The verdict on Olly Robbins’ parliamentary testimony, among fellow knights of the civil service realm at least, was unanimous. Lord Sedwill, a former Cabinet secretary, called on the prime minister to “retract his accusations against Olly Robbins and reinstate him”. Simon McDonald, who once held Robbins’ job as top civil servant in the Foreign Office,…
Meta employees’ activity at work is now being used to train the company’s AI agents. As reported by Reuters, Meta is installing a tool it calls Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on US-based employees’ computers that runs in work-related apps and websites, recording mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screenshots. The data from this tool will…
Bradford DoolittleApr 22, 2026, 10:05 AM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 Multiple Authors NEW YORK — It’s not over, Mets fans. We’re talking about New York’s 12-game losing streak, not the 2026 season. But you probably understand the need for…
In his new book, What Do You Really Stand For? (Harvard Business Review Press, 2026), Columbia Business School professor Paul Ingram draws on decades of research and frameworks to help you articulate your values, integrate them into your work and life, build stronger relationships, and achieve better outcomes in all that you do. Here’s an edited…
Baghdad, Iraq – Iraqi leaders have five days to choose a prime minister and end a bitter political crisis that continues more than five months after parliamentary elections were held. A decision to declare a prime minister on Tuesday was once again postponed for further consultations within the Coordination Framework, the largest bloc of Shia…
22 April 2026 Hulk Hogan was haunted by the “echo” of the racist slur scandal which enveloped him a decade before his death. Hulk Hogan was haunted by his racist slur scandal for years The wrestling legend – who died in July 2025 at the age of 71 – was caught on camera using the…
An independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school, which found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP, has found no evidence of antisemitism or influence from lobby groups. Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, was…
I’ve recommended several OLED gaming monitors to readers over the years, and I’ve finally taken my own advice to buy one. Alienware’s new 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED has all the features that I want and a low $350 price that was too tempting to ignore. The AW2726DM model has five things that make it stand out…
How does Simon Singh’s classic popular science book Fermat’s Last Theorem hold up today? Did you know the number 26 is rather special? It is the only number that sits directly between a square number (25 or 52) and a cube number (27 or 33). And to be clear, it’s not merely that we’ve never…
United States President Donald Trump has claimed that a new nuclear deal being negotiated with Iran will be “far better” than the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which the US withdrew from in 2018 during his first term. On Tuesday, Trump extended the two-week ceasefire with Iran a day before it was set…
