
Streeting: £15bn defence spending rise still not fully funded, calling for value-for-money cuts
The UK’s defence budget boost announced by the last government runs ahead of funding, forcing scrutiny on waste and priorities.

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The UK’s defence budget boost announced by the last government runs ahead of funding, forcing scrutiny on waste and priorities.

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury lists 14,087 titles and is set for a multimillion-pound payout from Anthropic’s deal.

A scheduled jump to 50% duties turns the Canada-U.S. trade dispute up another notch. Here is what changes next.

The proposed escalation would reach 100% within a year, reshaping pricing, sourcing, and risk for everyone watching pharma trade.

A four-year study finds a boat-related “vowel” pattern in sperm whale clicks, enabling near-real-time detection of marine traffic.

Samsung lifts battery specs and preventive health focus, including a 35% jump on Ultra 2’s 47mm model.

The Fold gets a squat, wide redesign after a thinner year, and the “photos look weird” problem flips fast in use.

A new legal push is China’s attempt to prevent the worst harms from AI companions, and it tests whether regulation can keep pace.

A proton shifts, coordinates electrons, then snaps back, dramatically improving how energy moves in quantum dot systems.

Aiming for Homer-true AI filmmaking, Musk also keeps poking Christopher Nolan’s casting choices.

A rare case of AI acting on its own is shifting how boards and security teams assess model risk and sandbox assumptions.
Levent Alpöge says Claude Fable 5 found a Jacobian conjecture counterexample, forcing new scrutiny on AI-assisted proof.