In the modern world we are all constantly connected, but this comes with risks. As most cybersecurity specialists will tell you, the biggest vulnerability in any system is the user – whether at home or work.
Jevanto Productions/ShutterstockThe UK government has serious ambition when it comes to solving England’s housing crisis. Shortly after the 2024 general election, it pledged to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years.
A pilot removing peak fares on ScotRail trains has ended. Loch Earn/ShutterstockCommuters in Scotland faced a shock at ticket machines as the Scottish government abandoned a pilot scheme that removed peak rail fares. During the pilot, tickets were the same price all day. But now that it has ended, the increase in fares is significant. The cost of commuting at peak time from Glasgow to Edinburgh, for example, has gone from £16.20 to £31.40.
If you’re offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you’re paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
In our new research, twice as many people were willing to eat a cookie when they weren’t offered payment compared with when they were.
From a purely economic perspective, our findings reflect irrational decision making. Objectively, a cookie plus money is better than just a cookie.
OOO in Stintino, Sardinia. Wpadington/ShutterstockImagine this: you’re lounging on the beach, waves crashing in the background. A laptop sits on the table next to your iced coffee. In between meetings, you dip into the ocean or explore a hiking trail.
Talking About Machines, 1996 ILR PressIn 1969, Austrian-American writer Peter Drucker foretold a major societal and economic shift driven by knowledge. However, it would not be until the 1990s that scholars, managers, management consultants and policy-makers would herald the arrival of the knowledge economy, whereby goods and services depend not just on labour but on competencies, skills and ideas.
Port Everglades dockworkers walk a picket line while on strike on Oct. 3, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA dockworkers strike that froze operations at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports for 2½ days was paused on Oct. 3, 2024. The Conversation U.S.
Pan Gongsheng, the governor of China’s central bank, announced a raft of measures on September 24 aimed at boosting the country’s flagging economy. The move, which came a week before the 75th anniversary of communist party rule, was made in response to concerns that China could miss its own 5% annual growth target.
Are you as smart as you say you are? HakinmhanTwo of San Francisco’s leading players in artificial intelligence have challenged the public to come up with questions capable of testing the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) like Google Gemini and OpenAI’s o1.
People have a tough time discerning a fake review from a real one. Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesFor the past 20 years, Yelp has been providing a platform for people to share their experiences at businesses ranging from bars to barbershops.
