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Government social care commissioner says system relying on exhausted unpaid carers to plug gaps in supportUK politics live – latest updatesMillions of unpaid carers in the UK are “living an agony” while propping up an outdated, fragmented and confusing social care system, Louise Casey, the head of the government’s adult social care commission, has said.Lady Casey, who is leading an independent review of adult social care, criticised a system that “still behaves as if we are living in 1948 and not 2026” by relying on female carers to plug gaps in services. Continue reading...

• London-based startup Fractile raised $220 million in a Series funding round led by Accel, Factorial Funds, and Founders Fund to develop specialized AI chips for inference acceleration. • Founded in 2022 by Oxford researcher Walter Goodwin, Fractile is building hardware architectures designed to increase inference performance from 40 tokens per second to approximately 1,200 tokens per second. • The company claims its systems could compress workloads that currently take a month into a single day, addressing a critical bottleneck in AI deployment.

• RISC-V pioneer SiFive raised $400 million in an oversubscribed Series G funding round led by Atreides Management with backing from Nvidia, valuing the company at $3.65 billion. • The funding enables SiFive to expand into AI data centre CPUs through Nvidia's NVLink Fusion ecosystem, positioning the company to compete in high-performance AI infrastructure. • The investment reflects growing demand for specialized processors tailored to AI workloads and data centre operations beyond traditional CPU architectures.

• A federal judge granted final approval to a $303 million class-action lawsuit settlement against the NCAA for former volunteer coaches. • The payout addresses compensation issues for volunteer coaches in Big 12 Conference programs and beyond. • This resolution provides financial relief to affected coaches and underscores ongoing legal pressures on the NCAA amid evolving college sports economics.

• U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced a $144 million investment by the Trump Administration to support states in expanding proven educational interventions. • The funding aims to enhance student outcomes through evidence-based programs addressing learning gaps. • This initiative underscores the administration's commitment to state-led education reforms amid ongoing debates over federal involvement in schooling.

• Bucharest-based DesignVerse, an AI-driven startup modernizing aviation infrastructure software, secured €4.6 million ($5.5 million) in seed funding. • The funding follows a successful software upgrade project with EUROCONTROL, Europe's air traffic management organization, enhancing enterprise tools across the continent. • This investment highlights growing demand for AI innovations in aviation, positioning DesignVerse to expand its platform amid digital transformation in the sector.

Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public servicesNine in 10 UK millionaires are proud to live in Britain and three-quarters would be willing to pay more tax to ensure public assets get the funding they need, according to research.Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating. Continue reading...