People are being urged to "stop right now" and examine their loose change for a scarce coin that could fetch £1,000. A particular 2p piece dating back to 1983 is exceptionally valuable and might ...

My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

Abstract: Traveling salesman problem (TSP) is a combinatorial optimization problem, serving as basis for many real-world applications (e.g., transportation planning, circuit board design, and DNA ...

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is enabling eligible global clients to fund their brokerage accounts using stablecoins, it said on Thursday, The new capability, introduced last month, offers near-instant ...

The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are claimed to have new under-display technology, but it's not known just how much that will reduce the Dynamic Island. Previous leaks regarding the iPhone 18 ...

The Royal Mint is rolling out a new 50p coin to honour Concorde. The coin has been created by design agency Osborne Ross. The reverse (tails) shows the aircraft in flight against a backdrop of a split ...

Abstract: In this study, a novel optimal tracker is developed for the linear quadratic tracking (LQT) problem using an output–feedback adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) framework. By leveraging the ...

Mental health advocates came out in opposition to a proposal from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services they argue would privatize management of public mental health services during a ...

Major surprise in Microsoft Vs Google stakes. Microsoft has started 2026 with a surprise for users. Chrome downloads are being hit by the Windows maker’s latest update. But that’s not the surprise. It ...

This story is excerpted from Shelter From the Storm: How Climate Change Is Creating a New Era of Migration, available January 6, 2026, from The New Press. In Guatemala, outside the town of Jocotán, in ...

Spotify’s library has become modern piracy’s latest treasure. Pirate activist group and shadow library Anna’s Archive claims to have “backed up” the world’s largest music streamer, and made Spotify’s ...

A recent Gallup poll asked about employees' use of AI at work. Nearly half said they use it at least a few times a year. There were some big differences between industries. The use of AI tools among ...