what to watch, listen to and read this week
When I first watched Girls, I remember marvelling at Lena Dunham’s four twenty-something New Yorkers.…
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How can we stay safe after data breaches? Step 1 is to change the cybersecurity laws
Last week, Australian airline Qantas announced cyber attackers had accessed personal data about some of…
New £63 million boost for Britain’s electric vehicle revolution
major boost to charging investment to break down barriers to electric vehicle ownership and boost charging…
The forgotten 80-year-old machine that shaped the internet – and could help us survive AI
Many years ago, long before the internet or artificial intelligence, an American engineer called Vannevar…
FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared
The deadly flash flooding in Texas and destructive floods in states including New Mexico, Vermont…
Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation…
Joint statement on recent developments in Georgia
Joint statement of 11 July 2025 by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia,…
Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence
The “unprecedented crisis” in Haiti means that every number presented “is a new record,” said…
Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July…
How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Legal battles over President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship continued on July…