows
UK adults spent an average of four hours and 30 minutes online daily in 2025, according to Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report, exceeding the levels recorded during the pandemic by…
Japan Turns to Technology as Dementia Cases and Care Costs Accelerate
Japan is facing a rapidly deepening dementia challenge as thousands of older people go missing each year, care costs rise sharply, and a shrinking workforce limits available human support, prompting…
Cities Move to Curb Growing Use of Large Cars as ‘Carspreading’ Draws Public Backlash
European cities are tightening controls on large vehicles as the growing size and weight of modern cars, a trend some critics describe as “carspreading,” draws pushback from authorities and residents,…
Study Finds Knee Surgery Cancellations Have Cost the NHS More Than £15.5 Million
Research Highlights Frequency and Financial Impact of DelaysCancelling knee replacement surgeries is “unforgivable”, according to academics whose new research shows the scale of disruption and financial loss caused by last-minute…
Police Find Text Scammers Earning Tens of Thousands a Month and Spending It on Designer Goods
Evidence of High Earnings and Lavish SpendingAn evidence room filled with designer shoes and handbags illustrates how profitable text-based fraud has become for criminals who send large volumes of scam…