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Leaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year’s Scotland and Wales elections

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar and the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, both face humiliating defeat in next year’s elections, according to polling Labour leaders in Edinburgh and Cardiff sought credit for the most progressive measures in Rachel Reeves’ budget on Wednesday, pinning their hopes for next year’s critical elections on a package that increases funding for Scotland and Wales by nearly £2bn. That funding boost and the abolition of the two-child limit for universal credit recipients were seen as a relief in both capitals. Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, said: “I demanded a Labour budget rooted in Labour…

Technology

Apple Challenges India’s Antitrust Penalty Law That Could Cost It $38 Billion: Report

Apple has approached the Delhi High Court to challenge an amended CCI penalty rule that lets regulators impose fines based on a company’s global turnover. The company argues the formula is arbitrary and disproportionate, noting it could face penalties of up to $38 billion if found guilty in an ongoing App Store investigation. The case is scheduled for a hearing on D… Source link

China

Hong Kong fire: police blame construction company’s ‘gross negligence’ as death toll rises to 44

Three construction industry employees arrested after police allege unsafe scaffolding materials may have been behind fire’s rapid spread Hong Kong fire – latest updates Explainer: what we know so far Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of fire Hong Kong police have alleged unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work may have been behind the rapid spread of a devastating fire at a group of residential tower blocks that has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing. Firefighters were still battling to reach residents who may be trapped on the upper floors…

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Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban

Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two teens and a digital rights group led by a New South Wales state politician are seeking an urgent high court injunction to block Australia’s under-16s social media ban, just two weeks before the ban is due to commence. The two young people, 15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, are supported by the Digital Freedom Project – an initiative led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick. Continue…

Technology

NotebookLM's new Deep Research feature disappointed me

I praise NotebookLM a lot, and the reason why is simple: it’s filled with features that are genuinely useful. Given how impressive all its past updates have been, I’ve naturally started having high expectations for each new release. Unfortunately, the Deep Research feature Google recently added to NotebookLM didn’t live up to those expectations. Source link

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Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’

The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party. But I ended up quitting politics in disappointment. What happened? This article originally appeared in Equator, a new magazine of politics, culture and art I never expected to retire in my 30s, but I suppose politics is the art of the impossible: what it promises, what it extracts. A decade at the heart of Spain’s boldest modern political experiment aged me in ways I’ve only just begun…

China

Can mediators prevent war between Afghanistan, Pakistan as tensions spike?

A ceasefire between Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and Pakistan, agreed after intense clashes last month, is hanging by a diplomatic thread, following a wave of suicide bombings in Pakistan and disputed claims that it retaliated with cross-border drone strikes on Tuesday. With both countries vowing vengeance, analysts say regional states acting as mediators – Qatar and Turkey, and Iran and Russia – have only a narrow window of opportunity to prevent another round of hostilities. Otherwise,… Source link

Space

2017 End of Year Podcast

An end of year compilation of conversations with various NASA scientists, engineers, and researchers throughout 2017 on the NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast. Transcript Frank Tavares: You are listening to episode 74 of the NASA in Silicon Valley podcast. This is Frank Tavares… Abby Tabor:… and Abby Tabor, introducing you to our 2017 end of year clip show. Frank Tavares: 2017 has been quite a year, but it’s finally winding down to a close. To cap things off, we wanted to look back at some of the highlights from the past year, and give a good overview to all…