Capita boss gets ‘obscene’ pay packet while retired civil servants need emergency loans

With almost all of Capita’s earnings coming from the public sector, it is the taxpayer ultimately footing Capita’s bills, including the CEO’s salary. The substantial pay packet emerged during a Westminster Hall debate…

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USA’s Venezuela takeover comes with bonus exposure to Chinese AI surveillance tech

The document explains that Venezuela’s government built a surveillance state a decade ago, largely using technology from Chinese companies. In 2025, according to the report claims, then Venezuelan vice-president Delcy…

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See tiny organisms on show in microscopic video competition

This year's winning video was magnified to 100 times in size, and featured tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease. It was submitted by Dr Ning Xu, a researcher at…

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Neagley season 2 has yet to be confirmed by Prime Video — but cast and creator already tease 'deeper emotion' and 'bigger action scenes' in new storylines

Neagley naturally had a lot to live up to as a spinoff of popular Prime Video action series Reacher , but now that I've binged all eight episodes, I think it deftly rose to the challenge. It doesn't hurt that Neagley…

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Lucky eBayer snags 128-core Intel server for $700 — HP server has 1TB RAM and 16 Xeon CPUs worth more than $4,000

The bundle includes sixteen BL460c G8 servers, each built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2660 processor with 8 cores, 12 threads, and a 2.20 GHz base clock under the Sandy Bridge-EP architecture. Multiplied across the…

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A camera in a toothbrush? Dyson tells us why it combined 'WiFi, AI, intelligent sensing and fluid dynamics with a highly engineered brushing experience' to create the Dyson Camerajet

True to form, it has surpassed the rumours with a toothbrush that goes one step beyond the norm and is packed with innovation. Having trialled it a week prior to launch, I was among the first journalists to give the…

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'Engineered for affordability': Lockheed Martin says Vectis stealth combat drone family will come before 2028 — promotion videos show two hidden missile bays

The company says the aircraft is intended for autonomous missions alongside crewed fighters, including the F-35 and future combat platforms. Lockheed expects the first Vectis prototype to fly in 2027, with four…

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Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into superhot-rock geothermal

The fresh funding will help the company develop horizontal wells in superhot rocks capable of generating 15 megawatts of electricity per well. Mazama plans to start generating electricity sometime next year and said its…

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Daily briefing: How to turn a paper into an AI agent

He experienced improved symptoms and continued to work as a physician a year after starting treatment. Antisense oligonucleotide therapy uses short strands of genetic material to target RNA produced by a faulty gene…

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How research funding took me out of the lab and into leadership

After waiting anxiously for another six months, I finally received an invitation to interview. I knew, therefore, that my proposal had been well received and would be eligible for resubmission should I ultimately miss…

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