Financial institutions face increasing risks from sophisticated document manipulation, says SprintHive.

Immigrants in Johannesburg who say they are denied health care in clinics have turned to the black market for smuggled medicines. Prescription-grade medicines like antibiotics are now easily accessible on the streets without a script. This could contribute to antimicrobial resistance. The medicines are mostly smuggled into the country from Malawi and, to a lesser […]

Savant today announced that APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! Savant has been a Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Seed fund implementing partner since 2017 and has facilitated funding and supported a significant number of early-stage technology projects over the past 8 years. The Pre-Seed Fund targets projects that are in the early stages of technology development such as proof of concept […]

The push to expand AI integration across devices is expected to boost sales this year, Samsung said.

Albert, Bernard and Cheryl return

Ten years ago I published a maths olympiad question from Singapore on the Guardian website, and it changed my life.

‘Cheryl’s birthday problem’ went viral. Its unexpected success led to the birth of this column in May 2015. And here we are, almost 250 puzzles later.

May 15, May 16, May 19

June 17, June 18

July 14, July 16

August 14, August 15, August 17

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By grazing between trees and removing potential wildfire fuel, wild horses help protect Galicia’s delicate ecosystems, but Europe’s largest herd has declined to just 10,000

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Software quality assurance involves various testing methodologies to verify software’s functionality, reliability, and robustness across different environments. Compatibility testing and retesting are two important types of testing that are often compared. Though both share the goal of improving software quality, they have differences. Compatibility testing ensures a product is able...

The pinnacle of this celestial display will be the waxing crescent moon cruising past the Pleiades star cluster

We start April with a glorious tableau of planet, moon and stars. The chart shows the view looking west-south-west from London at 2030 BST on 1 April. The last of the twilight will still be visible in the west, but in the rest of the sky the night will be nearly fully gathered.

The...

Glovent Solutions’ Communication Centre transforms how communities, municipalities and smart cities manage and streamline their communications.

The iONLINE team distils this year’s MWC Barcelona: new trends, notable inventions and novel perspectives.

Cyclone Alfred drives wild seas, a seagull eclipses the moon, and our Kylie performs on a trapeze: Guardian Australia looks at some of the month’s best images

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A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from a Norwegian spaceport

First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after takeoff

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For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she needed

There’s nothing funny about your co-worker being assassinated. But it was the death of my beloved colleague and friend Hisham al-Hashimi that led me into the world of standup comedy. I knew it would trash my hard-won career in international security, but I didn’t care any more.

Hisham had run a...

Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless

A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from a Norwegian spaceport on Sunday, in what the German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.

The uncrewed Spectrum rocket was...

Since its launch in 2016, the EPF Tech Fund has played a pivotal role in powering South Africa’s most innovative startups, driving technological advancement and economic growth. What began as an ambitious idea to bridge the gap between visionary concepts and real-world execution has now become a cornerstone of the country’s startup ecosystem. The Sunday […]

A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimonies

A child of 14 is forced to walk on to a stage and strip to her underwear. Tiny and mute beneath the stacked rows of medical students, she is paraded for their benefit by a consultant psychiatrist some 44 years her senior. It is 1966 –...

US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuary

At international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. In other words, they are equipped with the same...

Tiny aquatic animal can also withstand desiccation, radiation and extreme heat, and reproduces asexually

More amazing nominations for invertebrate of the year

An animal that has thrived without males for millions of years will be a source of inspiration to many.

It will not surprise you to learn that the all-female common rotifer (Philodina roseola) is also as tough as a tardigrade and one of...

The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid it

It’s curious that something so bland could cause so much controversy. Most of us have a bottle of seed oil, normally called vegetable oil in the UK, in our kitchens – a nearly tasteless but very useful fat that has been a commonplace cooking ingredient for decades.

And yet this...

The epidemiologist who advised on Ebola and Covid discusses the value of evidence in light of AI and social media, and how the notion of fact has long been divisive

Adam Kucharski is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. As a mathematician and epidemiologist, he has advised multiple governments on outbreaks such as Ebola and Covid. In his new book Proof: The Uncertain...

While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listen

It’s a spring day in northern Sweden, just 100km (62 miles) below the Arctic Circle. I tuck my sound gear into my backpack, clip into my cross-country skis and glide out on to a frozen lake, looking for a small ice-fishing hole.

It’s a quiet day, with no snowmobiles or...