Science & Technology

Published: 25 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The long and complex legal battle surrounding the late British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch reached a dramatic conclusion today in the London High Court. A senior judge ruled that the estate of the deceased tycoon must pay a staggering £920m to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. This massive financial penalty follows a decade of intense litigation concerning the controversial 2011...

Published: 25 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A landmark ruling in the United States has placed the global technology giant Meta under intense scrutiny after a jury ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties. The decision, widely described as a turning point, centres on the Meta child exploitation case and its alleged failure to protect young users across its platforms. The verdict...

Published: 23 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The night skies over Israel have taken on a new and unsettling character in recent weeks, as streaks of light—once associated with interception success—now increasingly signal a more complex and dangerous threat. As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, the use of cluster munitions by Tehran has introduced a new dimension to the battlefield, testing even the...

Published: 23 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For the first time in two decades, staff at Australian Broadcasting Corporation are preparing to walk off the job, marking a significant escalation in tensions between employees and management at one of the country’s most prominent media institutions. The planned 24-hour strike, set to begin on Wednesday, is expected to disrupt television and radio programming across Australia, highlighting...

Published: 22 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The geopolitical landscape has shifted dramatically as the Iranian government implements a sophisticated information war. This new strategy marks a radical overhaul of the nation’s digital influence operations across various platforms. Cyber experts report that Iranian foreign operations have gone into overdrive to support their military goals. The campaign is designed as an asymmetric response to recent United...

Published: 17 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Physicists at the CERN laboratory near Geneva have unveiled a heavier proton version, exciting the global scientific community. This particle emerged during high-energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, where protons smash together at nearly the speed of light, recreating conditions from just after the Big Bang. The newly discovered proton, four times heavier than a standard proton,...

Published: 17 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A major new review has raised serious concerns about cannabis mental health treatment, challenging growing global demand. Researchers found little convincing evidence that cannabis-based therapies effectively treat common psychiatric conditions. The findings arrive as more patients worldwide turn to medicinal cannabis for anxiety and related disorders. Despite rising popularity, experts warn that expectations may be far ahead of...

Published: 16 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The vast expanse of our universe continues to challenge every traditional understanding of planetary formation and cosmic structure. Deep within the constellations of the southern sky, astronomers have recently uncovered a world that defies conventional scientific labels. This distant world, known as L98-59d, has provided the first tangible evidence for a liquid planet category. Rather than a solid...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is preparing a new strategy to encourage major public institutions such as the National Health Service and the Ministry of Defence to purchase more British-developed technology, as ministers look to artificial intelligence and innovation to drive economic growth during a period of global uncertainty. The move comes amid rising geopolitical tensions linked to the Iran...

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Scientists at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, are preparing for a historic first: the transport of antimatter. Later this month, a one-tonne device containing a few thousand antiprotons will be driven around the campus in a 20-minute test run, marking the world’s initial attempt to move this highly volatile substance without incident. Antimatter is famous...