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Q : Can you give us a sense of what the next milestones are for the EIPP and the sequencing of events that need to happen before you start to fly the aircraft? A : Adam Goldstein, CEO: The EIPP is a significant moment for the industry, akin to a "Waymo moment" for air taxis. We aim to have aircraft flying over major cities, making them a part of everyday commutes. We've partnered with about a doze...
Q : Can you give us a sense of what the next milestones are for the EIPP and the sequencing of events that need to happen before you start to fly the aircraft? A : Adam Goldstein, CEO: The EIPP is a significant moment for the industry, akin to a "Waymo moment" for air taxis. We aim to have aircraft flying over major cities, making them a part of everyday commutes. We've partnered with about a dozen municipalities, including Southern California, Texas, and Florida. We're waiting for the DOT to announce the finalists, after which we'll establish operational plans and focus on public flights in the second half of the year. The company's success in the EIPP program and air taxi operations is contingent on regulatory approvals and public acceptance, which remain uncertain. Archer Aviation Inc ( NYSE:ACHR ) faces challenges in balancing performance, certification, and manufacturability in its aircraft design, which could affect production timelines. There are uncertainties regarding the deployment of aircraft in the UAE due to ongoing conflicts, which may impact testing and certification timelines. The geopolitical situation in the Middle East poses potential risks to Archer Aviation Inc ( NYSE:ACHR )'s operations and commercialization strategy in the UAE. Archer Aviation Inc ( NYSE:ACHR ) ended Q4 with approximately $2 billion in liquidity, providing a strong financial position to support its growth and commercialization efforts. The company has a robust order book with partnerships from seven of the world's largest airlines, indicating strong market demand. Archer Aviation Inc ( NYSE:ACHR ) is on track to begin air taxi operations in American cities and the UAE, with a strong commercial launch program in place. The company has achieved significant milestones in its flight test program, including successful piloted VTA flight tests and FAA acceptance of 100% of Midnight's means of compliance. Archer Aviation Inc ( NYSE:ACHR ) has formed strategic partnerships with leadin...
Soaring global energy prices as a result of the widening Middle East conflict will jeopardise Rachel Reeves’s plan to conquer inflation and rekindle growth, economists have warned as she prepares to deliver her spring forecast later today. Responding to the latest projections from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the chancellor will insist she has “the right economic plan fo...
Soaring global energy prices as a result of the widening Middle East conflict will jeopardise Rachel Reeves’s plan to conquer inflation and rekindle growth, economists have warned as she prepares to deliver her spring forecast later today. Responding to the latest projections from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the chancellor will insist she has “the right economic plan for our country, in a world that has become more uncertain”. The new forecasts are expected to show the public finances moving in the right direction, with the £22bn fiscal buffer she left herself against her fiscal rules in the November budget little changed. However, experts said the OBR projections could soon look out of date, if Monday’s surge in oil and gas prices proves long-lasting. Benchmark European gas prices were up by more than 40% on Monday, and the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil surged by 6%, amid fears about supply disruptions. “Just when Reeves thinks the economy is on a slightly more even keel, the government is now confronting a crisis that’s completely outside its control and it creates another massive headwind,” said Mujtaba Rahman of the consultancy Eurasia Group. “The two areas they’ve trumpeted the most are the cost of living and interest rates, and those are the two areas of the economy that are now most at risk.” Nevertheless, Reeves hopes to project stability and continuity at Tuesday’s statement, after the tumultuous run-up to last autumn’s budget. She will insist that “because of the decisions we have already taken, we have a stronger and more secure economy. Inflation and interest rates are falling. And in every part of Britain, working people are better off.” But James Smith, the chief economist at the Resolution Foundation thinktank, said that as a result of the Gulf crisis “the inflation outlook is higher; the cost of living pressures are greater – particularly if the conflict continues for any length of time. It depends on how permanent ...
The trippy film of Enid Blyton’s much loved novels has been 20 years in the making. We catch up with its adult and child stars – inside a giant cake as disco-dancing elves rollerskate past Anyone who read Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree novels as a child has imagined themselves roving through their magical landscapes. Most of us had a favourite, be it the Land of Wizards, or Nursery Rhymes, or Do-As-Yo...
The trippy film of Enid Blyton’s much loved novels has been 20 years in the making. We catch up with its adult and child stars – inside a giant cake as disco-dancing elves rollerskate past Anyone who read Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree novels as a child has imagined themselves roving through their magical landscapes. Most of us had a favourite, be it the Land of Wizards, or Nursery Rhymes, or Do-As-You-Please. Thirteen-year-old Billie Gadsdon, about to star in the highly anticipated film adaptation, The Magic Faraway Tree, particularly loves the Land of Goodies – but that’s because when she was last there, everything around her was made of sweets. Director Ben Gregor wanted his cast to interact with the fantastical surroundings as much as possible. And so, on their sound stage in Reading, Gadsdon found herself filming in a grove of marshmallow trees, surrounded by giant flying-saucer plants and Haribo strawberry beds. “I did eat a few,” she confides. The Land of Birthdays was just as fun – she was filmed in those scenes in the middle of a giant cake, as rollerskating elves disco-danced by. Continue reading...
In the past three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly used AI twice to effect regime change – once in its capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and more recently to help plan the strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The most recent strikes coincided with the end of the Pentagon’s relationship with the AI company Anthropic over concerns its AI...
In the past three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly used AI twice to effect regime change – once in its capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and more recently to help plan the strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The most recent strikes coincided with the end of the Pentagon’s relationship with the AI company Anthropic over concerns its AI tool Claude was being used for purposes the company had explicitly prohibited. The government swiftly signed a new contract with Open AI. To find out what this means for the use of AI in forthcoming conflicts, Madeleine Finlay speaks to technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker. He explains why he thinks this moment represents a dangerous turning point. Support the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading...
He lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, before being fired from the Trump administration. The financier and broadcaster discusses working for the president – and becoming his biggest critic ‘If somebody walks into your office and says they’re friends with Donald Trump, they’re either exaggerating the relationship, or they don’t understand the relationship,” says Anthony Scar...
He lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, before being fired from the Trump administration. The financier and broadcaster discusses working for the president – and becoming his biggest critic ‘If somebody walks into your office and says they’re friends with Donald Trump, they’re either exaggerating the relationship, or they don’t understand the relationship,” says Anthony Scaramucci. “Because nobody is friends with Donald. You’re a transaction in this guy’s field of vision.” Scaramucci should know. He has been non-friends with Trump for more than 30 years, though these days he’s more an outright enemy. Just as the attention-devouring president once stalked Hillary Clinton on the debate stage , Trump looms large in Scaramucci’s story. The two men seem to haunt each other. When we meet in London during a stopover in his hectic schedule, the conversation rarely drifts away from Trump for more than a few minutes. Conversely, the 62-year-old financier and broadcaster has become one of Trump’s most vocal and penetrating critics. “We fight like New Yorkers,” Scaramucci says. “He doesn’t really come back at me, because he knows I’m going to come back at him.” Unlike Trump’s presumptive friends, Scaramucci does understand Trump, he claims. “There’s something called ‘Trump derangement syndrome’; I think I have ‘Trump reality syndrome’. I know what he is, I know what he does, I know what he’s capable of and I know the danger of him.” Continue reading...
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English – to help young people become stronger readers, writers and thinkers, with a deeper connection to literature. After 15 years of wo...
I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English – to help young people become stronger readers, writers and thinkers, with a deeper connection to literature. After 15 years of working as a freelance writer and as a novelist, I felt confident that I had something to offer. But the further I progressed in my training, the more uncertain I felt. One particular question taunted me for my lack of an answer. What to do about artificial intelligence? The immediate dilemma: what does it mean for English instruction that all pupils now have access to free online chatbots that can produce fluid, fairly complex prose on demand? This question sits atop a teetering pile of timeless pedagogical quandaries: What are we actually trying to do in school? How should we go about doing it? How do we know if we’ve succeeded? I was a newcomer, negotiating all of this for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack. Continue reading...
China has revoked the political advisory seats of three generals, including two who previously held key positions in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ground force, as the anti-corruption drive continues within the top brass and defence industry. Han Weiguo, Gao Jin and Liu Lei were removed from membership of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and their respective role...
China has revoked the political advisory seats of three generals, including two who previously held key positions in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ground force, as the anti-corruption drive continues within the top brass and defence industry. Han Weiguo, Gao Jin and Liu Lei were removed from membership of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and their respective roles in its Standing Committee and relevant special committees, the political advisory body said on Monday. 01:12 Two top Chinese military generals removed, under investigation for ‘serious violations’ Two top Chinese military generals removed, under investigation for ‘serious violations’ The authorities gave no explanation for the removals, but such adjustments often relate to changes in status, investigations or political disgrace. The announcement came after last week’s sacking of nine military officials by the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature. Advertisement The official dismissal provided the first confirmation of the downfall of Han, who served as commander of the PLA Ground Force from August 2017 to June 2021. Han was appointed as first commander of Central Theatre Command when it was established in 2016. In this capacity, he directed the high-profile Zhurihe military parade in July 2017, shortly before his promotion. Advertisement The event, at the military training ground in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was the first of its kind to be held marking the founding of the PLA, which celebrated its 90th anniversary that year. Gao was inaugural commander of the now-disbanded Strategic Support Force. Created in 2016, it was the PLA’s first division to oversee the military’s space, cyber, electromagnetic and psychological warfare capabilities.
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kyoshino/E+ via Getty Images Motor Vehicle Sales Unit sales of motor vehicles, published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the beginning of each month, include domestic sales and imports. The consensus sees sales up to an annual 15.3 million unit rate from 14.9 million in January. 9:55AM John Williams Speaks New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams speaks before the ACU Government...
kyoshino/E+ via Getty Images Motor Vehicle Sales Unit sales of motor vehicles, published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the beginning of each month, include domestic sales and imports. The consensus sees sales up to an annual 15.3 million unit rate from 14.9 million in January. 9:55AM John Williams Speaks New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams speaks before the ACU Governmental Affairs Conference 2026 organized by America's Credit Unions. 10:10 AM Jeffrey Schmid Speaks Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Schmid speaks on monetary policy and the economic outlook before the Metro Denver Executive Club. 11:55 AM Neel Kashkari Speaks Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari participates in conversation before the 2026 Bloomberg Invest Conference. More on U.S. Markets Weekly Market Pulse: Keep Calm And Carry On CEOs Vs. The Treasury Market The U.S. Is Slowing, But Inflation Won't Let Up; GDP, PMI And Tariffs In One 'Difficult' Mix War shock: Global markets tumble as U.S.-Iran conflict escalates US10Y slips below 4% for the first time in three months as investors purchase bonds
OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Instant — the company's most widely used model — reduces hallucinations by up to 26.8% compared to its predecessor, prioritizing accuracy and conversational reliability over raw performance gains, OpenAI says. GPT-5.3 Instant, which is essentially the default and is the most used model for ChatGPT users, also improves on tone, relevance and conversation with fewer refusals. It is ...
OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Instant — the company's most widely used model — reduces hallucinations by up to 26.8% compared to its predecessor, prioritizing accuracy and conversational reliability over raw performance gains, OpenAI says. GPT-5.3 Instant, which is essentially the default and is the most used model for ChatGPT users, also improves on tone, relevance and conversation with fewer refusals. It is available on both ChatGPT and on the API. Right now, only the Instant model will be upgraded to 5.3, but the company said it is working on updating the other models under ChatGPT, Thinking, and Pro to 5.3 “soon.” GPT-5.3 Instant cuts hallucinations by up to 26.8% OpenAI ran two internal evaluations: one across higher-stakes domains including medicine, finance, and law; the other drawing on user feedback. Based on higher-stakes evaluations conducted by the company, GPT-5.3 Instant reduces hallucinations by 26.8% when using the web. It improves reliability by 19.7% when relying on its internal knowledge. User feedback showed a 22.5% decrease in hallucinations when answering queries using web search. The company said GPT-5.3 Instant is more reliable because it improved how it balances information from the internet with its own internal training and reasoning. “More broadly, GPT-5.3 Instant is less likely to overindex on web results, which previously could lead to long lists of links or loosely connected information. It does a stronger job of recognizing the subtext of questions and surfacing the most important information, especially upfront, resulting in answers that are more relevant and immediately usable, without sacrificing speed or tone,” the company said. An example OpenAI gave is when a user asks about the biggest signing in Major League Baseball and its impact. The previous model, GPT-5.2, often defaulted to summarizing search results. Accuracy overtakes performance as OpenAI's selling point With this new release, first on its most used model, OpenAI wants enterprise ...
Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs for around two-and-a-half hours, spelling out that he thought the American and Israeli actions were not right and implying there were not lawful either - but that it was both right and lawful to authorise the US to use UK airbases to bomb Iranian missile launch sites, in order to protect British allies in the Gulf from attack.
Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs for around two-and-a-half hours, spelling out that he thought the American and Israeli actions were not right and implying there were not lawful either - but that it was both right and lawful to authorise the US to use UK airbases to bomb Iranian missile launch sites, in order to protect British allies in the Gulf from attack.
The Ryzen Z1 Extreme is still alive, as Lenovo confirms that it's working with AMD to release new drivers and support the original Legion Go until 2029. TL;DR: AMD faced rumors of ending Ryzen Z1 Extreme support for devices like Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally X due to lack of recent driver updates. However, Lenovo confirmed ongoing driver and BIOS support for the first-gen Legion Go through Oc...
The Ryzen Z1 Extreme is still alive, as Lenovo confirms that it's working with AMD to release new drivers and support the original Legion Go until 2029. TL;DR: AMD faced rumors of ending Ryzen Z1 Extreme support for devices like Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally X due to lack of recent driver updates. However, Lenovo confirmed ongoing driver and BIOS support for the first-gen Legion Go through October 2029, ensuring long-term optimization and device longevity. A week ago, several reports began to emerge, hinting at AMD potentially ending support of the Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor found in PC gaming handhelds like the original Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally X. The main source for this report was Lenovo's Korean community team, which said that there were no more plans to release new drivers for the original Legion Go handheld. 2 VIEW GALLERY - 2 IMAGES Throw in the fact that these Ryzen Z1 Extreme handhelds hadn't received an official graphics driver update for months, and you can see why it looked like AMD was pulling back support for the chip even though it's only a couple of years old. As driver packages for very specific devices like the Legion Go come from vendors who work with AMD, and not the generic or standard AMD Software Adrenalin Edition updates that serve as a catch-all for all modern Radeon GPUs, it puts these handhelds in the position of potentially becoming obsolete, or not optimized to run the latest releases. Well, there's some good news for Ryzen Z1 Extreme gamers and original Lenovo Legion Go owners, as the company has released a statement to PCWorld confirming that it will support its first-generation PC gaming handheld with driver updates through to 2029. Read more: AMD drops Ryzen Z1 Extreme driver support, impacting original Legion Go and ROG Ally X owners "Support for the Lenovo Legion Go (8.8", 1) has not been discontinued," the statement begins. "Lenovo is actively continuing to support the Legion Go (8.8", 1) with necessary driver and B...
Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has revealed he has been diagnosed with a “‘treatable’ not ‘curable’” cancer, and will be withdrawing from work while he receives treatment. The 67-year-old horror icon shared the news in a statement on social media on Monday night, writing to fans: “I’m sorry if that’s a shock – it was to me too.” Campbell, who often appears at fan conventions around the world, said ...
Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has revealed he has been diagnosed with a “‘treatable’ not ‘curable’” cancer, and will be withdrawing from work while he receives treatment. The 67-year-old horror icon shared the news in a statement on social media on Monday night, writing to fans: “I’m sorry if that’s a shock – it was to me too.” Campbell, who often appears at fan conventions around the world, said he was making the news public now because he will need to cancel several upcoming public appearances in order to receive treatment. “The good news is, I’m not going to go into any more detail. I’m posting this, because professionally, a few things will have to change – appearances and cons and work in general need to take [a] back seat to treatment,” he wrote. “There are several cons this year summer [sic] that I have to cancel. Big regrets on my part. Treatment needs and professional obligations don’t always go hand-in-hand. “That’s about it. I’m not trying to enlist sympathy – or advice – I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will). Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you’re the greatest fans in the world and I hope to see you soon!” View image in fullscreen Theresa Tilly and Bruce Campbell in The Evil Dead. Photograph: New Line Cinema/Mike Ditz/Allstar Campbell is best known for his breakout performance as Ash Williams in the 1981 low-budget horror classic The Evil Dead, directed by his friend from high school Sam Raimi. Campbell continued to portray the chainsaw-wielding, wise-cracking hero in the progressively more comedic sequels 1987’s Evil Dead II and 1992’s Army of Darkness. He also played Ash in three seasons of the television series Ash vs Evil Dead between 2015 and 2018. Campbell has also appeared in Raimi’s Spider-Man films and several Coen Brothers films including Fargo and The Hudsucker Proxy, played Elvis in the cult horror-comedy ...