With the UK government’s diesel ban set for 2040, many businesses and fleet operators are facing a pressing question: are electric trucks really ready for widespread adoption? While electric HGVs hold significant promise, especially when it comes to environmental impact and driver comfort, the transition hasn’t exactly been smooth. Electric Trucks: A Quiet Revolution on … Read more
By Byron V. Acohido Stephen Klein didn’t just stir the pot. He lit a fire. Related: Klein’s LinkedIn debate In a sharply worded post that quickly went viral on LinkedIn, the technologist and academic took direct aim at what he called the “hype-as-a-service” business model behind so-called agentic AI. His critique was blunt: what the … Read more
Last week, we alerted you to the major cyber attacks impacting retail giants Marks & Spencer and the Co-op – incidents that underscored just how vulnerable even the biggest names can be when cyber criminals strike. Now, further developments have emerged, shedding more light on the scale of the breach and offering crucial lessons for … Read more
Not many people celebrate their birthday by burning a fiery arc through the atmosphere, pulling 4.4gs in freefall back to planet Earth, thudding into the ground, and emptying their stomach on the steppes of Kazakhstan. No one has ever done it on their 70th birthday. Perhaps this is appropriate because NASA astronaut Don Pettit is … Read more
This is part two of a series about the safe withdrawal rate (SWR) for a portfolio in drawdown, and how to improve it. Unfortunately I set the cause back a bit in the first part, when I showed that the UK safe withdrawal rate is quite dismal – just 3.1% for 30-year spans, versus the … Read more