These offenders are the most likely to leave prison and commit another crime, according to analysis - and many rehabilitation campaigners say it would be cheaper and more effective to try to turn around the lives of these people in the community.
These offenders are the most likely to leave prison and commit another crime, according to analysis - and many rehabilitation campaigners say it would be cheaper and more effective to try to turn around the lives of these people in the community.
There is a debate about whether a good heat pump really does lose that much efficiency, but it is generally best to think of the technology as offering a different, slower form of heating. With gas or oil, you can heat up a room very quickly. You might go out to work and let the house cool down; then return home and fire up the furnace. Not with a heat pump. It heats the room up too slowly, so you...
There is a debate about whether a good heat pump really does lose that much efficiency, but it is generally best to think of the technology as offering a different, slower form of heating. With gas or oil, you can heat up a room very quickly. You might go out to work and let the house cool down; then return home and fire up the furnace. Not with a heat pump. It heats the room up too slowly, so you keep it running at a steady temperature.
Australian stocks fell, nearing a technical correction as investors’ anxieties over the Iran War hit the country’s commodity-rich market. The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped as much as 2% on Monday, at one point taking its losses from its March 2 peak to 10%. Most sectors declined except for energy. Tensions in the Middle East showed no signs of easing with President Donald Trump issuing a 48-hour ultim...
Australian stocks fell, nearing a technical correction as investors’ anxieties over the Iran War hit the country’s commodity-rich market. The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped as much as 2% on Monday, at one point taking its losses from its March 2 peak to 10%. Most sectors declined except for energy. Tensions in the Middle East showed no signs of easing with President Donald Trump issuing a 48-hour ultimatum to Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants, a deadline that expires Monday evening in New York. Iran responded that any such attack would prompt it to shut the waterway indefinitely and target US and Israeli energy infrastructure across the region. Australia’s 10-year government bond extended losses, with yields on the benchmark note rising 11 basis. Gold also edged lower.
It has been easier for skilled Indian workers to be able to work in Germany since the two countries signed the 2022 Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement. Then at the end of 2024, Germany announced that it would increase the skilled work visa quota for Indian citizens from 20,000 per year to 90,000.
It has been easier for skilled Indian workers to be able to work in Germany since the two countries signed the 2022 Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement. Then at the end of 2024, Germany announced that it would increase the skilled work visa quota for Indian citizens from 20,000 per year to 90,000.
Only four people have gone to prison for failing to pay council tax since 2020, it said, so highlighting the sanction was counterproductive when writing to those who had not been able to pay.
Only four people have gone to prison for failing to pay council tax since 2020, it said, so highlighting the sanction was counterproductive when writing to those who had not been able to pay.
Asked whether she would support something like a social media ban for under 16s, she says it may not be as simple as that but she does support some form of action.
Asked whether she would support something like a social media ban for under 16s, she says it may not be as simple as that but she does support some form of action.
今天想聊聊 OpenClaw。 除夕夜的时候得了肾结石，在日本经历了可能十年里最痛苦的一段时间，那段日子没怎么关注外面的事。隐约知道好像有新的 AI 产品出现，等回国之后才发现是真的很火，身边朋友都在装、都在讨论，还拉了一些龙虾群互相交流。 倒不是说真担心某个 AI 产品赶不上就会被替代，更多还是觉得自己虽然不是一线科技从业者，但一直算是个观察者，有好奇心。 回国之后就买了 Mac mini，也养...
今天想聊聊 OpenClaw。 除夕夜的时候得了肾结石，在日本经历了可能十年里最痛苦的一段时间，那段日子没怎么关注外面的事。隐约知道好像有新的 AI 产品出现，等回国之后才发现是真的很火，身边朋友都在装、都在讨论，还拉了一些龙虾群互相交流。 倒不是说真担心某个 AI 产品赶不上就会被替代，更多还是觉得自己虽然不是一线科技从业者，但一直算是个观察者，有好奇心。 回国之后就买了 Mac mini，也养了几只龙虾。自己的 Mac mini 里养了一只，又用几个国产一键部署的产品养了几只，分别叫大傻、二傻和三傻。三傻已经不说话了，token 用完了。二傻偶尔说几句也都是没用的话，大傻偶尔还能提供一些信息。 这里的赤鱬就是我的大傻： 身边没有人不在聊这个事儿。朋友圈全是池塘。 今天想做的事情，就是把龙虾这件事从头到尾拆清楚，回答三个问题： - 要不要养虾？ - 虾会不会成为我们的同事？ - 未来我们会不会被虾养？ 1、OpenClaw 的历史 先说说大致发生了什么。 OpenClaw 最早在 2025 年底以 Clawdbot 的名字上线，本来就是蹭 Claude 的——发音几乎一样。 Anthropic 的法务团队联系了作者 Peter，让他改名。如果你未来要做一个影响全球的产品，应该不会一开始就蹭人名字，说明 Peter 刚开始也没觉得这是多大的事。他改了一次产品名叫 Moltbot，又觉得不太合适，最后定名 OpenClaw。 Claw 其实不是龙虾的意思，是爪子，logo 才是龙虾。但这个命名简直神来之笔——具象、好记、容易传播。一说龙虾，大家都知道是什么，也不会跟已有的互联网大厂撞上。 作者 Peter Steinberger 这个人也挺有意思。 他在硅谷做过高级 iOS 工程师，工作期间，用闲暇时间创办了 PSPDFKit——专门解决 iOS 上 PDF 渲染问题的公司，听起来就很垂直的方向。十年之后，2021 年，公司拿到 1 亿欧元战略投资，他就退出了。退出之后出现了典型的「退出后遗症」——庆祝、旅行、空虚、做心理治疗。对于 Peter 这种人，闲不住，需要不断做事情才能有成就感。只有钱去消费，那种感觉是很空虚的，甚至会产生严重的心理问题。 他自己说， OpenClaw 是从 2009 年以来做的第 44 个 AI 相关项目。你别说，多做还是管用的。我身边一些...
TAIPEI, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- QBit Semiconductor LTD. ("QBit") announced that it has completed its Series B fundraising round with participation from an affiliate of Arm Holdings plc. Following this investment, QBit plans to apply for an initial public offering in Taiwan by the fourth quarter of 2026. Simon Shen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QBit Semiconductor Founded in 2016, ...
TAIPEI, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- QBit Semiconductor LTD. ("QBit") announced that it has completed its Series B fundraising round with participation from an affiliate of Arm Holdings plc. Following this investment, QBit plans to apply for an initial public offering in Taiwan by the fourth quarter of 2026. Simon Shen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QBit Semiconductor Founded in 2016, QBit is a fabless semiconductor design company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with additional offices in Boston, United States, and Tokyo, Japan. The founding team has extensive industry experience originating from Qualcomm and CSR, bringing deep expertise in semiconductor design and system integration. QBit is one of very few semiconductor companies that have successfully developed and integrated three core technologies: Intelligent Image Process, Precision Motion Control, and Energy-Aware Sensing Management. These technologies form the foundation of QBit's differentiated system-on-chip (SoC) platforms. QBit's primary products include SoCs for multifunction printers, which are widely adopted by major tier-one international printer brands. In addition, the company's solutions are also widely used across a broad range of imaging-related applications, including medical printers, photo printers, scanners, barcode printers, and industrial printers. Looking ahead, QBit plans to leverage its SoC expertise to expand into emerging application areas such as kiosks, robotics, and drones. Besides Arm's investment, the Taiwan government currently also holds more than 6% stake in QBit, reflecting institutional support for the company's long-term development and strategic positioning within Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem. QBit plans to apply for its IPO on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approval and market conditions. Will Abbey, Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer, Arm, added, "Through our collaboration with QBit, we're bringing ...
It can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn’t been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or bat poo). Some of these caves host millions of bats – you can hear them chirping above, hanging in the darkness, and occasionally flying around. It always seems like night-time inside a cave because it’s pitch black. The walls are covered in interesti...
It can be daunting entering a cave. It is an underground world that possibly hasn’t been explored before. The first smell that hits you is guano (or bat poo). Some of these caves host millions of bats – you can hear them chirping above, hanging in the darkness, and occasionally flying around. It always seems like night-time inside a cave because it’s pitch black. The walls are covered in interesting creatures such as tailless whip scorpions, which look like a cross between a spider and crab (they look dangerous, but are not), as well as millipedes and centipedes. The whole ecosystem feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It’s not for the faint-hearted. Water oozes through the cave walls, so you sometimes hear the sound of it dripping. Narrow passages link big cathedral-like galleries, and some passages are too narrow for a human to get through … it is an alien, and mostly silent place. View image in fullscreen An aerial view of limestone karst formations where conservationists have searched for new species in Phnom Proek district in Battambang province. Photograph: Suy Se/AFP/Getty Images Growing up in northern Spain, I was out in the mountains every day looking for wildlife. Even in school I was searching for small creatures in the playground. But I didn’t know much about the karst landscape before I moved to Cambodia. double quotation mark Finding a new species is a dream come true. Being involved in the discovery of so many was incredibly exciting I led projects with Fauna & Flora, a nature conservation charity, in Cambodia for seven years, from 2019. Karst describes a landscape of limestone rock eroded for thousands of years by water. Because karst hills and caves are isolated from one another, each is its own “island laboratory” of evolution. Species adapted to these specific habitats are unable to cross from one place to another, so over time those populations start to drift apart and are eventually considered separate species. Sometime...
Children who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research. Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the link to depression was more pronounced in girls. Researchers at Imperial College London analysed data from a study of cognit...
Children who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research. Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the link to depression was more pronounced in girls. Researchers at Imperial College London analysed data from a study of cognition, adolescents and mobile phones, set up in 2014, based on responses from 2,350 children at 31 schools across London. The schoolchildren twice took cognitive tests and completed a questionnaire on digital behaviours, mental health and lifestyles: first when they were between 11 and 12, and again when they were between 13 and 15. The analysis found children who spent more than three hours a day on social media were more likely to have symptoms of anxiety and depression as teenagers, compared with those who spent 30 minutes online each day. The researchers suggested this could be down to those who used social media more going to sleep later and having less sleep overall, particularly on school nights. View image in fullscreen The research analysed data about children’s digital behaviours and mental health over time. Photograph: True Images/Alamy Prof Mireille Toledano, principal investigator for the research and chair of Imperial’s Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing,U said: “Our analysis shows a clear trend in terms of the amount of time spent on social media and mental health outcomes. “Children who use social media apps for longer, and later into the evening, may be offsetting the sleep they need to function healthily. We think this is the key reason we’re seeing a lasting impact on their mental health down the line.” Earlier this month, the government launched a consultation to gather views on measures to protect children online, which could include a partial social media ban for under-16s. Last year, Australia became the first country to ban under-16s from ...
People with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost £2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays. The bank also found that 44% of student loan holders claim that repayments limit their ability to build long-term financial stability, while 41% say it prevents them from entering the housing market. The data coincides with renewed sc...
People with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost £2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays. The bank also found that 44% of student loan holders claim that repayments limit their ability to build long-term financial stability, while 41% say it prevents them from entering the housing market. The data coincides with renewed scrutiny of the student loan system after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, opted to freeze the threshold at which loan repayments begin for three years from 2027. The announcement in Reeves’s November budget led to widespread criticism, including from fellow Labour MPs, and led to the launch of a Treasury select committee inquiry, a ministerial review of options to ease the burden on graduates and a campaign by the consumer champion Martin Lewis. Unveiling the select committee’s inquiry earlier this month, its chair, the Labour MP Meg Hillier, said: “House prices in my area are particularly high. You couldn’t possibly be a young person locally and look across the road and think, ‘I’ll buy that property that’s being built,’ because they’re £650,000 for a two-bedroom flat, or £750,000.” She suggested high housing costs could partly explain falling birthrates in London, which are contributing to smaller school rolls and in some cases, school closures. The Barclays study said: “For those actively building up a house deposit, there is a savings gap between those with student loans and those without. “Individuals who have outstanding student debt report putting away £310 per month towards a deposit, whereas those without a loan say they save £473.70 per month, an extra £163.70. “Over the course of a year, this puts debt-free individuals £1,964.40 closer to their savings goal than individuals who have a student loan.” Graduates typically benefit from an earnings premium over their non-university educated peers. However, the gap has narrowed significantly over recent decades. The lates...
Thousands of young people leaving care in England are being left “locked out” of work by employers who say they are open to hiring but make few changes to adapt, a charity has warned. Calling on employers to act on their promises, the Drive Forward Foundation said care leavers were almost three times more likely to be out of work than their peers. As ministers push to tackle a youth jobs crisis, t...
Thousands of young people leaving care in England are being left “locked out” of work by employers who say they are open to hiring but make few changes to adapt, a charity has warned. Calling on employers to act on their promises, the Drive Forward Foundation said care leavers were almost three times more likely to be out of work than their peers. As ministers push to tackle a youth jobs crisis, the charity, which helps care leavers to find work, said this employment gap had remained “stubbornly consistent” despite a decade of youth jobs initiatives. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 40% of care-experienced people aged 19 to 21 are not in employment, education or training (Neet), compared with 12.7% of their non-care-experienced peers. The overall number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are Neet has increased to almost 1 million across the UK, the highest level in more than a decade. The government is battling to bring down youth unemployment, with pledges to undertake welfare reform and to provide subsidies for employers to encourage them to hire young adults. Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, last week announced a £1bn youth employment scheme. Companies will receive a £3,000 grant for each hire of a person aged 18 to 24 who is on benefits and has been looking for a job for at least six months. Ministers have also paved the way for a slower rise in the minimum wage for younger workers. However, the report from Drive Forward highlighted that, while many employers say they want to help young people leaving care, they then often make very few changes to their hiring processes. A survey of 500 employers commissioned by the charity found that although more than 80% said they would consider hiring care-experienced young people, relatively few had adapted recruitment processes to account for non-linear work histories or gaps in CVs. Almost half of employers said they never adjusted job descriptions or recruitment language to remove unnecessa...
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, sinking more than 35 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 3,100-point plateau and it may take further damage again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets suggests consolidation on profit taking and weak retail earnings. The European and U.S. markets ...
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, sinking more than 35 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 3,100-point plateau and it may take further damage again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets suggests consolidation on profit taking and weak retail earnings. The European and U.S. markets were down and the Asian markets are tipped to open in similar fashion. The STI finished modestly lower on Tuesday following losses from the industrials and a mixed performance from the financial shares. For the day, the index shed 15.24 points or 0.49 percent to finish at 3,096.34 after trading between 3,092.08 and 3,114.54. Among the actives, Ascendas REIT rallied 1.44 percent, while CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust increased 0.53 percent, CapitaLand Investment collected 0.33 percent, Comfort DelGro added 0.73 percent, DBS Group tumbled 1.91 percent, Genting Singapore gathered 0.54 percent, Hongkong Land and Frasers Logistics advanced 0.91 percent, Keppel Corp fell 0.16 percent, Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust gained 0.72 percent, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Jardine Cycle both improved 0.88 percent, Mapletree Logistics Trust rose 0.63 percent, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation retreated 0.93 percent, SATS accelerated 0.73 percent, SembCorp Industries sank 0.40 percent, Singapore Technologies Engineering was up 0.26 percent, SingTel plunged 2.60 percent, Wilmar International climbed 1.10 percent, Yangzijiang Financial jumped 1.56 percent, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding declined 0.68 percent and City Developments, Emperador, Seatrium Limited, Thai Beverage and Keppel DC REIT were unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is soft as the major averages opened lower on Tuesday and remained in the red throughout the session. The Dow dropped 62.75 points or 0.18 percent to finish at 35,088.29, while the NASDAQ tumbled 84.55 points or 0.59 percent to end at 14,199.98 and the S...
is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. First came the AI beauty pageant. Then the AI music contests. Now, there is an award for AI Personality of the Year — perhaps the inevitable next step for the...
is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. First came the AI beauty pageant. Then the AI music contests. Now, there is an award for AI Personality of the Year — perhaps the inevitable next step for the AI influencer economy as it transforms from quirky novelty into a serious and lucrative industry. The contest, a joint venture between generative AI studio OpenArt and AI-powered creator platform Fanvue, with backing from AI voice company ElevenLabs, opens on Monday and runs for a month. The organizers said it is intended to “celebrate the creative talent ‘behind’ AI Influencers” and recognize their growing commercial and cultural clout. Contestants will compete for a total prize fund of $20,000, which will be split between an overall winner and individual categories of fitness, lifestyle, comedian, music and dance entertainer, and fictional cartoon, anime, or fantasy personality. Victors will be celebrated at an event in May that the organizers are dubbing the “‘Oscars’ for AI personalities.” To enter, you must develop your AI influencer on OpenArt’s platform and submit it at www.AIpersonality.ai. You’ll be asked for social media handles across TikTok, X, YouTube, and Instagram, as well as the story behind the character, your motivations for creating it, and details of any brand work. Among those assessing contestants are 13‑time Emmy‑winning comedy writer Gil Rief, the creators of Spanish AI model Aitana Lopez, and Christopher “Topher” Townsend, the MAGA rapper behind AI-generated gospel singer Solomon Ray. According to a copy of the judges’ briefing seen by The Verge, contestants will be scored on four criteria: quality, social clout, brand appeal, and the inspiration behind the avatar. Specific points include reliably engaging with followers, portraying a consistent lo...
"It's all very well us getting rid of all the ferrets, but we need to make sure they don't come back and we want to make sure rats don't get onto the island.
"It's all very well us getting rid of all the ferrets, but we need to make sure they don't come back and we want to make sure rats don't get onto the island.
Indonesia ’s president is heading to Tokyo – and Japan has eight stealth frigates, a mineral deal and a seat at the emperor’s lunch table waiting for him. Prabowo Subianto is due to arrive on March 29 for a three-day state visit, his first trip to Japan since taking office in October 2024. He will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and dine with Emperor Naruhito, according to a...
Indonesia ’s president is heading to Tokyo – and Japan has eight stealth frigates, a mineral deal and a seat at the emperor’s lunch table waiting for him. Prabowo Subianto is due to arrive on March 29 for a three-day state visit, his first trip to Japan since taking office in October 2024. He will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and dine with Emperor Naruhito, according to a statement published by Tokyo’s Foreign Ministry on March 13. Advertisement Analysts say the agenda will be dominated by defence, resource security and China. “Prabowo’s visit will be a great opportunity for the two countries to further strengthen the comprehensive and strategic partnership,” the ministry statement said. Japanese Emperor Naruhito waves to well‑wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo last month. Photo: EPA Last Sunday, Indonesia and Japan signed two memorandums of cooperation on critical minerals and nuclear energy on the sidelines of the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum in Tokyo.
pingingz/iStock via Getty Images Super Micro, Inc. ( SMCI ) slumped over 30% due to employees being charged with smuggling AI chips to China, yet the company wasn't implicated in the charges. The headlines tug at the biggest fears of the stock market, but the underlying suggestion is that the DoJ and FBI found no problems with the company being complicit in the scheme to fraud U.S. export laws. My...
pingingz/iStock via Getty Images Super Micro, Inc. ( SMCI ) slumped over 30% due to employees being charged with smuggling AI chips to China, yet the company wasn't implicated in the charges. The headlines tug at the biggest fears of the stock market, but the underlying suggestion is that the DoJ and FBI found no problems with the company being complicit in the scheme to fraud U.S. export laws. My investment thesis is ultra Bullish with the stock down close to the lows from late 2024 when Super Micro was accused of fraud and 18 months later hasn't been charged of any crimes. Source: Finviz Not Complicit The National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged three people working for Super Micro with conspiring to unlawfully divert Nvidia ( NVDA ) GPUs to Chinese customers. The headlines are clearly very negative and serious for the AI server company. The most alarming part of the case is co-founder Wally Liaw was implicated and arrested in the case. He is currently Sr. VP of Business Development and was just dismissed as a Board member. The good news is that Super Micro wasn't charged in the case. The details actually appear to confirm Super Micro as having a valid export compliance division. The DoJ charges suggest a very sophisticated scheme involved Mr. Liaw another employee in Taiwan and a contractor in Taiwan. The smuggling ring involved creating a warehouse of dummy servers to trick corporate compliance and U.S. officials as follows: The defendants and their co-conspirators took extensive measures to conceal their scheme. As just one example, to deceive the U.S. Manufacturer’s compliance team, responsible for ensuring adherence to U.S. export control laws, the defendants staged thousands of “dummy” servers—non-working, physical replicas of the U.S. Manufacturer’s servers—for inspection at the locations where Company-1 was purportedly storing the servers it had purchased from the U.S. Manufacturer. However, the actual servers purchased by Compa...