The Post Office never intended to pay large sums of money as financial redress to former subpostmasters blighted by problems with its accounting software.During the latest Post Office scandal public inquiry hearing, featuring evidence from former senior Post... More »
America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Anxious Generation,” which contends that rising mental health... More »
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. Six weeks ago, I pre-ordered the “Firefly Petunia,” a houseplant engine... More »
TOKYO -- Japan’s space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that an H3 rocket will be launched from the Ta... More »
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeKevin Roose and Davis Land, Rachel Cohn and Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and On Wednesday, President Biden signed a bill into law that would force the sale of TikTok or ban the app outright. We exp... More »
Okay, hear me out. In the 1960s and 70s, the UK began to develop the policy of non-negotiation in response to the increasing number of terrorist incidents primarily from Northern Ireland; though another, more famous example of not negotiating, would be the si... More »
Microsoft announced revenue of $61.9bn for the quarter which ended 31st March 2024, representing an increase of 17% over the same quarter last year.The company’s cloud business grew 23% and contributed $35.1bn in revenue. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud busine... More »
The European Parliament has overwhelming approved measures to ensure millions of people working for gig economy platforms have their employment properly classified, while also regulating how they are being algorithmically managed at work.Initially proposed b... More »
A former subpostmaster forced senior Post Office executives to meet him to discuss his unexplained shortfall, but they then “lied” to him about the ability to remotely access and manipulate branch accounts, says former subpostmaster representative.During que... More »
Google parent Alphabet has reported a 15% increase in its first-quarter revenue to $80.5bn. While advertising remains the biggest earner, the company’s cloud business, Google Cloud, accounted for almost 12% of its total revenue for the quarter. Operating incom... More »
President Biden signed legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok, leaving users in the United States who have spent years building a home on the platform worried about losing the communities they have come to cherish.As talk of a potential ban escalated, cre... More »
I recently downloaded a virtual assistant that promised to ease the burdens of modern parenthood. The app is called Yohana, and it offered to handle a pile of tasks on my behalf. It suggested enlisting a professional to wash my windows, scheduling a lesson wit... More »