Nuclear weapons

Households should stock up on tinned food, bottled water and a battery-powered or wind radio to prepare for a national emergency. The Government on Wednesday launched a new website, prepare.campaign.gov.uk, which sets out guidance for the…

The continuing scandal of missing blood tests from UK troops could make it hard to convince the public about a £20bn deal to create new nuclear warheads, Parliament has been told.Former defence minister Tom Watson said it would be hard to…

Won’t this also make AI models more problematic or potentially dangerous?I've always said in safety forums and conferences that it is a big step change. Once we get agent-like systems working, AI will feel very different to current systems,…

Modern-day struggle in Britain might observe a 'WW2-inspired blueprint' with secret police, compelled labour camps and strict meals rations, a world affairs professional believes.Last month, British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned…

No matter which movie snatches Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, “Barbenheimer” will still go down as the winner. Last summer’s box office face-off between Christopher Nolan’s historical drama about a troubled male genius and the atomic…

More than a decade of dating apps has shown the process can be excruciating. A new app is trying to make dating less exhausting by using artificial intelligence to help people skip the earliest, often cringey stages of chatting with a new…

While the writers strike may have crippled late-night TV in 2023, scripted television—at least for the first half of the year—was in full swing, and at a distinct high point. If the only series to air all year had been Succession, it still…

Over the two years lawmakers have been negotiating the rules agreed today, AI technology and the leading concerns about it have dramatically changed. When the AI Act was conceived in April 2021, policymakers were worried about opaque…

American nuclear bombs are set to return to Britain after 15 years.A senior US defence official has visited an RAF base within the Suffolk countryside, paving the best way for the controversial arms to come back again to the UK. Deputy…

Britain's nuclear heroes are furious the medal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised them may not be delivered before Remembrance Sunday.Survivors of the Cold War radiation experiments - who have an average age of 85 - are threatening to make…