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  • Meta launches UK hub for AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses

    Tech

    Meta has opened a new £12m audio research lab in Cambridge, aimed at improving the sound capabilities of its AR and AI glasses, including the Ray-Ban Meta and the newly announced Oakley Meta. The move strengthens Meta’s focus on wearable technology that responds intelligently to users’ surroundings. The lab is built to simulate a wide [...]

  • Boat Race 2025: Avast! There is life outside of London

    Opinion

    The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race should put a spotlight on the regions, whose businesses need support now more than ever, writes David Wrench.

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: A general view as Gemma King, Joanna Matthews, Iris Powell, Jenna Armstrong, Carina Graf, Carys Earl, Clare Hole, Megan Lee and Hannah Murphy of Cambridge University Boat Club compete against Lucy Edmunds, Ella Stadler, Tessa Haining, Claire Aitken, Sarah Marshall, Annie Sharp, Julia Lindsay, Annie Anezakis and Joe Gellett of Oxford University Boat Club as they approach Hammersmith Bridge during The Gemini Boat Race 2024 on March 30, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
  • Could bats put East West Rail off track?

    Business

    East West Rail could provide a direct connection between Oxford and Cambridge for the first time, but opposition to the project is growing.

    Three of Britain's most significant railway projects will receive a multi-billion boost from the government, it has been announced.
  • To understand Labour’s challenge on investment, look to Saint Matthew

    February 6, 2025

    Why are all the infrastructure projects the Chancellor wants to invest in in the South? James Nations says the answer can be found in Matthew’s Gospel: “for to everyone who has, more shall be given”… With the Chancellor wanting to move the conversation on from last year’s doom and gloom, she might be pleased to [...]

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