An increased windfall tax should be imposed on the UK’s largest banks according to trade union leaders, after the big four lenders reported almost £14bn in first-quarter profits, partly fuelled by market turbulence caused by the Iran war. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) renewed its call for an increase in the current bank surcharge, which…
Light plays a central role in modern technology, powering everything from televisions and satellites to the fiber optic cables that carry internet data across the globe. Now, physicists at Stanford have developed a way to push light even further. They created a compact optical amplifier, about the size of a fingertip, that can strengthen light…
Companies working on batteries, semiconductors, and medical devices generate vast amounts of data — and much of it ends up scattered across spreadsheets and legacy systems, making it hard to use to improve products or understand failures. San Francisco-based startup Altara, which just secured $7 million in seed funding, says it has built an AI…
Adut Akech arrived at the Met Gala on Monday with a plus one. The model, who is full-term with her second child, made it to fashion’s biggest night just ahead of her due date. “As long as I get to the Met, this baby can decide to come anytime after that,” she told Vogue days…
People from black backgrounds in England are twice as likely to experience strokes as their white counterparts, while also being less likely to receive timely care, according to the largest study of its kind. The study, conducted by researchers at King’s College London and presented at the European Stroke Organisation conference, analysed 30 years of…
LONDON — In the 51st minute, as Atletico Madrid looped a ball into the space between backline and goalkeeper, came Arsenal in microcosm. Well, almost. Mikel Arteta’s side are not accustomed to the sort of calamitous error that William Saliba appeared to have made when his header sat up invitingly for Giuliano Simeone to poke…
As Bumble gets ready for a big overhaul meant to win back Gen Z users (who are pretty over dating apps right now), its latest earnings still reports that paying users are declining. In the first quarter of 2026, total paying users fell 21.1% to 3.2 million, down from 4 million a year ago. This…
The exclusivity of the Met Gala means that there are no phones or photos allowed inside the event, but there is one place celebrities are not so closely monitored – the bathroom. It has since become somewhat of a tradition to skirt the rules to take a cheeky snap in the bathroom, ever since Kylie…
Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner, is facing an additional related charge for assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, federal authorities announced on Tuesday. The new charge, which formally accuses Allen of firing at a US Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint, is part of a…
The president seems to be searching for a silver bullet to end the war. There might not be one.
