Earlier this spring Canada hosted representatives from 18 countries to establish the Defence, Security & Resilience Bank (DSRB). The initiative aims to create a multilateral AAA-rated bank that can provide loans to allied governments and allow countries to borrow directly from the institution at a lower cost. Backers of the proposed DSRB want it to…
Despite the US and Iran exchanging fire and new missile attacks aimed at the United Arab Emirates this week, the Trump administration maintains that the ceasefire that began in early April is still in effect. Iran’s attacks on commercial and US Navy ships are still “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at…
Founded in 1949, dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) is a joint venture of about 170 German media companies with the mission to provide reliable information for media outlets, companies and organisations to use in their journalistic work. dpa’s work has historically fallen into two key areas, said Yannick Franke, the press agency’s AI Team Lead, speaking at…
Apple has agreed to pay $250mn to settle claims that it overstated Apple Intelligence features tied to Siri, including a personalised AI assistant promoted around the iPhone 16 launch but delayed after customers had already bought eligible devices. The settlement is small by Apple’s standards, but the damage risk is larger: the company has turned…
What does it really take to build local-first web apps in 2026? A grounded, experience-driven perspective for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets. Last October, I was sitting in a hotel room in Lisbon, the night before I was supposed to demo a project management tool my team…
Most grid layouts sit in neat rows, perfectly aligned, like soldiers in formation. But sometimes you want something with more rhythm — a layout where items cascade diagonally, like water flowing down a waterfall. This is the zigzag layout. And building it requires a small trick that reveals something fascinating about how CSS transforms actually…
Last year I dropped $2,847 helping my sister untangle her finances after divorce. And that wasn’t even for lawyers because she couldn’t swing those fees, just dealing with the avalanche of financial garbage that showed up later. She’d used online divorce and yeah that part went smoothly enough. But the financial aftershocks kept rolling in…
Design always starts with function — function shapes form. But if that function can’t be made completely invisible and people still have to interact with it, it inevitably becomes part of their experience. In this article, Kyrylo Levashov explains why the question has shifted from, “Should your utility software feel better to use?” to “Can…
From 3-5 May, politicians from across Europe have gathered in Copenhagen for the Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliaments (EUSC), hosted by The Danish Parliament. WAN-IFRA CEO Stig Ørskov was invited to speak in a session focused on “Democratic Resilience in Times of Change,” exploring how parliaments can respond to misinformation, foreign interference and…
Coinbase is cutting around 700 jobs, roughly 14% of its workforce, as the crypto exchange tries to cut costs and reshape itself for the “AI era.” The company expects $50mn to $60mn in restructuring charges, mostly from severance, but the larger signal is for the whole tech sector: AI is now part of the financial…