The new UK-EU deal at a glance

Sam Francis Political reporter Henry Zeffman on what UK – EU deal means for your holiday The UK and the EU have reached a new agreement setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade and defence. Here’s a look at some of the key things in the deal. Fishing EPA A new deal…

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Hijacked cicadas play music like a cyborg loudspeaker

The chirp of the cicada, the sound of many summers, has received an electronic upgrade that turns the insects into cyborg loudspeakers playing anything from Pachelbel’s Canon to the theme from Top Gun. The researchers behind the work say it could be used to spread warning messages during an emergency. Naoto Nishida and his colleagues…

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Accelerating Articul8’s domain-specific model development with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod

This post was co-written with Renato Nascimento, Felipe Viana, Andre Von Zuben from Articul8. Generative AI is reshaping industries, offering new efficiencies, automation, and innovation. However, generative AI requires powerful, scalable, and resilient infrastructures that optimize large-scale model training, providing rapid iteration and efficient compute utilization with purpose-built infrastructure and automated cluster management. In this…

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Boris Johnson wanted authoritarian Covid rules, inquiry hears

PA Media Lord Patrick Vallance, former government chief scientific adviser, gave evidence to the inquiry in west London Boris Johnson pushed for a more “ruthless, authoritarian approach” towards people who refused to self-isolate during the pandemic, according to documents seen by the Covid inquiry. The instinct of policy makers was to favour “punitive measures” over…

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Peers criticise £9.6m House of Lords front door

Peers have criticised the new front door to the House of Lords, after ministers revealed it cost £9.6m and still does not work properly. The Peers’ Entrance began a multi-year security upgrade in 2023, but is still not fully accessible for disabled peers, and requires a permanent member of staff on site “to press the…

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Patriots to unveil Tom Brady statue on Aug. 8

Jun 12, 2025, 02:03 PM ET The New England Patriots will unveil a statue of quarterback Tom Brady outside of Gillette Stadium before their Aug. 8 preseason game against the Washington Commanders. The team announced the details on Thursday, since June 12 is known as “Tom Brady Day” in Patriots territory, and the date also…

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