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While Shepherds Watch
Sheep grazing on rolling green hills is a classic image of the pastoral landscapes of the United Kingdom. Yet, beneath this picturesque surface, the world of sheep farming is experiencing a quiet upheaval that impacts not only farmers but also consumers and rural communities.
The Race to Discover if AI will Scale
For years, the tech industry has operated under a near-religious belief in the power of scale. If a model wasn’t working quite as intended, the answer was often to make it bigger. Add more GPUs, train on more data, and—presto!—the promise of artificial intelligence could march forward, solving problems from cancer detection to self-driving cars.
The Ultimate Guide to Mince Pies
Alright, lovely people! You know it's Christmas when the scent of cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those warm, festive spices hits you — and there's no better way to get that Christmassy vibe than with a cracking mince pie. So what is the ultimate pie for you?
Do Europeans Have Too Much Time for Holidays?
Christmas is coming and Europe is starting to close-down leading to an ongoing debate over work-life balance. Europeans, who enjoy some of the most generous vacation allowances in the world, report feeling just as vacation-deprived as Americans, who typically take far fewer days off. How can it be that two such different systems yield similar frustrations?
Trump Broadside Sinks US Spending Bill
In a dramatic turn of events, President-elect Donald Trump has intervened in congressional negotiations, urging Republicans to reject a bipartisan stopgap spending bill designed to prevent a government shutdown, throwing Washington into turmoil, as lawmakers scramble to find a solution before the current funding expires on Saturday.
The Forgotten Mind: Why Dementia Care is Our Silent Crisis
Imagine waking up to find that half the road signs in your city have vanished overnight. You try to get to work, to the store, or even back home, but the paths you once knew by heart are confusing now—fragmented, disconnected. You stop to ask for help, but no one really seems to understand what you're going through, and worse still, there are no clear systems in place to guide you.
Manchester City's Riches Rise Off the Pitch
Behind Manchester City’s perfectly calibrated passes and the controlled chaos orchestrated by Pep Guardiola, there’s another system—one that’s perhaps even more meticulously crafted, and that's the business of an international football network.
Ofcom Bottles Up Free Expression Online
Bottlenecks. They slow things down, restrict movement, and tend to cause frustration. In our digital age, the latest bottleneck isn’t from a traffic jam of data, but from something far more subtle: regulation.
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