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The Guardian, AP News and Independent Business report that Kazuo Ishiguro will publish Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger in March. The 1938-set spy tale follows Richard Hadley and the enigmatic Miss Lambert, with praise for its wit and musical undertones.
Moderna’s mFlusiva has secured an advisory committee vote in favor of approval for adults 50 and older. The decision follows earlier FDA scrutiny and a high-profile dispute over study design, with the committee citing robust efficacy and a solid safety profile.
Economists and AI researchers warn that AI could drive a transformation larger than the Industrial Revolution within a decade, bringing risks like job displacement but also rising living standards. The Stanford-led letter urges governments and industry to build incentives, guardrails, and institutions to steer AI so it complements humans.
FIFA has proposed selling up to 20% of a new commercial arm, FIFA Forward Enterprise, to raise about $4.2bn and offer one‑off $20m payments to each of its 211 member associations. UEFA and several confederations have threatened boycotts, lodged legal and ethics warnings, and flagged potential arbitration over links to investors including Joshua Kushners firm.
Google has reorganised its AI leadership: Demis Hassabis has stepped back from day-to-day running of DeepMind to become its chair and Alphabet chief scientist, and Koray Kavukcuoglu has been promoted to senior vice-president to run Google DeepMind. Several senior engineers, including Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, have left to launch a new startup; Alphabet shares have fallen.
UC Berkeley math professor Zvezdelina Stankova admitted to using AI to help edit her op-ed on standardized testing, prompting a broader debate about AI use in academic writing. Reports show faculty calls for reinstating SAT/ACT and concerns over math preparedness among incoming students. Gov. Newsom has asked for data as the UC policy review continues.
Two former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, have been convicted of inciting subversion under the national security law. The judges found the alliances long-standing call to "end one-party dictatorship" amounted to incitement; the pair face up to 10 years in prison and will be sentenced at a later hearing.