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UK researchers seek to slash AI computing costs by a factor of 1,000

...A UK research agency set up to fund high-risk, high-reward projects has launched a £42mn programme that aims to slash the cost of computing for artificial intelligence, as the government seeks to secure...

March 13, 2024

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Record amounts of sewage flow into UK rivers

Data from Environment Agency prompts calls for government to declare national emergency

April 4, 2024

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Pollution

Raw sewage discharges in England and Wales hit record

...The number of raw sewage discharges into rivers and the sea in England and Wales hit an all-time record in 2023, according to official figures that sparked calls for Rishi Sunak’s government to declare a...

March 27, 2024

Cyber Security

UK politicians should use ‘disappearing messages’ on devices, says GCHQ

...A unique password should be used for every different account, the agency recommended....

March 25, 2024

Oil & Gas industry

US oil production forecast to reach new heights despite drilling slowdown

...Production surged in 2023, taking many industry players and analysts by surprise and eclipsing early forecasts by the EIA, the government’s energy analysis agency....

January 9, 2024

Chris Giles

An optimist’s guide to the next Labour government

...Few dissent from the view that a Labour government would soon be overwhelmed by economic forces....

April 25, 2024

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TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web

Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments

News in-depthScottish National Party

Humza Yousaf’s leadership of the Scottish government is on the line

...provided the government with a working majority in parliament....

April 25, 2024

Serious Fraud Office UK

Lawyers question UK fraud agency over case disclosure problems

...The software problems come as the preliminary findings from a government-ordered review of the criminal disclosure rules in England and Wales, conducted by senior barrister Jonathan Fisher KC, were published...

April 23, 2024

News in-depthMcKinsey

McKinsey’s revenue from prime US government contracts falls to 9-year low

...Source Global, a research group, estimates that professional services firms will increase revenue from the US public sector — including state and local agencies as well as the federal government — by 4 per...

January 14, 2024

Doping in sport

Anti-doping body faces calls for review over Chinese swimmers

...He added that the “Chinese government consistently maintains a firm stance of ‘zero tolerance’ towards doping issues”....

April 25, 2024

UK labour disputes

UK government faces calls to drop attempt to revive anti-strike law

...The government wants to revive the measures, as part of a broader legislative push to curb unions’ power, and began a consultation in November which closed last week....

January 24, 2024

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Nigeria’s kidnapping racket is a symptom of a failing state

...The country had a challenging start. Post-independence governments inherited a country that jammed together people from two major religions, three large ethnicities and 350 language groups....

March 12, 2024

Cyber Security

FBI warns Chinese malware could threaten critical US infrastructure

...Wray said Volt Typhoon was just the tip of the iceberg and was one of many such efforts by the Chinese government....

February 18, 2024

UK politics

Doug Barrowman-linked firm hid offshore entity from client

...Just a day earlier, Smartpay signed a contract also seen by the FT with a worker who was being supplied to the recruitment agency....

March 4, 2024

Inside BusinessChristine Murray

Amlo’s showdown with a billionaire

...The moves were a show of government force against Mexico’s second and third richest men....

March 27, 2024

FT Live

Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

InterviewIsrael-Hamas war

Israel pledges to protect tech start-ups from effects of Hamas war

...In combination with the uncertainty triggered by nine months of mass protests against a controversial judicial overhaul pushed by the Israeli government last year and a broader decline in venture funding...

January 3, 2024

Markets InsightJerry del Missier

Abolishing AT1s would be a serious mistake

...The writer is founder of Copper Street Capital and former chief operating officer of Barclays The Dutch government has recently floated the idea of abolishing a capital instrument known as an AT1 in response...

April 3, 2024

Oren Cass

How Republicans learnt to love bigger government

...It would probably be a mistake, though, to conclude that bigger government is now back in demand....

March 26, 2024

Andy Haldane

How to stop local government in England becoming a Greek tragedy

...As a condition of receiving support from the international community, the Greek government was required to sell off a number of its major assets to private investors....

April 6, 2024

News in-depthPolitical espionage

German spycatchers raise game against China and Russia

...Under Haldenwang’s leadership, co-operation and ties with other intelligence agencies in allied countries have become a priority....

April 24, 2024

Live news: Indonesia raises interest rate to 6.25% in surprise move

Germany to resume co-operation with UNRWA in Gaza

...The German government said on Wednesday it would resume co-operation with the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza after it found Israel had not substantiated its claim that agency staffers were members of...

April 24, 2024

News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war

Ultra-orthodox draft exemption sharpens threat to Netanyahu government

...Eliad Shraga, head of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, which had filed a petition against the government over the Haredi carve-out, called it a “solid, brave response”....

March 30, 2024

Gideon Rachman

The Biden dilemma on Israel

...President Joe Biden’s insistence that the US would not participate in any counterstrike on Iran helped to persuade the Israeli government not to respond immediately....

April 15, 2024

UK economy

Company insolvencies in England and Wales at highest level since 2009

...The rise in insolvencies reflected the ending of government Covid-19 support schemes, the accumulation of debt post-pandemic and high inflation hitting demand....

October 31, 2023

China Electronics Technology Group Corporation

China anti-graft agencies investigate top defence group executive

...While the disappearance of officials in China is common, analysts saw the removal of cabinet ministers such as Li and Qin as highly unusual and a sign of upheaval within the government....

April 9, 2024

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