Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Google has given its Nano Banana AI image generator another upgrade, and the latest version, Nano Banana 2.1, is arriving inside Google Gemini in an increasingly crowded field of tools that can turn a few sentences into remarkably convincing pictures. The promise is familiar, with sharper details, better instruction-following, more accurate text, and greater consistency across images. The real challenge is finding something that makes it meaningfully better than the competition. Nano Banana's main rival, ChatGPT 's image generator which is called Images 2.5 , is hardly sitting around waiting to be overtaken. OpenAI has made considerable progress with realistic lighting, complicated compositions and text rendering, turning image generation into one of ChatGPT's most entertaining and genuinely useful features. With both companies pushing the tech...
Sick employees are costing the UK economy over £241bn every year — and things may only get worse as AI takes over
Web Hosting & Remote IT Support Poor workforce health could cost the UK economy £241 billion a year This is equivalent to £7,000 per worker, and represents around 8% of UK GDP Employees who attend while ill increase the burden, as they are not working to their full ability New research into the impact of sickness in the British workforce has highlighted the financial loss per worker, and makes the case for staying off work while ill rather than “braving it.” These findings highlight that a poor workforce has an impact on businesses and the wider economy, with an estimated £241 billion a year lost due to sickness. But the loss is made worse by an increased burden caused by employees attending work while unwell, and unable to work to their full capabilities. Psychological distress Conducted for Vitality's Global Health Index 2026, the results paint a picture of a workforce lacking focus –...