Sun 26 October 2025: You check prices online for a flight to Melbourne today. It’s $300. You leave your browser open. Two hours later, it’s $320. Half a day later, $280. Welcome to the world of algorithmic pricing, where technology tries to figure out what price you’re willing to pay. Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly remaking […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that Gaza’s health system has been devastated by Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory, which began on 7 October 2023. “There are no fully functioning hospitals in Gaza,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warning that “the total cost of rebuilding the Gaza […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: The US passport dropped from the world’s top 10 most powerful list for the first time in the 20-year history of a key rankings index. The declining strength of the US passport since its November 1 spot in 2014 “signals a fundamental shift in global mobility and soft power dynamics,” per […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: The United States national debt topped $38 trillion, as the gap between government spending and revenues in the world’s largest economy expands at a rapid pace. The US Department of the Treasury included the staggering figure in its latest report on the nation’s finances, with the debt standing at $38,019,813 as […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Following Australia’s ban on children under 16 from using social media platforms, more countries work on similar bills to restrict the access of young people to social media without parental consent, as the support for banning children from such apps has recently been on the rise, according to reports. Italy, Spain, […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: In recent years, several websites selling ultra-low-cost goods have appeared on the French market. Shein, Temu and AliExpress, to name but a few, are shaking up the online retail landscape. According to a study conducted by BPCE Digital & Payments, the number of payment cards recording at least one monthly transaction on a […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Sweden announced that it will begin stockpiling food and agricultural supplies for the first time since the Cold War, citing what officials describe as a growing threat from Russia. The Swedish Board of Agriculture stated on Tuesday that it will create emergency reserves of grain and other key supplies to ensure […]
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Thu 23 October 2025: The weight-loss drug semaglutide reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes, regardless of the amount of weight lost, according to a new study. The study, published this week in The Lancet, said that drugs such as semaglutide may provide health benefits beyond weight reduction, including lowering cardiovascular risks, and should […]
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Thu 23 October 2025: A joint investigation by Norway’s NRK and 21 other public media outlets revealed that AI language models like ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, and Gemini generated notable factual or sourcing inaccuracies in nearly 50% of their news-related answers. According to a report published on Wednesday by NRK Beta, 45% of all answers contained […]
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Thu 23 October 2025: The United States is mulling over a proposal to leave Gaza’s territory divided while rebuilding Israel-control areas only and figuring out how to disarm Hamas, a news report says. “The US and Israel are considering a plan that would divide Gaza into separate zones controlled by Israel and Hamas, with reconstruction […]
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