UK-US Tech deal: Microsoft, Google investing £31bn in AI infrastructure
Britain and the US have struck a tech deal that could bring billions of pounds of investment to the UK.The “tech prosperity deal”, announced as Mr Trump arrived in the UK on Tuesday night, will see the UK and US cooperate in areas including artificial intelligence, quantum computing and nuclear power.It comes alongside £31 billion of investment in Britain from America’s top technology companies, including Microsoft and Google.Plus, we're joined by Professor John Morton, co-founder and CTO of Quantum Motion.His team have just delivered a full-stack quantum computer to the UK National Quantum Computing Centre.They believe they’re on track to bring commercially useful quantum computers to market this decade.This is the first fully functioning quantum computer of its kind to be built using the same silicon chip technology that powers every PC, smartphone and tech device we’re used to.Also in this episode:-Doctors say women with long COVID are prone to longer and heavier periods-OpenAI apply restriction tools to ChatGPT for those under-18-A new tool could help catch cases of ovarian cancer sooner-Thermal drones deployed to monitor native animals under threat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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REPLAY: Anxiety & why the brain ‘knows how to heal’ with NuCalm’s Jim Poole
This is a cut-down preview of Brave New World, hosted Evgeny Lebedev. Evgeny is joined by Jim Poole, chairman, president and chief executive of Solace Life Sciences. They explore the evolution of the human brain, anxiety and how to deregulate the amygdala, a small, almond-shaped part of the brain that plays a central role, which Jim says ‘feeds on fear’. Listen to the full conversation on the Brave New World podcast here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Musk responds to sanctions call over Tommy Robinson rally remarks
In a post on X, Elon Musk has branded Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey a “craven coward”.Sir Ed accused the American billionaire of “inciting violence” with his appearance at the Unite the Kingdom protest on Saturday.And he called for the Tesla owner to be sanctioned over the remarks he made.The UK and the US have agreed a deal to boost the building of nuclear plants in both countries.The Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy is expected to be signed during Donald Trump’s state visit this week.Could keyboards, remote controls, alarms and sensors soon be battery-free?An international team has developed durable new solar cells capable of harvesting energy from indoor light.For more, we speak to project lead, Dr Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi, Associate Professor at the Institute for Materials Discovery, UCL.Also in this episode:-The government announce a major new UK drone factory for 2026-Leaders of global video games industry gather for Edinburgh summit-A new confidential app to support those bereaved by suicide has been launched-Despite having eight arms, octopuses do pick a favourite for certain tasks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mice with mini steering wheels reveal more about how our brains work
Mice using mini steering wheels are helping neuroscientists rethink how the brain makes decisions.Research from the International Brain Laboratory shows decision-making isn’t confined to just a handful of brain regions as once thought, it’s actually distributed much more widely.Suze Cooper spoke to Professor Alexandre Pouget from the University of Geneva’s basic neuroscience department about the findings and what they might mean for people with brain conditions.Watch the brain map video here.Also in this episode:A government trial shows why human oversight is so important when it comes to using AI to write computer codeThe Information Commissioner’s Office warns children are hacking their school IT systems ‘for fun’Spotify is rolling out lossless audio to Premium users - but you will need to reach for your wired headphones to hear the differenceThe number of electric vehicle charging points at supermarkets has gone up by a third since the start of last year according to stats from the RACThe internet sleuths who cracked the mystery of an unknown wedding guest for a Scottish coupleToday’s episode art work shows a brain-wide map featuring 75,000 analysed neurons. Each dot is linearly scaled according to the raw average firing rate of that neuron up to a maximum size. Credit: Dan Birman, International Brain Laboratory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hawking’s Black Hole theory proven right after 50 years
After fifty years of debate, Dr Geraint Pratten from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham tells us how their research on recorded gravitational waves has confirmed Stephen Hawking’s most famous black hole theory.A drug for a rare disease that causes sudden vision loss is now available on the NHS.Jaguar Land Rover confirms data was compromised in last week’s cyberattack.Also in this episode:-Have NASA found evidence of life on Mars?-London’s "Wet Wipe Island" has finally been cleared. John Headway, Thames Water’s Head of Tideway Integration Group, shares some of their more unusual finds - including a pair of men's trousers.-The lizard that gave birth despite not mating, with Scott Adams, Director of the Exotic Zoo in Telford, Shropshire.Image credit: Aurore Simonnet (SSU/EdEon)/LVK/URI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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