This week’s science roundup covers 2025’s near-record heat, a new mpox strain and fresh clues about why hobbits vanished 50,000 years ago. Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ...

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Republican lawmakers decry Intel's testing of Chinese-linked tools after Reuters report Republican lawmakers accused Intel this week of threatening U.S. national security after Reuters revealed the ...

Despite their popularity, terms such as ‘co-creation’, ‘co-design’ and ‘co-production’ are often misused, risking tokenism and downstream harm. Re-centring on the foundational principles of ...