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MPs have been told that a £45bn scheme to improve rail connections across northern England cannot be delivered within its ...

MPs have cast doubt on the plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail, saying they echo the same failures seen in HS2. The Public ...

There is a “clear risk” that a major scheme to boost rail connections across northern England cannot be delivered within its £45 ...

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Microsoft’s MSFT0.54%increase; up pointing triangle Copilot chatbot has become central to its artificial-intelligence strategy as the company’s close partnership with OpenAI diminishes. But the effort ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...