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Accenture buys Speedtest and Downdetector in $1.2B deal
Global consulting and technology services firm Accenture has agreed to acquire Ookla, the Seattle-based network intelligence company best…
Susan Darwin
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MP not seen anything to suspect husband has 'broken any law', after China spy arrests
The Met Police suspect three men of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK. Source link
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Sunderland: Black Cats target more after reaching 40 points
A key part in Sunderland's impressive season has been Granit Xhaka. The former Arsenal midfielder was one of a number of summer signings…
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Antiverse raises $9.3M Series A to scale AI-driven antibody
Cardiff-based Antiverse, a biotechnology company developing AI-powered therapeutic antibody discovery tools, has closed a $9.3 million…
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'Misleading' school talks compared student loans to £30 phone contracts
Graduates hired to deliver the presentations a decade ago were told to avoid using words like "debt". Source link
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Tangled raises €3.8M from byFounders and GitHub’s ex-CEO
Tangled, a Finland-linked code collaboration platform, has closed a €3.8 million seed round aimed at scaling its decentralised Git…
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Oil prices jump after attack on Iran threatens crucial Strait of Hormuz
Experts have warned that a prolonged conflict could push global energy prices even higher. Source link
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At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says
Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is "not aware" of…
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UK planes 'are in the sky' in Middle East, Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer says protections for British bases and personnel have been stepped up to their highest level. Source link
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Opinion: Your digital product is global from day one
In 2024, over 250 class action lawsuits were filed under a US federal law passed in 1988 to protect VHS rental records. The Video Privacy…
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Every SaaS company is building AI features right now
Here’s what nobody at your company’s AI strategy meeting is talking about: your existing customers are churning at the same rate they were…
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Rent tops £1,000 a month in more areas - find out where
The cost of renting privately has surged in the last five years, but tenants may now see a slowdown. Source link
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Europe’s Deep-Tech Paradox
Europe does not suffer from a shortage of capital. What it lacks is the legal courage and analytical competence required to direct that…
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Reform conference held in Church of England headquarters angers Christian groups
In his letter, Reverend Keith Brindle, a Church of England priest in Frome, and coordinator of Christians Against the Far Right, wrote…
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Accessibility Redefined
A recent study by Fortune magazine stated that AI search engines are confidently wrong over 60% of the time, with various widely-used AI…
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Uptick in young people out of work, training and education
People at the start of their careers are particularly affected by the UK's weak job market. Source link
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AI training efficiency: From Throughput to Goodput
Pretraining a modern large language model (LLM), often with ~100B parameters or more, typically involves thousands of accelerators and…
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Energy bills to fall in April in price cap change and charges shake-up
Changes announced in the Budget mean all energy bills will see some kind of reduction, but it will vary. Source link
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Snoop Dogg 'did private gig in our canteen' in Swansea
The US rapper performed back to back classics, ahead of attending his first Swansea City game. Source link
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Nvidia’s Q4 results could make or break confidence in the AI hardware market
Nvidia has become shorthand for the AI market itself. In the years since generative models reshaped computing, the company’s GPUs have…
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More than 5,000 flights cancelled as US east coast digs out of record snow
A major snowstorm walloped the US north-east, causing disruptions for millions and thousands of flight cancellations. Source link
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OpenAI forms “Frontier Alliances” with top consultancies
OpenAI is broadening how it helps large organizations put artificial intelligence into real use. The company announced a new initiative,…
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Six Nations talking points: Finn Russell, George Ford, Antoine Dupont and Robert Baloucoune
The opportunity and ability for teams to rewrite their own narratives in the space of just a few weeks is part of what makes the Six…
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Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan
Pakistan says the strikes were retaliation for recent suicide bombings in the country. Source link