Christopher Marquis is a professor at the University of Cambridge and the author of The Profiteers. In 1930, in the depths of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes wrote a short essay called . It is often remembered for one striking prediction: by 2030, people in wealthy countries might only need to work about 15 hours a week. What Keynes imagined was a society advanced enough to solve what he called the "economic problem" of basic material provision. If technology kept improving, and societies kept growing richer, then fewer hours of human labor would be needed to produce the necessities and comforts of life.

Keychron's K2 HE Concrete Edition sounds like a cute gimmick, but as I discovered, there's a really solid keyboard beyond the absurd choice of materials. Concrete case has significant tradeoffs in weight and practicality. In-browser customization requires physical connection. Yes, Keychron made a . The cause of scraped knees, bike-tire skid marks, and finger-painted signatures is now the foundation of a keyboard.

Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software? I tested Wispr Flow and various AI-powered transcription software to see whether you should bother subscribing or stick with free services. The pitch--that you'll be able to write faster by talking out loud instead of typing-- is compelling, especially if you're a slow typist. The marketing promises you'll be able to write at the speed of thought, 4x faster than your keyboard. I already type faster than I can think.

Is the Ferrari Luce's Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In The first electric Ferrari is already this year's most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV's design makes sense, and where it doesn't add up. The Ferrari Luce, the first electric vehicle in the brand's history, has generated heated discussion online, as comments and opinions about the design continue to bounce around the web. The Luce, an electric sedan with a $650,000 price tag that Ferrari presented with pomp and circumstance at the Quirinale in Rome on Monday, has paid dearly for its coming out from behind the curtain. Since Monday, the automaker has been suffering an avalanche of complaints and skepticism about the Luce.

White House releases results of Donald Trump's physical amid mounting pressure Mom who faked her baby's kidnapping SOBS as she learns her fate after he was tortured to death The REAL story behind society heiress Belle Burden's sordid divorce saga is far more scandalous than everyone thinks. Truth behind explosive claims Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro's son. Harry's fears of being'overshadowed' by his brother's children are beginning to come true with the huge interest in George's schooling - THIS is where I believe William and Catherine will send the young prince, ANDREW MORTON tells Palace Confidential Jennifer Lopez's child Emme unveils new trans identity: Emotional photos show vibrant celebrations, a new name and a touching connection to former stepdad Ben Affleck Ben Stiller's wife Christine Taylor finally reveals why she took the actor back after'challenging' 5 year split United Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing after'passenger ranting in Russian tried to storm cockpit' Grammy-winning folk music icon known for his boyish good looks is unrecognizable in yearbook photos... can you guess who he is? Hillary Clinton's swipe at Trump's treatment of the White House backfires as she gets brutal reminder of her own scandals while in residence Owner's beloved cat'killed by coyotes' after pet sitter lost her within five minutes of arriving Secret White House plan for disclosure of alien life LEAKED... Trump insiders have told me they fear mass panic as UFO videos are released: CHRIS SHARP Sydney Sweeney's boyfriend Scooter Braun reveals how he REALLY feels about her X-rated Euphoria scenes Judge makes stunning U-turn and reopens Trump IRS suit in major blow to president's $1.8bn'aweaponization fund' Lauren Sanchez Bezos flashes trademark grin while clinging to husband Jeff at her daughter's graduation... just hours before Blue Origin rocket exploded in huge fireball Dennis Quaid's bid to stop paying child support takes new twist: Insiders reveal his shameless attempt to involve Trump and brutal message for kids John Travolta's daughter Ella Bleu towers over the 6ft2in actor... so how tall is the 26-year-old nepo baby? Nancy Mace hits out at Trump snub and claims she lost president's endorsement over her push to release Epstein files I've spent five decades researching UFOs and speaking to highly confidential sources. This is what I've discovered about the CIA, China and aliens, writes top barrister JONATHAN CAPLAN KC. To most people, the idea that the US, China and other countries are in possession of crashed alien spacecraft is preposterous. Any suggestion that these craft have been recovered with non-human intelligences inside, dead or alive, stretches credulity to breaking point.

Ukraine has launched coordinated drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure across multiple regions overnight. The most significant strike hit Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, where a major port fire broke out after drones hit a tanker, fuel tank and administrative building, Russia's RIA Novosti state media agency reported. "A tanker, a fuel tank, and an administrative building caught fire at the port of Taganrog as a result of a drone attack," Slyusar wrote. "According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. The information is being clarified."

The Ukrainian military is stepping up its campaign to destroy vehicles supplying Russian forces along crucial roads in occupied Ukraine using new AI drone technology, experts say. BBC Verify has confirmed footage of at least 14 incidents published in the past week of vehicles carrying food, fuel and ammunition being targeted along critical routes connecting Russia to Crimea and other occupied territories in southern Ukraine. Ukraine is starting to regain more ground than it is losing for the first time since 2023, analysis from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicates. After more than four years of war and increased Russian occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine, neither side has gained any significant ground in recent months. Experts say recent drone technology advancements, including the AI-enabled Hornet system, have allowed Ukraine to attack Russian targets travelling to the front lines at greater distances and with increased accuracy.

Can Americans spell the National Spelling Bee's winning words? The BBC challenged Americans to spell words used in the last three Scripps National Spelling Bee competitions. Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old, won the competition this year after correctly spelling 32 words in a 90-second lighting round tiebreaker. He defeated 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta, who spelled 25 words correctly. Parikh won out against 247 spellers competing in the annual contest, aged between nine and 15, taking home a $52,000 (£39,000) cash prize.

Dads are traditionally tough to shop for--let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste. The only Father's Day gift I can recall my own dad getting was a plate of fried sardines. It was prepared by my mother, his ex-wife, who knew how gratefully he'd receive a dish he grew up with in the Italian neighborhood of a steel town dying with such theatrical flair that Bruce Springsteen named a song after it. We lived in a nearby city that had plenty of red-sauce restaurants, but they weren't serving tinned fish in those days. As my father had only the most limited of food preparation skills and didn't date the kind of women who could cook, this was the only way he'd ever taste that flavor again. As Father's Day gifts go, being united with a long-lost recipe from childhood is pretty good.

Soon-to-be-laid-off Meta contractors say they're being treated differently than Mark Zuckerberg's full-time employees, who stand to receive more generous severance packages. Now we're being left behind," chanted a horde of contract workers who gathered outside Meta's offices in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday afternoon. Waving flags, brandishing signs, and armed with whistles and vuvuzelas, they were out to protest a round of planned layoffs. The workers are employed by Dublin-based company Covalen, which handles content moderation and data labeling services that help Meta to fine-tune its AI products. In April, Covalen told 700 employees that their jobs were at risk, citing "reduced demand," WIRED reported . A large swath of the affected workers won't receive any severance because they've been employed for less than two years. The rest are being offered the minimum payout required under local labor laws--two weeks' pay for every year of employment--according to the Communications Workers' Union (CWU), whose members include Covalen employees. "We're just getting the crumbs here," Aadel Obaid, a team manager at Covalen who is part of the planned layoffs, tells WIRED. "Give us a little bit of the pie." To try to compel Covalen into revising the severance package, workers voted to strike outside the company's corporate office, before marching to Meta's nearby European headquarters. According to John Bohan, an organizer at the CWU, Meta could use its leverage as an anchor client to pressure Covalen into offering its employees an enhanced severance package. The workers are asking for double what's currently being offered--and at least some form of payment for workers who don't meet the two-year threshold. The company could also release Covalen workers from a "cooldown period" preventing them from working on another Meta account for six months after being laid off, Bohan says. At 1 pm local time on Friday, the striking workers began to gather outside Covalen's corporate headquarters, a red-brick office building on an otherwise largely residential street in the heart of Dublin. The protests began with a wall of sound: the workers beat drums, booed, whistled, shouted, and catcalled. Then came a volley of call-and-response chants led by a worker with a megaphone. The building's security guard watched, bemused, from inside the lobby, hands on his hips. Two hours later, the group--now more than 150 people--began to march down the center of the mile-long stretch of road to Meta's campus, slowing the trailing traffic to a crawl. Dubliners enjoying the early onset of summer stopped to gawp; some applauded. When the protesters arrived at Meta's complex, two security guards stood with crossed arms, blocking the way. The group set up at the gates and began another round of chants: "We scrub the feed.