Science & Technology

Published: 13 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Geoffrey Hinton, one of the pioneers whose research helped create the foundations of modern artificial intelligence, has renewed his warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually become difficult for humans to control, arguing that society is approaching a profound technological transformation for which it may not yet be prepared. Hinton, often described as one of the godfathers...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have jointly won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research that has transformed how governments and central banks understand economic fluctuations and design policies to maintain stability. Their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation helped establish the New Keynesian approach, a framework now widely used to...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A newly identified Roman military fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, could provide important archaeological evidence behind a medieval Welsh legend involving the fourth-century emperor Magnus Maximus. The discovery of Roman coins, pottery, tiles and military structures near Frenni Fawr hill has raised the possibility that a traditional story preserved for centuries may have been rooted in historical events rather...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The European Union has agreed to limit imports of hybrid electric vehicles from China to 350,000 cars annually, marking a significant shift in its trade policy as Brussels seeks to protect European manufacturing, address an expanding trade imbalance and respond to concerns about industrial decline. The restriction, expected to take effect in December, forms part of a broader...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Motorists across England are facing unexpectedly higher parking costs as councils increasingly replace traditional pay-and-display machines with mobile payment applications, with additional service charges pushing some parking bills up by as much as 40%. Although the move towards digital payments is helping local authorities reduce the expense of installing and maintaining ticket machines, drivers are increasingly being asked...

Published: 12 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Artificial intelligence is developing faster than the rules designed to control it, according to Microsoft president Brad Smith, who has warned that AI systems currently face fewer safety requirements than everyday products such as milk and washing machines. His comments have added to growing calls from technology executives, policymakers and safety researchers for stronger regulation of increasingly powerful...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom must strengthen its domestic artificial intelligence capabilities and avoid becoming overly dependent on foreign technology companies, the head of the Alan Turing Institute has warned, arguing that national security, economic stability and technological independence increasingly depend on having reliable access to AI systems. George Williamson, the institute's director, said Britain needed to establish a stronger...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The owner of a specialist recruitment company has been accused of being behind an online campaign that allegedly exposed the personal information of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) personnel, anti-racism activists and business executives involved in recruiting people from ethnic minority backgrounds. The allegations have raised fresh concerns about online harassment, the misuse of personal data and the...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Women living with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) should have improved access to weight-loss medications through Australia’s publicly funded healthcare system, women’s health advocates have urged, arguing that high treatment costs are preventing some patients from accessing potentially beneficial therapies. The campaign is intensifying as Australia considers the affordability of newer obesity medications and researchers continue examining their...

Published: 10 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A controversial medical research project that plans to withhold the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine from thousands of newborns in Guinea-Bissau has received approval from an ethics committee at the University of Southern Denmark, intensifying an international debate over research ethics, childhood vaccination and the protection of vulnerable communities. The trial, led by Danish researchers...