Vice President Kamala Harris recently warned donors in San Diego that Donald Trump has "threatened to weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies" if elected. Does our clueless vice president not get that half the country believes the Biden-Harris White House has been doing exactly that for over three years? While Joe Biden prattles on about threats to democracy, his Department of Justice has created the ultimate threat to democracy -- ruthlessly waging war on MAGA Republicans, Catholics, pro-life advocates, parents' groups -- anyone and everyone who does not buy into their progressive agenda. It is not just the outrageous legal persecution of the former president – the four dubious cases brought against Trump, each less credible than the last. It is not just Trump's conviction on flimsy charges brought by a politically-motivated district attorney and overseen by a clearly conflicted judge. DOJ CLAIMS IT CAN'T RELEASE BIDEN-HUR INTERVIEW DUE TO THREAT OF AI DEEPFAKES It is also the pursuit and prosecution of Trump allies including Peter Navarro, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, Allen Weisselberg and Steve Bannon, all of whom have been sentenced to time in prison.

My brother-in-law Don Hunter, who has died aged 93, was a physicist who worked on some of the first electronic computers in the Rutherford Laboratory at Cambridge University and later helped set up one of the first major computer software companies in the UK. Don worked as a research assistant in the maths department of the Rutherford Laboratory from 1949 until 1952. There he was involved in pioneering work on the electronic delay storage automatic calculator (Edsac 1) computer. In 1955 he took up a research post at the Standard Telecommunication Laboratories (STL) in Harlow, Essex, where he was part of the design team for a computer called Step 1. Later, in a collaboration between STL and a Dutch subsidiary, he was involved in the development of Zebra, another early computer. During this time, Don worked in Paris, New York and Italy; he spoke fluent French and Italian.

It's an exciting time to be in robotics. Driven by increasing diversification in the industry, the $100 billion global sector has been growing by leaps and bounds. Industrial robots are no longer the exclusive domain of heavy industry or huge factories. Collaborative robots in particular have helped expand the enterprise customer base to include mid-sized and even small businesses in light manufacturing, materials handling, fulfillment, and beyond. But are the good times coming to an end?