The new Labour government has shelved £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, the BBC has learned. It includes £800m for the creation of an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University and a further £500m for AI Research Resource, which funds computing power for AI. Both funds were unveiled […]
As the war enters its 890th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military says it attacked overnight Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and a number of oil depots and fuel storage facilities in the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov. The Russian Ministry of Defence […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Wells Fargo has hired a new technology leader and moved current Chief Information Officer Tracy Kerrins to a newly formed Generative AI team. The bank has appointed Bridget Engle from BNY and put […]
Police Hour A fire has been set next to a police building A police office building has been attacked and the property next to it set alight during clashes between rioters and police in Sunderland. Three injured officers were taken to hospital and eight people arrested, Northumbria Police said. Beer cans and stones were thrown […]
Supplied Inga Rublite (right), 39, died at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, two days after being found unconscious in the A&E department The twin sister of a woman who died after being found under a coat while waiting for hours at an overcrowded A&E department says she cannot accept what happened to her. Mother […]
Democrats believe they have an opportunity to make inroads with an important voting bloc in swing state Arizona: Latinos. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: With Vice President Kamala Harris set to be her party’s presidential nominee, Democrats are making efforts to win an important voting bloc in the swing state of Arizona. Nearly 25% of Arizona voters […]
The US government has filed a new lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the social media company of unlawfully collecting children’s data and failing to respond when parents tried to delete their children’s accounts. The Department of Justice said the firm’s practices amounted to a “massive-scale” invasion of child privacy, in defiance of laws that require online […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. FTMO, a leading prop trading brand set to launch a brokerage, reported a turnover of nearly CZK 5 billion (over $213 million) in 2023, up 20% from the previous year’s CZK 4 billion […]
Getty Images A global sell-off in stock markets gathered pace as weak US jobs growth stoked fears about a slowdown in the world’s largest economy. Nasdaq, the tech-heavy US index, dropped by more than 2% on Friday, dragged lower by Intel and Amazon, after the companies reported disappointing results. Official data showed employers added 114,000 […]
It’s certainly a striking look. Looking like something between an expert diamond dealer and a crack sniper for some renegade sci-fi army, the internet’s new favourite Olympian, South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji, is one of the Paris Games’ most notable stars so far. This is the great thing about the Olympics. Before the games […]