Andrew Allen

Revolving Credit Contracts as Consumers Turn Risk-Averse

Visa and Mastercard to Pay Nearly $200 Million to Settle Dispute with Merchants

I actually used to play a bit of golf when I was a kid. And I was pretty good. Using a set of women's clubs – Wilson Patty Bergs – I won a couple of school tournaments when I was about 12.

The OnePlus 15 is just weeks away from a global launch. The new OnePlus will follow up the best phone the company has ever released, and arguably still one of the best phones from the past few year…

Phaeocystales, comprising the genus Phaeocystis and an uncharacterized sister lineage, are nanoplanktonic haptophytes widespread in the global ocean. Several species form mucilaginous colonies and influence key biogeochemical cycles, yet their underlying diversity and ecological strategies remain underexplored. Here, we present new genomic data from 13 strains, including three high-quality reference genomes (N50 > 30 kbp), and integrate previous metagenome-assembled genomes to resolve a robust phylogeny. Divergence timing of P. antarctica aligns with Miocene cooling and Southern Ocean isolation. Genomic traits reveal metabolic flexibility, including mixotrophic nitrogen acquisition in temperate waters and gene expansions linked to polar nutrient adaptation. Concordantly, transcriptomic comparisons between temperate and polar Phaeocystis suggest Southern Ocean populations experience iron and B 12 limitation. We also identify signatures of horizontal gene transfer and endogenous giant virus/virophage insertions. Together, these findings highlight Phaeocystales as an ecologically versatile and geographically widespread lineage shaped by evolutionary innovation and adaptation to contrasting environmental stressors.

GenAI gets blamed for churning out “crappy content,” but the bigger issue is the way we’re using it. We hand over vague, generic prompts and hope the model will somehow fill in the strategy we never gave it.

If we have an industry where, once you lift the lid, you realise it's not a place you really want to be, then a talent drain is inevitable, says Andrew Allen, a consultant at Bidfood

Recovering from an eating disorder can be long and complex. Treatment typically focuses on reducing the unhelpful behaviours and thoughts that characterise these disorders.

Morning all, As Andrew M mentioned yesterday, he’s travelling to Budapest this morning, so you’ve got me on cover duty before I make my own journey tomorrow. I had every intention of writing some heartfelt reflection on what’s happened over the last 10 days, but speaking frankly, my brain is completely fried. I think I’ve […]

The opening bars of “Freed From Desire” are released into the wild. There's a smile from the dad of the Asian family next to me.