Workers in UK need to embrace AI or risk being left behind, minister says

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Peter Kyle calls on employees and businesses to act now to get to grips with technology amid forecasts of job losses

Workers in the UK should turn their trepidation over AI into “exhilaration” by giving it a try or they risk being left behind by those who have, the technology secretary has said.

Peter Kyle called on employees and businesses to “act now” on getting to grips with the tech, with the generational gap in usage needing only two and a half hours of training to bridge.

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Out of the shadows: drone-op claims show Israel’s Mossad leaning in to its legend

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Footage purported to show spy agents launching missiles inside Iran is marked contrast to the intelligence service’s history of secrecy

Israelis were celebrating on Friday what many see as a stunning new success by their country’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad.

Hours after launching 200 warplanes in a wave of strikes against Iran, Israeli officials released footage they said showed the Mossad agents deep inside Iran assembling missiles and explosive drones aimed at targets near Tehran.

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Mahmoud Khalil: US judge denies release of detained Palestinian activist

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Setback for former student held since March as lawyers condemn government’s ‘cruel, transparent delay tactics’

A federal judge declined to order the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a setback for the former Columbia University student days after a major ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to keep him detained.

Khalil, a green-card holder who has not been charged with a crime, is one of the most high-profile people targeted by the US government’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism. Despite key rulings in his favor, Khalil has been detained since March, missing the birth of his son.

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Trump signs executive order to clear way for Nippon-US Steel deal

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Companies hail ‘historic partnership’ to bring ‘massive investment’ but details of agreement remain unclear

Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for a Nippon Steel investment in US Steel, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government.

Trump’s order did not detail the terms of the national security agreement. But US Steel and Nippon Steel said in a joint statement that the agreement stipulates that approximately $11bn in new investments will be made by 2028 and includes giving the US government a “golden share” – essentially veto power to ensure the country’s national security interests are protected.

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Iran strikes back at Israel, U.S. helps intercept missiles – Axios

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  1. Iran strikes back at Israel, U.S. helps intercept missiles  Axios
  2. Live updates: Israel attacks Iran, explosions in Tel Aviv and Tehran, US position  CNN
  3. Video: Moment Iranian Missile Breaches Israel's Iron Dome, Hits Tel Aviv  NDTV
  4. McCaul says Israel strikes are 'perfect opportunity' for Iranians to overthrow Islamic regime  Fox News
  5. Live updates: Iranian missile attack hits Tel Aviv in retaliation for Israeli strikes  The Washington Post
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Daylight saving shapes how we spend, socialise and travel, NSW data reveals

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Exclusive: As the shortest day of the year draws near, government study shows how earlier sunsets curb economic activity and public transport trips

Daylight saving and its delayed sunsets encourages people to stay out later and spend more money, New South Wales government data shows. The data also found more evening light attracts people to public transport and out of their cars.

Conversely, that uptick in mobility almost entirely vanishes in the days after clocks are wound back an hour, as earlier sunsets cut post-work social and economic activity, the data showed.

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News that one man survived the Air India plane crash weighs on some other sole survivors – AP News

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  1. News that one man survived the Air India plane crash weighs on some other sole survivors  AP News
  2. How the Passenger in Seat 11A Became the Only Survivor of the Air India Plane Crash  The New York Times
  3. What could have caused the Air India crash? Aviation experts offer their theories  The Seattle Times
  4. The sound of jet engines was deafening - then it was chaos  BBC
  5. One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed  The American Prospect
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