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Finance & Technology


Making the maritime trade shipshape: A digital-standardisation imperative
The keys to modernisation in container shipping are digitisation, standardisation, and transparency.


How to comply with PSD3
This article explores how financial institutions should comply with the seminal PSD3 act.


Understanding AI for personalisation
In December 1955, Herbert Simon and Allen Newell developed ‘Logic Theorist’, which is today considered the first ever AI program.


Sibos: 'GenAI will be more impactful than ecommerce and the internet', says panel
“There have been many fundamental shifts in the IT space, such as the internet and the ecommerce revolution. This is the biggest one..."
Climate


Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG, part 2
Blackrock’s former sustainable investing chief, Tariq Fancy, has made nine key claims against the environmental, social and governance (ESG)


Women’s Equality Day: Working toward gender parity in financial services
It is Women’s Equality Day – and over two years since the publication of the UK government’s last mandatory gender pay gap report, due to co


The fight for afforestation: Fixing finance from the ground up
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest just hit its highest level in over 15 years, despite Brazil – along with 100 other world leaders – pr


We are what we invest in: The importance of gender lens investing
What is gender lens investing? How do we advance gender diversity and inclusion in the fintech and renewable energy sectors?


2024 wrapped: The best music of the year
This year has been an inspiring year for music. Here are the songs, albums, and EPs, that had the greatest impact in 2024.


Liam Payne’s legacy: Ban under-18s boybands
In the wake of ex-One Direction member, Liam Payne’s tragic death on 16 October 2024, calls are mounting for better safeguards for artists.


Revisiting Mind Games: A commemoration of Lennon’s 84th Birthday
The 9th October would have marked John Lennon’s 84th birthday. It has been commemorated by the release of a series of Mind Games re-mixes.


Letter to The Observer editor
In response to 1st September article by Barbara Ellen: Oasis are back. So why all the hatred?
Music


Letter to the Guardian editor
In response to 1st February article by Marina Hyde: Oh, I'm sorry, tech bros - did DeepSeek copy your work?


Open letter to Marie Goldman, MP
Dear Ms Goldman, the UK’s writers need your help to stop their rights over their own works being undermined for the development of AI models


$Trump: The new presidential meme coin
Trump’s new meme coin is symbolic of a rising USA tech-industrial complex – aiming to reduce regulation and influence public policy.


One in five children live in conflict zones: We must prioritise de-escalation in 2025
One fifth of the world’s children now live in areas impacted by conflict. This figure sinks far deeper now that I am a father.
Culture & Current Affairs
Horticulture


Earth Day: Is all “organic” made equal?
Earth Day 2024 is upon us; a day to not only demonstrate our unwavering support for environmental protection, but, perhaps, to re-visit some


Controlling spring’s pests: Why growing tobacco is a smoking idea
Thanks to a generous helping of rainfall and a smattering of sun, spring is finally underway. And the gardens are showing it too; weeds are
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