Ian Silvera
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2 weeks ago |
secnewgate.co.uk | Ian Silvera
Pay more tax, get less services. This is the new penny-pinching routine haunting Western democracies. Central and local governments have found themselves heavily indebted following the pandemic, with debt-to-GDP levels reaching record highs. So good luck getting substantial help on childcare, social care or even getting your bins emptied, as has been the case in England’s second city, Birmingham (link).
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1 month ago |
secnewgate.co.uk | Ian Silvera
It was a moment of marketing genius. Amid the financial crash of 2008, Elon Musk had no business selling expensive cars. But one inherent feature of the electric-powered drive-train put it over with one of America’s most influential TV personalities. Driving side-by-side with a ‘normal’ vehicle, Jay Leno showed how Tesla’s first production car was “eerily quiet” but exhibited rapid acceleration, leaving internal combustion-powered rivals in the dust.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
secnewgate.co.uk | Ian Silvera
Chocolate raisins, The Sunday Times and a 50p bet. It’s a tradition I still relive when I visit my parents. The bookies still might be popular, but the newspapers are thinning out at the offie. It's a trend I first reported on more than five years ago, with more and more newsagents actively avoiding stocking papers and magazines. Why?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
secnewgate.co.uk | Ian Silvera
One of the ‘easy wins’ of LLMs is their content creation abilities. It’s already transforming social media platforms, and I’ve even spotted an MP or two using AI image generators. The professional services and creative industries are also adopting these tools to improve business efficiencies and, ultimately, to deliver better results for consumers and clients. A good example would be The Brutalist, which used touches of generative AI to create unique yet realistic-looking architectural designs.
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Feb 9, 2025 |
news-future.com | Ian Silvera |Dominic Cummings
"Perfected cocoa for health and strength," exclaimed a series of advertisements in The Times of London during the early 20th Century. They were the work of Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, otherwise known as Eugen Sandow. The Prussian showman is now regarded as the father of modern bodybuilding. But Sandow’s legend really started when he first came to London in 1889 to show-off his physical prowess.
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