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Jerry Brotton's book delves into the history, significance of the compass

The book is not for those with severe inner ear imbalances: Chapter by chapter, Brotton hopscotches from east to south to north to west

Crypto industry lobbies Trump, allies to capitalise on US election wins

After years in the political wilderness, crypto executives are scrambling to execute a policy wish list that could fundamentally transform the industry's standing in the United States

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: Rob Sheffield on Taylor Swift's journey

Sheffield writes that Swift "reinvented pop in the fangirl's image," and while he's not a fangirl himself, he has long cultivated an interest in the cultural interests and contributions of girls

Big Tech's employee activism quiet after Trump presidential poll victory

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, posted that his great-grandparents were immigrants and that his in-laws were refugees

What a Trump victory means for tech world: Boost for crypto, Musk

Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit

Trump's resounding win in Prez poll signals a different kind of America

The assumption that Trump represented an anomaly who would at last be consigned to the ash heap of history was washed away on Tuesday night by a red current that swept through battleground states

Trump's triumph stokes global concerns over four years of unpredictability

Despite a lack of substantive foreign policy debate in campaign, Trump made several statements that - if turned into policy - would transform America's relationship with both allies and adversaries

JD Vance, Trump's running mate, to be one of US' youngest vice presidents

US' 50th vice president will be sworn in just two years after assuming his first public office as a senator from Ohio

America hires strongman: Donald Trump wins US presidential election

Unlike in 2016, when he scored a surprise electoral victory but lost the popular vote, Mr. Trump will go to Washington able to claim a broad mandate

In this biography, Mitch McConnell hates Trump but loves power more

The overall sense you get from this biography is that McConnell has prioritised little besides his own political survival

From-the-grave 'interview' with Nobel winner Szymborska exposes AI pitfalls

The terminated radio host, Lukasz Zaleski, said he would have invited Szymborska on his morning show himself, but never did for a simple reason: She died in 2012

AI meets art in McNeal: Akhtar's play challenges limits of creativity

In McNeal, Ayad Akhtar explores the way AI is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the billions of ways to influence an election

Jeff Bezos, the reigning swashbuckler of the internet age until Musk came along, was playing a cooler game, content to let Musk take the headlines and the risk

Musk's SpaceX moves into spy game: A new era for defense contracting

Pentagon needs what the firm offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance, billionaire's global interests

'Davos in the desert' finds no mention of ongoing conflict in West Asia

Saudi Arabia, its Gulf neighbours seek to reassure investors that it's safe to do business amid turmoil in West Asia

Economic leaders face era of industrial policy threatening growth prospects

Policymakers brace for more protectionism and demise of 'neoliberalism' if Trump is re-elected in the US

Night of Power: Robert Fisk's war stories spotlight victims, perpetrators

Fisk's didactic fury may have kept him going, but it tainted his fidelity as a witness and narrowed his vision

Zumba teacher? 'Anti-woke' cleric? 38 candidates line up to head Oxford

For the first time, voters will cast ballots online. About 26,000 alumni of Oxford have registered to vote, with an additional 5,000 faculty and senior staff also eligible

Books give insights into possible role of Russia in the US elections

Steele's book, however, isn't a guide to election hacking in 2024. The picture of that campaign is only just emerging

Microsoft-OpenAI ties shows signs of fraying due to concerns over stability

Microsoft had already pumped $13 bn into OpenAI, and Nadella was initially willing to keep the cash spigot flowing. But after OpenAI's board of directors briefly ousted Altman, Microsoft reconsidered