Holtec has signed new memoranda of understanding with Balfour Beatty and Mott MacDonald, as well as South Korean Hyundai’s construction department to collaborate on advancing small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a new guide to help insurance firms use artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly.
UK universities have increasingly had to speak the language of ‘impact’, which has become another addition to the sector’s lexicon of buzzwords. For researchers, the REF exercise is about much more than just impact: it has become an important frame for discussion. A recent report commissioned by the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences unpacks this idea of impact for the disciplines we represent, and its findings are timely and telling.
Millions of us are already using smartphones, smartwatches and even smart glasses but the next big thing could be smart rings. Samsung teased this concept earlier this year during its Galaxy S24 showcase in California and now the Korean technology giant has shown off its idea for the very first time.
London Tech Week is an annual festival meant to celebrate the UK’s growing digital economy. Inevitably, ministers have spent the last few days doing the rounds at the event.
From April, households using an average amount of energy will face an annual bill of £1,690 for their combined gas and electricity – down from £1,928 between January and March.
Some revolutions are the outcome of intense, heated debate, or sudden, abrupt shifts in power; they represent obvious, spectacular turning points in human history. Others just sneak up on us: we know something important is going on, but don’t realise just how dramatically the world has already changed until it is almost too late.