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Google and Meta boost AI spending forecasts
Financial Times · Wed 29 Apr, 22:26
Facebook owner’s stock drops 7% while Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon report strong cloud computing growth
Financial Times
Google told staff it is ‘proud’ of Pentagon AI contract after internal backlash
The tech giant signed an artificial intelligence deal with the defence department on Monday
Financial Times
Oil tops $120 as Trump signals extended Hormuz stand-off
Brent crude rises for eighth-straight day as US president says he will keep naval blockade in place
Financial Times
King Charles, America and the futility of growth
The UK’s stagnant economy and the US’s dynamic one are both politically dysfunctional
Financial Times
Have we gone too far with British declinism?
Three new books portray a land caught in a muddle and beset by inequalities. A familiar story or is it time for a reset?
BBC News
Watch: How the Golders Green attack unfolded
Two Jewish men were been stabbed in Golders Green, north London, as the Metropolitan Police formally declared it a...
BBC News
King and Queen lay flowers at 9/11 Memorial in New York
King Charles and Queen Camilla on their state visit to the US visit the memorial in New York.
BBC News
New images show suspect taking selfies before Washington press dinner shooting
Prosecutors argue Cole Tomas Allen should remain in custody until trial on a charge of attempted assassination of...
BBC News
Hereditary peers' last hurrah as 700-year-old system abolished
It comes after legislation to remove their right to sit in the upper chamber passed last month.
The Economist
Emmanuel Macron armours France against an Orban-style takeover
Emmanuel Macron armours France against an Orban-style takeover The Economist
The Economist
Why DeepSeek’s sequel failed to impress
Why DeepSeek’s sequel failed to impress The Economist
NYT Europe
Trump and Putin Call for a Brief Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will...
NYT Europe
U.S. and Italy Honor Alliance to Curb Art Looting, Amid Broader Tensions
Standing near dozens of repatriated artifacts, officials from the countries celebrated efforts that have led to the...
The Telegraph
UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998
UK borrowing costs hit highest since 1998
The Telegraph
How we test products at Telegraph Recommended
Everything that makes it into our articles has been trialled by experts, championed by readers – or both
Wales
BBC Wales
Woman harassed and beeped at by catcallers reports their untaxed van to DVLA
Despite feeling scared, Aneesa was determined to stand her ground and started filming the ordeal.
BBC Wales
Beauty spot ablaze with 'frightening' wildfire
Fire crews, including a helicopter, have been responding to fires in and around the Elan Valley area.
BBC Wales
Farage says Reform member should apologise for 'poor taste' social media post
Arron Banks posted "Welsh Lad?" in response to a Plaid Cymru video fronted by black community organiser.
BBC Wales
Ryan Reynolds' amusing gift idea ahead of Welcome to Wrexham fifth season
With one game to go in the regular Championship season Wrexham occupy the final play-off spot.
Sport
Formula 1
Qualifying
Miami GP
Sat 02 May
BBC Sport · Football
Liverpool expect Salah return before end of season
Liverpool expect Mohamed Salah to return from injury before the end of the season after he was forced off against...
BBC Sport · Tennis
Draper out of French Open with knee injury
Britain's Jack Draper will miss the rest of the clay court season - including next month's French Open - with a knee...
BBC Sport · Football
Chelsea's Mudryk appeals against four-year FA ban
Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk takes his fight against a Football Association drugs ban to the Court of Arbitration...
BBC Sport · Boxing
'Joshua warm-up defeat would scupper Fury fight'
The long-awaited showdown between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will not happen if Joshua loses his July warm-up...
The Race · F1
FIA bans F1 boost mode use in wet weather
Formula 1 drivers are to be banned from using boost mode to help with overtakes in the wet as part of new safety...
The Race · F1
F1 considering rule tweak to give Honda extra help
Honda is playing catch up with its F1 engine. And its rival manufacturers are evaluating a change that could speed...
The Race · F1
The biggest problems with Audi's first F1 engine
Audi is already planning a major F1 engine concept change to address its current problems. But it's not a short-term fix
The Race · F1
The fact and fiction of Raikkonen's unique F1 reputation
Few Formula 1 drivers - if any - have accrued quite the same enigmatic reputation as Kimi Raikkonen
Formula 1 Official · F1
How F1 drivers and strategists tackle the Miami Grand Prix
In Formula 1, performance is decided in moments where conditions change instantly, and decisions carry consequence....
Formula 1 Official · F1
F1 Fantasy tips to take on Antonelli in Miami and Canada
Upcoming Sprint weekends in Miami and Montreal present a strategic double header for F1 Fantasy managers. With...
ESPN Cricinfo
Travishek, Klaasen outmuscle MI as SRH chase 244 for fifth straight win
Rickelton's 123* took MI to their highest first-innings total in the IPL but it was chased down with relative ease
ESPN Cricinfo
Hardik: 'We have not been able to do what Mumbai Indians stands for'
"I think 244, I think I'll back my bowlers to stop it, but [...] today we could not execute"
Science
New Scientist
Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts
A procedure that could be done in half an hour, and prepared ahead of time, could seriously reduce blood loss from...
New Scientist
Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D
An experiment with a carbon material in a magnetic field has revealed a novel way for electrons to move, which...
New Scientist
Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought
A wave of dinosaur discoveries over the past decade has completely reshaped our understanding of these long-extinct...
New Scientist
The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing
Reports suggest that Apple is using defective chips originally destined for high-end devices to create its latest...
Nature
Author Correction: Broadly stable atmospheric CO
2
and CH
4
levels over the past 3 million years
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10600-wAuthor Correction: Broadly stable atmospheric...
Nature
Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10370-5Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss...
Nature
Reply to: Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10371-4Reply to: Overestimating outsourced...
Nature
Immunity gets a boost from a surprising place — breakfast
Nature, Published online: 29 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01406-xEating a meal could lead to T cells springing...
Technology
The Verge
Splatoon Raiders preorders for the Switch 2 are nearly 20 percent off
Nintendo recently announced a new pricing policy, which knocks $10 off the cost of digital versions of future...
The Verge
Microsoft reports sinking Xbox revenue as its cloud business climbs
Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of...
The Verge
Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter
Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar...
The Verge
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being...
Techcrunch
Google gains 25M subscriptions in Q1, driven by YouTube and Google One
Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.
Techcrunch
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix
Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.
Techcrunch
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia,...
Techcrunch
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality
Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a copy of your wardrobe that's based...
Wired
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t...
Wired
Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark Her Likeness. These TikTok Deepfake Ads Show Why
Researchers show scammers are using AI-manipulated footage of celebrity interviews to trick users into sharing their...
Hacker News · 794 pts
HERMES.md: Anthropic bug causes $200 extra charge, refuses refund
Hacker News · 1298 pts
Zed 1.0
Hacker News · 316 pts
Copy Fail – CVE-2026-31431
Hacker News · 71 pts
OpenTrafficMap
Hacker News · 175 pts
FastCGI: 30 years old and still the better protocol for reverse proxies
Hacker News · 414 pts
Cursor Camp
Reading List
Darwinian Specialization in AI
Thomasz Tunguz
The inference market is the fastest growing market in the world & it’s splitting up. Each...
Intel Earnings, Intel’s Differentiation?, Whither Terafab
Stratechery
Intel's earnings were very impressive, but the chief driver was a structural shift in demand for...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
GCA-BULF: A Bottom-Up Framework for Short-Term Load Forecasting Using Grouped Critical Appliances
Automated detection of pediatric congenital heart disease from phonocardiograms using deep and handcrafted feature fusion
Comparative Study of Bending Analysis using Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Numerical Dynamic Deflection in Perforated nanobeam
Economics
Inference for Linear Systems with Unknown Coefficients
Identification and Estimation of Consumers' Preferences from Repeated Observations under Nonlinear Pricing
Sources of Inequality at Birth: The Interplay Between Genes and Parental Socioeconomic Status
Congenital Heart Block
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Role of Hydroxychloroquine in Prevention of Congenital Heart Block in Pregnant Women With Positive Anti-Ro/SSA and/or Anti-La/SSB