A train that runs through some of Scotlandâs most celebrated Highland scenery has been labelled the âpolar expressâ because it is so cold onboard that travellers bring extra clothing for the journey. Passengers who use the West Highland line service between Oban and Glasgow believe temperatures in its carriages regularly plunge below zero, forcing regular … Read more
KOLKATA: Central bankers may have to junk their historical economic models to handle crises in the future after they were found deficient during the pandemic, with the global economy undergoing a paradigm shift spawned by rapidly altering labour dynamics and advancements in artificial intelligence, said the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Emerging … Read more
No new proposals for general-use windfarms were submitted for planning permission in England last year, despite the government’s much-vaunted relaxation of planning restrictions. Only seven applications were submitted for onshore wind turbines for the whole of 2023 in England, new data from the government has shown, and all of those developments were for the replacement … Read more
In this photo illustration the DraftKings logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images DraftKings on Thursday posted quarterly results that missed Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom line, but it increased its revenue by 44%. Here’s what DraftKings reported compared with what Wall Street … Read more
Britain’s public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into risks and costs at Sellafield, the UK’s biggest nuclear waste dump. The National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises the use of public funds, has announced it will examine whether the Cumbria site is managing and prioritising the risks and hazards of the site effectively as well … Read more
The problem with testing AI chatbot subscriptions like Google’s Gemini Advanced and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus is their generality. The same tool is used for disparate applications; the same software service that developers in San Francisco are using to build their latest app might also be used by parents in Kansas to plan a Paw Patrol … Read more
I run a small business. My company sells customer relationship management (CRM) software to other businesses. Iâm always in search of leads and will try just about anything to find new clients that we can help. To that end, I recently wrote a book about CRM and created a landing page on my website where … Read more
Farmers unhappy at low supermarket prices and cheap food imports from post-Brexit trade deals have vowed to renew their French-style protests with tractors this weekend. Demonstrations modelled on those across the Channel in recent months have sprung up in the UK, most notably in Wales and southern England. On Thursday, Andrew Gibson, a farmer in … Read more
Google has quietly stopped telling publishers when it has removed websites from its search results under European âright to be forgottenâ rules after a ruling in a Swedish court which the search engine is applying globally. Previously, when an individual applied to have records about them expunged under EU data protection laws, Google would notify … Read more
The UK economy needs a lift after it sank into recession in the second half of 2023. It’s not an easy task when so many of the problems are longstanding and the measures needed for a cure could take years to have an effect. Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, has hinted that tax cuts on personal … Read more
