Explore news for you
At-home urine test can spot nine in 10 cases of bladder cancer
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email An at-home urine test can detect more than nine in 10 bladder cancer cases, a study has revealed. The non-invasiveContinue Reading
The Grand Tour new hosts already being lined up for second season
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter The Grand Tour gamble has paid off in Amazon’s eyes – the new hosts have impressed bosses so much thatContinue Reading
BP names new chairman after removing Albert Manifold over conduct
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails BP has appointed Ian Tyler as the energy giant’s new chairman, after his predecessor wasContinue Reading
Man Utd can still sign five players today despite transfer window closing
The transfer window is over but Manchester United could still do some business.Continue Reading
London housing costs hurt hiring, LCCI warns before Budget
London businesses have warned the Prime Minister that the capital’s housing costs are damaging their ability to hire and keep staff, and that growth “in every postcode” cannot be delivered if the forthcoming Budget makes London less competitive with rival international cities. Polling commissioned for the launch of the LondonContinue Reading
Flower Labs Endeavor AI model launches to rival OpenAI
Flower Labs, a Cambridge University spinout, has launched a British frontier AI model that it says can match the performance of rivals from OpenAI and Anthropic. The London and Hamburg-based start-up said its Endeavor general-purpose model, which draws on open-source software as well as its own proprietary intellectual property, completedContinue Reading
When Does a Clear Product Window Improve Consumer Buying Decisions?
When Does a Clear Product Window Improve Consumer Buying Decisions? is a practical packaging question, not just a design theme. For food, supplement, pet treat, beauty, household, and specialty-product brands, the package must protect the product, support efficient operations, communicate clearly, and remain consistent from one order to the next.Continue Reading
3D product visualisation cuts marketing costs by replacing repeated photo shoots with one reusable digital model
A single accurate model can be rendered from any angle, in any colour, setting or format, so a new variant becomes a re-render rather than a new shoot. By 2014, IKEA had disclosed that around 75% of its catalogue imagery was computer-generated rather than photographed. What was once a big-brandContinue Reading
From Big Ideas to Industrial-Scale Execution
Big ideas are easy to describe. Making them work across complex products, global teams and large organizations is much harder. That is where Ned Curic has spent much of his career. Across nearly three decades, Curic has worked in aerospace, enterprise technology, software, connected vehicles and automotive product development. HisContinue Reading
How Path of Exile 2 Built a Player Economy That Behaves Like a Real Market
Most video games treat money as a simple convenience. You defeat enemies, collect coins, and hand them to a shopkeeper. Path of Exile 2, the action role-playing game from New Zealand studio Grinding Gear Games, does something far more unusual, and the result is an in-game economy that economists andContinue Reading