The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer Donald Trump has spent much of his second term at war with science and scientists. He is cutting staff at institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a third, and has cancelled or frozen up to 8,000 federal research grants. This hasn’t just hurt i...
The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer Donald Trump has spent much of his second term at war with science and scientists. He is cutting staff at institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a third, and has cancelled or frozen up to 8,000 federal research grants. This hasn’t just hurt individual research programmes, it has damaged America’s credibility as a reliable partner in the scientific community. It is not surprising that many researchers – one poll last year by the journal Nature gave the number of 75% – say they are considering leaving the US entirely. However, it is one thing to express dissatisfaction, and quite another to up sticks and leave. If the UK and EU want to attract elite scientific talent, their approach must be twofold: appealing directly to scientists concerned with political interference in their research, and offering stable, ringfenced money. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.06%. The dollar is slightly lower today as a decline in the 10-year T-note yield to a 2.75-month low has weakened the dollar's interest rate differentials. Losses in the dollar are limited due to stronger-than-expected US economic reports on Jan PPI,...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.06%. The dollar is slightly lower today as a decline in the 10-year T-note yield to a 2.75-month low has weakened the dollar's interest rate differentials. Losses in the dollar are limited due to stronger-than-expected US economic reports on Jan PPI,...
(RTTNews) - European stocks turned in a mixed performance on Friday with investors digesting a slew of economic data from the region, and earnings announcements and other corporate news.
(RTTNews) - European stocks turned in a mixed performance on Friday with investors digesting a slew of economic data from the region, and earnings announcements and other corporate news.
The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low. (Image credit: Jon Cherry)
The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low. (Image credit: Jon Cherry)
The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, overturned a 13,000 Labour majority to win the Gorton and Denton seat Keir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or see a leadership challenge within months after the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in Gorton and Denton . Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer, a...
The Green candidate, Hannah Spencer, overturned a 13,000 Labour majority to win the Gorton and Denton seat Keir Starmer is facing an ultimatum from his own party to change direction or see a leadership challenge within months after the Greens humiliated Labour with a historic byelection victory in Gorton and Denton . Overturning a 13,000 Labour majority from the general election, Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green councillor, became the party’s fifth MP on Friday. Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin was second, just ahead of the Labour candidate, Angeliki Stogia. Continue reading...
All the investing world seems to be talking about these days is Anthropic. The disruptive artificial intelligence ( AI ) lab is building no-code tools for software development that are taking the world by storm, and share prices for many software stocks are down as a result. Anthropic's revenue is exploding higher, and its valuation is now in the hundreds of billions. And yet, individual investors...
All the investing world seems to be talking about these days is Anthropic. The disruptive artificial intelligence ( AI ) lab is building no-code tools for software development that are taking the world by storm, and share prices for many software stocks are down as a result. Anthropic's revenue is exploding higher, and its valuation is now in the hundreds of billions. And yet, individual investors cannot own a piece of the rapidly growing company until Anthropic goes public (which it is rumored to do later this year). So what is an investor to do? One way to gain exposure to Anthropic is to invest in Zoom Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) , the parent company of Zoom Video. Zoom invested in the start-up years ago, and that investment has turned into a home run win. Depending on how an IPO goes, Zoom's investment could wind up representing a good percentage of its stock's market cap today. Here's why Anthropic's rapidly growing valuation could mean a win for Zoom investors over the next few years. Continue reading
Altman Pitches Pentagon On Anthropic Alternative As WSJ Does Deep-State Concern-Trolling Over Grok As today's 5PM ET deadline looms for Anthropic to militarize Claude AI for the Pentagon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waded into the fray - telling staff on Thursday night that his company is working with the Department of War to see if their models can be used in classified settings in a way that maintains...
Altman Pitches Pentagon On Anthropic Alternative As WSJ Does Deep-State Concern-Trolling Over Grok As today's 5PM ET deadline looms for Anthropic to militarize Claude AI for the Pentagon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waded into the fray - telling staff on Thursday night that his company is working with the Department of War to see if their models can be used in classified settings in a way that maintains the same safety guardrails that are about to get Anthropic booted from the Pentagon. "We are going to see if there is a deal with the DoW that allows our models to be deployed in classified environments and that fits with our principles," Altman wrote in a Thursday night note to staff, reported by the Wall Street Journal . " We would ask for the contract to cover any use except those which are unlawful or unsuited to cloud deployments , such as domestic surveillance and autonomous offensive weapons ." Altman says he wants to "try to help de-escalate things," aka - they want to be the ones deeply embedded in the Pentagon's most sensitive systems. Red Lines Altman says OpenAI understands the government's position that a private company should not have control over significant national-security issues [laughs in Palantir], but says they have the same issues as Anthropic when it comes to use cases. "We have long believed that AI should not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons, and that humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions. These are our main red lines," Altman wrote. " We believe this dispute isn’t about how AI will be used, but about control . We believe that a private US company cannot be more powerful than the democratically-elected US government , although companies can have lots of input and influence. Democracy is messy, but we are committed to it." Altman's comments come as things aren't looking so good for Anthropic . Earlier Thursday evening, CEO Dario Amodei announced that the company had rejected the Department o...
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has officially ended its bid to acquire the studio and streaming operations of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) . The target company had a week to think about a raised bid from Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) , and came back leaning toward a Paramount deal in half that time. Pending regulatory approval, it's a done deal. Netflix shares opened Friday's trading 11.6% hig...
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has officially ended its bid to acquire the studio and streaming operations of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) . The target company had a week to think about a raised bid from Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) , and came back leaning toward a Paramount deal in half that time. Pending regulatory approval, it's a done deal. Netflix shares opened Friday's trading 11.6% higher on the news. Warner Bros. stock fell by roughly 2% and Paramount soared more than 18% higher. Combined, the three stocks added approximately $40 billion of market value today. Was this the best outcome for Netflix? Maybe not from an industry domination perspective, but it certainly puts Netflix in a less stressful financial situation. Continue reading