One area where Labour can do more with less money

Reforming special needs provision will not make huge savings but it offers lessons for trimming welfare spending

Financial Times - 6d

How to watch the ICC Champions Trophy: Schedule, where to stream for less and more

Here's how to watch every match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Neuroscience Says 2 Minutes a Day Can Make You Less Stressed, More Focused, and Even Increase the Size of Your Brain

Entrepreneurs are typically torn in a lotof different directions. This type of (in)activity provides clear cognitive benefits.

Inc. - 11h

‘She’s bleeding her retirement dry’: My friend earns $9 an hour, but wastes money on vacations and massages. What can I do?

‘She blew through her inheritance fast and paid for the down payment on her car with credit cards’

MarketWatch - 12h

How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?

The Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called “mixture of experts,” to significantly reduce the cost of building the technology.

The New York Times - Feb. 12

Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts

Departments asked to model savings of up to 11% as government battles chronic squeeze on public finances

Financial Times - 3d

More than 900 Labour figures decry party’s migration and asylum policy

Joint statement accuses government of copying Tories’ ‘performative cruelty’. A group of more than 900 Labour members and trade unionists, including MPs and peers, have accused the government of ...

The Guardian - 3d

Do you have too much of your money invested in the stock market?

Also: A big warning for Tesla’s shareholders, Roth IRA timing and companies that are likely takeover targets.

MarketWatch - Feb. 9

Genesis Invitational prize money: Rory McIlroy can pass this all-time great for second in career money

McIlroy is less than $2.2 million shy of the No. 2 spot on the PGA Tour's career money list, meaning a runner-up finish or better could push McIlroy past a certain lefty legend.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 12

Here's where the jobs are for January 2025 — in one chart

Health care and retail were strong areas for the U.S. economy in January.

CNBC - Feb. 7

WATCH: Snow one knows where this dog is going

"He’s gonna hide under the snow forever.”

ABC News - 1h

The jobs AI can do — and those it shouldn’t

Business school professors pose four questions companies must ask about automation

Financial Times - 4d

The Head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Wants Her Agency to Do a Lot Less Regulating

Hester Peirce says that the commission overstepped. She’s helping the Trump administration usher in a more crypto-friendly era.

Inc. - 7h

Videogame giants are spending more money but losing players — and profits

Sony, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft reflect an industrywide misunderstanding (or perhaps disregard) of what gamers value.

MarketWatch - 2d

U.N. Suspends Humanitarian Work in Yemeni Area Over Houthi Hold More Staff

The total employees arrested since 2021 has risen to 24, a U.N. spokesman said. The Iran-backed Houthis have held them on murky charges of espionage and foreign intervention.

The New York Times - Feb. 11

Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Where do other countries stand?

The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally.

BBC News - Feb. 10

Where do U.S.-approved funds to Ukraine actually go?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing President Trump of spreading disinformation after Trump's Mar-a-Lago news conference remarks on Tuesday. Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the ...

CBS News - 23h

Apple’s ELEGNT framework could make home robots feel less like machines and more like companions

Apple introduces ELEGNT, allowing robots to convey intentions, emotions and attitudes through movement, — rather than just functional tasks.

VentureBeat - Feb. 7

Less supervision, better results: Study shows AI models generalize more effectively on their own

Training LLMs and VLMs through reinforcement learning delivers better results than using hand-crafted examples.

VentureBeat - Feb. 12

‘I want more joy, less killing’: Jamaicans say police alone cannot quell gang crime

Experts, and children in violence-torn areas, see factors such as education and land ownership as keys to progress. The Operation Restoration Christian school sits amid a line of patched-up ...

The Guardian - Feb. 13

'More female and less white': Missouri AG accuses Starbucks of violating anti-discrimination laws

The lawsuit alleges that initiatives designed to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion ultimately amount to unlawful discrimination.

The Hill - Feb. 13

‘Less Star Wars – more Blade Runner’: the making of Mass Effect 2’s Bafta-nominated soundtrack

A blind audition, a fruitful collaboration, a tense creative fallout: composer Jack Wall’s journey through the Mass Effect universe was as epic as the player’s. Mass Effect is some of the best ...

The Guardian - 6d

Illinois latest state to move to exempt athletes' NIL money from taxes; do other students have a claim?

"The reality is, we're going to collect more tax revenue when Illinois football is successful," says one state representative

CBS Sports - 8h

AMD’s stock faces a fresh risk — and this one has nothing to do with AI

Data show that more chips were shipped to PC makers in the fourth quarter than demand currently merits.

MarketWatch - Feb. 13

2025 LIV Golf Adelaide preview: TV schedule, where to watch, field of players, teams, prize money, purse

LIV Golf stays in international waters this week for its annual event in Australia

CBS Sports - Feb. 12

DOGE can cut spending, but can it make government more accountable?

Donald Trump could deliver lasting change, by returning power back to the people where it belongs.

The Hill - Feb. 11

Here's What RFK Jr. Can and Can't Do if Confirmed as HHS Chief

This is a MedPage Today story. President Trump said he would take health agencies in a new direction on the campaign trail and has chosen some controversial nominees to help him achieve his goal, ...

ABC News - Feb. 9

Where you can watch the 2025 Super Bowl live today

Wondering where to watch the 2025 Super Bowl today? Here's where you can watch the game or stream it live for free.

CBS News - Feb. 9

Inside Germany, where posting hate speech online can be a crime

In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it's hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet.

CBS News - 4d

Warren on efforts to shutter CFPB: 'No one can fire the financial cops'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday accused the Trump administration of trying to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to benefit tech billionaire Elon Musk's payment ...

The Hill - Feb. 10

Murkowski: Trump’s mass firings ‘do more harm than good’

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) argued that while she agrees with President Trump’s administration goal to downsize the federal government, the current mass firings of workers across several ...

The Hill - 5d

Is DOGE’s machete approach to the federal workforce doing more harm than good?

Is DOGE more about disruption than savings? Does it have an ulterior motive that has little to do with reducing our nation’s debt?

The Hill - 1d

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami set to kick off season: Why Herons may need less from legend and more from others

Inter Miami will be playing in a bunch of competitions but will likely have to manage the World Cup winner's minutes

CBS Sports - 1d

‘She is financially irresponsible’: My husband secretly gives our daughter, 37, thousands of dollars. She spends the money wildly. How do I stop this?

“My husband has been giving her money each month. The deposits from October 2024 through February 2025 total almost $13,000.”

MarketWatch - Feb. 9

Big Tech’s AI dream demands real money — but even more wishing and hoping

Many intelligent people avoid looking at what really matters for stock prices.

MarketWatch - 5d

These cheap Europe markets could make you more money than the usual picks

Peak U.S.? Why now may be a good time to add European equities to your stock portfolio.

MarketWatch - 5d

‘It can be really frightening’: knowing the common signs that a loved one is dying can help in their final days | Lydia Hales

Death is confronting, heartbreaking and unpredictable – information and open discussions can make a difficult experience more meaningful . My mum died on a summer’s morning.. When I walked out of ...

The Guardian - 5d

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