A quarter of applications now include AI, but enterprises still aren’t ready to reap the benefits
Only 2% of enterprises are highly ready for AI Fewer than one-third have deployed AI…
Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest
For the first time, scientists have directly witnessed a subduction zone — the place where one tectonic plate plunges beneath another — in the midst of breaking apart. The finding, published in Science Advances, provides an unprecedented view of how Earth’s surface changes over time and adds new insight into the potential for future earthquakes…
Parents urged to vaccinate children as flu cases rise
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated against flu over half-term as the NHS warned of rising cases of the disease. There is an early flu season, health officials say, and the latest data for England showed cases and hospitalisations were increasing. NHS England said many school children will have already received the…
Gear News of the Week: There’s Yet Another New AI Browser, and Fujifilm Debuts the X-T30 III
An increasingly popular solution is the inclusion of a solar panel to keep that battery topped up, enabling you to install and potentially never touch the camera again. Both Wyze and TP-Link just revealed interesting solar-powered cameras this week. Let’s talk about Wyze first. The Wyze Solar Cam Pan ($80) is a 2K outdoor security…
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
The cloud giant Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday leading to cascading outages that took down wide swaths of the web. Monday’s meltdown illustrated the world’s fundamental reliance on so-called hyperscalers like AWS and the challenges for major cloud providers and their customers alike when things go awry. See below for more…
Snake pee might hold the secret to ending gout pain and kidney stones
If you’ve never kept a reptile, you might be surprised to learn that many of them actually “pee” in crystal form. In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers examined the solid urine of more than 20 different reptile species and found that all contained tiny spheres made of uric…
The Universe’s first radio waves could reveal dark matter
For the first time, researchers at Tel Aviv University have predicted what might be discovered by detecting radio waves that originated in the early Universe. Their results suggest that during the “cosmic dark ages,” dark matter gathered into dense clumps across space, pulling in hydrogen gas that emitted intense radio waves. This new approach could…
Sora Has Lost Its App Store Crown to Drake and Free Chicken
Since its launch on September 30, OpenAI’s Sora app has dominated the iOS App Store charts, thanks to its easy breezy AI video generation and an initially loose interpretation of copyright laws. On Friday, its reign came to an end. Your new champion is … Dave’s Hot Chicken. Yes! Not ChatGPT or Gemini or Threads…
Foreo champions Spanish talent, appoints Marta Panera as global marketing director
Published October 24, 2025 Foreo, a Swedish company specialising in beauty technology, is championing Spanish talent within its organisation. The Scandinavian company has promoted Marta Panera, previously head of marketing and communications for Western Europe, to serve as its global director of marketing and communications. Marta Panera, Foreo’s new global director of marketing and communications…
Luca de Meo recruits from Renault again, appoints Philippine de Schonen to head Kering’s financial communications
Published October 24, 2025 The talent pipeline between Renault and Kering is in full swing. Luca de Meo, formerly head of the French carmaker Renault, presented his first quarterly results as Kering’s chief executive on Wednesday. Philippine de Schonen – Renault Group Since his arrival at the French luxury giant, owner of Gucci, Saint Laurent,…
Angola bids for majority stake in De Beers, source says
By Reuters Published October 24, 2025 Angola has bid for a majority stake in Anglo American‘s unit De Beers, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, setting up a potential standoff with neighbouring Botswana, which also wants to take control of De Beers. The company name of De Beers is displayed in…
