Despite a few probes and side campaigns, the Western allies didn’t act as if it was a real war until the invasion of France in May 1940. The British branded those eight months “the Phoney War.” ...

The lull in the artificial intelligence revolution, thanks to cultural lag, is just temporary.

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ridiculous, but that is Trump." Former international development minister Lord George Foulkes described it as "a phoney war". He added: "It is a long tradition that members help sister parties and ...