Constructed by a mysterious civilisation that left no written records, the massive site is now open to the public for the first time in more than a century. Autumn leaves crackled under our shoes as dozens of eager tourists and I followed a guide along a grassy mound. We stopped when we reached the opening…
It's having a moment with celebrities, fashionistas and Gen Z. But wearing any kind of fur, from vintage to synthetic, poses some difficult questions. Could a new plant-based faux fur be the way forward? From Tory Burch in New York and Simone Rocha in London, to Fendi in Milan and Miu Miu in Paris, fur…
A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour. In September 2021, Russian wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh and his team were sailing around the wild and remote Chukotka Peninsula in Russia's extreme northeast. They were hoping to visit Wrangel Island, a…
This year hasn’t exactly blown me away when it comes to new movies. “Companion” and “Black Bag” have definitely been standouts, but beyond that, I’ve been craving pure adrenaline and something that did what so many recent movies haven’t: offer the perfect kind of escapism. “Novocaine” gave me exactly that when I saw it in…
LONDON -- Maj. Oleh Shyriaiev's first experience of North Koreans came at the contact line near Kruglenkoe -- a village around 8 miles from the Ukrainian border in Kursk, the western Russian region that has become a focal point of the war and an example of both Ukraine's determination and the brutal war of attrition…
Headline-making mass outages—think 2024’s CrowdStrike event and 2023’s Google Cloud services disruptions—can bring multinational corporations and small businesses to their knees. But smaller technical events are far more common and can shut down business functions with equally devastating effects. Cybersecurity attacks like Change Healthcare and Snowflake data breaches that impacted millions wreak even greater havoc,…
Cloud adoption is a crucial business strategy to achieve success and unlock value in today's digital landscape. As per a recent survey, 95 percent of European companies claim to capture value from the cloud. However, what really needs to be considered is whether the value realized is merely from improvements to IT and resultant cost…
Payday should be a moment of relief. A time to settle bills and breathe easy, but for customers on February's payday, it was anything but relaxing. Widespread mobile app crashes left millions unable to access their online banking, causing frustration and chaos when they needed their money the most. For customers relying on these apps…
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, cloud applications serve as powerful enablers, providing businesses with the agility to rapidly deploy new services and updates. They empower businesses to innovate and provide more resilience than traditional IT infrastructure – enabling organizations to scale resources dynamically, such as handling traffic spikes at key moments. None of this is…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become the most transformative technology of our time. With 89% of Harvard Business Review survey respondents acknowledging AI’s potential, businesses are under increasing pressure to integrate AI into their operations. However, decision-makers face a significant challenge: How do they separate AI hype from AI that delivers tangible business…

