He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

New York Times - Oct 12, 2026

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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Oct 12, 2026

People are increasingly falling behind on credit card repayments, so here's the best way to get debt advice.

Healey faces £35bn Budget challenge to meet spending pledges, says think tank

Healey faces £35bn Budget challenge to meet spending pledges, says think tank

Oct 12, 2026

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the government will need a "top-up" of billions of pounds if it wants to meet its spending plans.

Campaigners claim minister attempting to undermine 'Holiday Hunger Bill'

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Oct 12, 2026

The education minister has warned it would immediately cost his department £20m a year at a time when it is already struggling to balance its budget.

AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president

AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president

Oct 12, 2026

Brad Smith calls for global rules on AI, and says the UK is in the "best position" to lead the charge.

Full fleet, full speed, full connection: American Airlines will bring Starlink to every mainline jet

Full fleet, full speed, full connection: American Airlines will bring Starlink to every mainline jet

Oct 12, 2026

American will expand its sweeping modernization of the inflight customer experience by bringing Starlink to all mainline aircraft, including Airbus narrowbodies and Boeing narrowbodies and widebodies. Installations will begin in early 2027. With plans to equip more than 1,000 mainline aircraft, American aims to operate one of the world’s largest Starlink-connected fleets equipped with Starlink’s Performance Aero Terminal, which can deliver speeds of up to 1 Gbps per terminal.

The first-date diet: Nutritionist reveals garlic could boost your sex appeal while fizzy drinks and sweeteners may ruin your chances

The first-date diet: Nutritionist reveals garlic could boost your sex appeal while fizzy drinks and sweeteners may ruin your chances

Oct 12, 2026

The days of worrying about what to wear on a first date may be over - as what you've eaten beforehand could be just as important, according to a nutritionist.

Merchants must look beyond fraud in the use of AI to unlock a data goldmine

Merchants must look beyond fraud in the use of AI to unlock a data goldmine

Oct 12, 2026

Inclusive global payments platform, Ecommpay, has published a new white paper - Earning insight from every transaction: optimising enterprise-wide performance through AI and payments data - that challenges the current narrow use of AI in e-commerce. While the application of AI is well-proven for fraud prevention, the payments innovator believes e-commerce merchants are missing the opportunity to use AI to interrogate the immense volume of transaction data for enterprise-wide benefits. It believes PSPs have a critical role to play in shifting the use of AI.

EventsAir research finds 72% of event professionals value AI, yet one in four still aren’t using it

EventsAir research finds 72% of event professionals value AI, yet one in four still aren’t using it

Oct 12, 2026

New research from EventsAir, a leading event management software provider, reveals a significant gap between enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and its practical adoption across the events industry. While 72 per cent of event professionals consider AI valuable or essential for improving event outcomes, 26 per cent are still not using it all. Among those using AI, event marketing is currently the leading application, cited by 62.4 per cent of respondents, well ahead of data analysis and reporting (37.8 per cent). 15 per cent apply it to logistics and operations, 14.5 per cent to maximizing attendee engagement and 13.2 per cent attendee personalization.

Step inside Britain's strangest property: Abandoned RAF 'spin machine' used to test the limits of the human body goes on sale for £750,000

Step inside Britain's strangest property: Abandoned RAF 'spin machine' used to test the limits of the human body goes on sale for £750,000

Oct 12, 2026

If you've got a spare £750,000 burning a hole in your pocket, you could become the proud owner of Britain's strangest property.

DeepSeek’s cost-saving AI may lead to inaccuracy in model performance: research

DeepSeek’s cost-saving AI may lead to inaccuracy in model performance: research

Oct 12, 2026

New research has exposed a potential flaw in the memory-saving technology underpinning DeepSeek’s models, marking a rare challenge to a breakthrough that has helped the Chinese artificial intelligence lab close the gap with US rivals OpenAI and Anthropic with its low-cost approach. The findings were published late last month in a paper led by researchers from ByteDance and co-authors affiliated with Princeton University, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. The study,...

Why some have no choice but to pay costly oil prices

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Oct 12, 2026

The rural communities vulnerable to heating oil prices rises as the weather gets colder.

'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding

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Oct 12, 2026

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