Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said artificial intelligence could trigger a "new golden era of discovery" within the next decade, transforming medicine, energy and even space exploration. AI Set To Transform Medicine And Science On Wednesday, speaking on the Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast, Hassabis said humanity is e...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said artificial intelligence could trigger a "new golden era of discovery" within the next decade, transforming medicine, energy and even space exploration. AI Set To Transform Medicine And Science On Wednesday, speaking on the Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast, Hassabis said humanity is entering a period of "radical abundance" driven by AI. "In 10, 15 years' time, we'll be in a kind of
Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week. (Image credit: Barbara Gindl)
Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week. (Image credit: Barbara Gindl)
Growing up in a turbulent household taught me to expect the worst. Then one day I found £20 in the street and shifted my thinking Growing up, I was envious of one type of person. It was never the kids who were smarter, sportier or more popular. My awe was reserved for a rarer breed of people: optimists. I was hypersensitive to the ease with which they sailed through exams, social gatherings or tee...
Growing up in a turbulent household taught me to expect the worst. Then one day I found £20 in the street and shifted my thinking Growing up, I was envious of one type of person. It was never the kids who were smarter, sportier or more popular. My awe was reserved for a rarer breed of people: optimists. I was hypersensitive to the ease with which they sailed through exams, social gatherings or teenage milestones with a sunny conviction that things would more or less work out. To me, they were the chosen people. “It’ll be fine,” one such friend would reassure me. “Or you could embarrass yourself,” my mind would purr like a villain. “Be rejected. Fail.” I was a chronic worrier. A negative Nancy. I couldn’t fathom that people’s brains weren’t hardwired to compulsively fear things might go wrong. I grew up as the eldest daughter in a turbulent household where my father’s moods would plummet quickly and I walked on a knife-edge. Every morning, the second my eyes opened, I would force myself to accept it was going to be a bad day – an act of self-preservation so the rug could never get pulled from under my feet hoping for better. My thinking was that if you always expected the worst, things had a tendency to turn out better than you imagined. Continue reading...
American politicians break rank at Munich Security Conference to hit out at ‘destructive’ president and urge Europe to stand up to Trump Donald Trump’s most unbridled critics at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference have not been Europeans but Americans – and not just Democrat politicians. A few Republicans, out of earshot of the US president’s favoured Fox News, have had the courage to challe...
American politicians break rank at Munich Security Conference to hit out at ‘destructive’ president and urge Europe to stand up to Trump Donald Trump’s most unbridled critics at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference have not been Europeans but Americans – and not just Democrat politicians. A few Republicans, out of earshot of the US president’s favoured Fox News, have had the courage to challenge Trump’s diet of tariffs and unpredictability. Continue reading...
His charm and excitement helped us see the world as he did – full of kindness and joy When we bought Otto, a golden retriever, a year after the death of our previous dog Bertie, we were sceptical that he could live up to our high expectations. What quickly became apparent, during the routine humiliation of our puppy training classes, was that Otto was a law unto himself. “He’s not normal” quickly ...
His charm and excitement helped us see the world as he did – full of kindness and joy When we bought Otto, a golden retriever, a year after the death of our previous dog Bertie, we were sceptical that he could live up to our high expectations. What quickly became apparent, during the routine humiliation of our puppy training classes, was that Otto was a law unto himself. “He’s not normal” quickly became a stock family phrase, as Otto demonstrated a series of wild, mischievous and outlandish behaviours. During classes, I remember being told euphemistically that he was “wilful” and shamefully resorted to hiding cocktail sausages in my pockets during the final exam to encourage a modicum of civility in him. It just about worked. Continue reading...
Bristol’s newest sit-down spot has been mocked for facing a brick wall – and there are plenty in my own town of York facing unlovely aspects. But sometimes we all just need a rest A bench in Bristol installed facing a brick wall has aroused local curiosity – why put it there? BBC West commented that it joined other perversely placed seating: “a bench in Shirehampton facing a derelict building … an...
Bristol’s newest sit-down spot has been mocked for facing a brick wall – and there are plenty in my own town of York facing unlovely aspects. But sometimes we all just need a rest A bench in Bristol installed facing a brick wall has aroused local curiosity – why put it there? BBC West commented that it joined other perversely placed seating: “a bench in Shirehampton facing a derelict building … and one in Wedmore facing a hedge”. Bristol city council explained that when it plants a planned tree, the bench will provide a shady spot to rest on a steep hill, but promised to “review” the placement. My first thought was that facing a brick wall could be meditative – I quite like staring at nothing – but my second was, “Surely York, where I live, is too beautiful to have benches with similarly terrible views?” Time for a benchmarking trip. Continue reading...
Maga is a recapitulation of the dark side of American history that cohered into nativist nationalism a century ago Donald Trump’s posting of a video depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes was the most overtly racist act of a president since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal civil service – or since Trump’s previous racist gesture. The racist imager...
Maga is a recapitulation of the dark side of American history that cohered into nativist nationalism a century ago Donald Trump’s posting of a video depicting former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes was the most overtly racist act of a president since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal civil service – or since Trump’s previous racist gesture. The racist imagery Trump posted was so egregious that the video’s misogyny representing Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as animals was overlooked. Trump’s denigration of women is implicitly assumed as business-as-usual and not newsworthy: “ Quiet, piggy! ” And down the memory hole are the 3m long-suppressed documents from the Epstein files in which he is mentioned in its unredacted pages “ more than a million times ”, according to the Democratic representative Jamie Raskin, who was permitted access. The only Black Republican US senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina, said of the Obama portrayal: “It’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” though Scott did not disclose any list, which could have been drawn from an encyclopedia of offenses beginning decades before Trump’s birther campaign. During Trump’s first administration, in 2020, Scott chose to call out one incident as “ indefensible ”: Trump’s tweet of a video of a supporter chanting “white power”. Trump’s latest racist post was preceded on 11 January by his predictable vandalism of Black History Month in an interview with the New York Times with a remark about the Civil Rights Act of 1964: “White people were very badly treated.” Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man , Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth . He is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
Takeshi Koike’s latest take on Monkey Punch’s vintage manga thief is beautifully animated, but the gossamer-thin plot and characterisation mean it’s one for superfans only Created by manga artist Kazuhiko Katō, AKA Monkey Punch, Lupin the IIIrd has lived a thousand lives since his 1967 debut. A devil-may-care thief with a dazzling set of skills, the character has crossed over from comic pages to a...
Takeshi Koike’s latest take on Monkey Punch’s vintage manga thief is beautifully animated, but the gossamer-thin plot and characterisation mean it’s one for superfans only Created by manga artist Kazuhiko Katō, AKA Monkey Punch, Lupin the IIIrd has lived a thousand lives since his 1967 debut. A devil-may-care thief with a dazzling set of skills, the character has crossed over from comic pages to anime, live-action films, and even video games. Film-makers have to follow in the footsteps of such luminaries as Hayao Miyazaki and Seijun Suzuki; faced with this legacy, director Takeshi Koike has been charged with revitalising the franchise. Across an anime series and a trilogy of feature films, his visual approach has signaled a return to the original manga, characterised by dynamic, graphic lines and a darker sensibility. Koike’s latest film, intended as the concluding chapter to his previous Lupin outings , is still wonderfully animated. For the newbies, there’s a 10-minute recap of the character’s past escapades, filled with madcap heists and blood-soaked standoffs. With his trusted crew by his side – including marksman Jigen, samurai Goemon, and vixen spy Fujiko Mine – Lupin heads to an uncharted island ruled by an immortal being called Muom. He falls into a maze of perilous traps, forcing the team to separate and combat demonic creatures, as well as longstanding foes. Continue reading...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have broadened their strategic partnership to introduce AMD’s “Helios” rack-scale AI architecture in India, stepping up competition with Nvidia ( NVDA ) in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. As part of this strategic collaboration, both companies will offer an AI-ready...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have broadened their strategic partnership to introduce AMD’s “Helios” rack-scale AI architecture in India, stepping up competition with Nvidia ( NVDA ) in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. As part of this strategic collaboration, both companies will offer an AI-ready data center blueprint supporting up to 200 MW of capacity and will work with hyperscalers and AI companies to accelerate data center build-outs in India. TCS, through its subsidiary HyperVault AI Data Center (HyperVault), and AMD will co-develop a rack-scale AI infrastructure design based on the “Helios” platform in support of the country's national AI initiatives. Lisa Su, chair and CEO, AMD, said , "AI adoption is accelerating from pilots to large-scale deployments, and that shift requires a new blueprint for compute infrastructure. With 'Helios,' we are delivering an open, rack-scale AI platform designed for performance, efficiency, and long-term flexibility. Together with TCS, we are enabling enterprises across India to deploy AI at scale today while building the compute foundation of tomorrow." The announcement coincided with the India AI Impact Summit , where Su is scheduled to appear. Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) is expanding in India as part of a broader strategy to provide end-to-end AI infrastructure to governments and enterprises building out domestic computing capacity. The U.S. chipmaker is also gaining ground on Nvidia ( NVDA ) in the AI chip market, according to Arista Networks. The AMD partner said last week that roughly 20% to 25% of recent chip deployments are going to AMD, compared with about 99% of AI chip deployments going to Nvidia in 2025. More on AMD Tech Tug Of War: Fear Vs. Greed AMD's Inflection Is Here AMD: Something Doesn't Add Up Big tech CEOs head to India for major AI summit AMD hires Salesforce's Kelman as new chief marketing officer
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have broadened their strategic partnership to introduce AMD’s “Helios” rack-scale AI architecture in India, stepping up competition with Nvidia ( NVDA ) in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. As part of this strategic collaboration, both companies will offer an AI-ready...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have broadened their strategic partnership to introduce AMD’s “Helios” rack-scale AI architecture in India, stepping up competition with Nvidia ( NVDA ) in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. As part of this strategic collaboration, both companies will offer an AI-ready data center blueprint supporting up to 200 MW of capacity and will work with hyperscalers and AI companies to accelerate data center build-outs in India. TCS, through its subsidiary HyperVault AI Data Center (HyperVault), and AMD will co-develop a rack-scale AI infrastructure design based on the “Helios” platform in support of the country's national AI initiatives. Lisa Su, chair and CEO, AMD, said , "AI adoption is accelerating from pilots to large-scale deployments, and that shift requires a new blueprint for compute infrastructure. With 'Helios,' we are delivering an open, rack-scale AI platform designed for performance, efficiency, and long-term flexibility. Together with TCS, we are enabling enterprises across India to deploy AI at scale today while building the compute foundation of tomorrow." The announcement coincided with the India AI Impact Summit , where Su is scheduled to appear. Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) is expanding in India as part of a broader strategy to provide end-to-end AI infrastructure to governments and enterprises building out domestic computing capacity. The U.S. chipmaker is also gaining ground on Nvidia ( NVDA ) in the AI chip market, according to Arista Networks. The AMD partner said last week that roughly 20% to 25% of recent chip deployments are going to AMD, compared with about 99% of AI chip deployments going to Nvidia in 2025. More on AMD Tech Tug Of War: Fear Vs. Greed AMD's Inflection Is Here AMD: Something Doesn't Add Up Big tech CEOs head to India for major AI summit AMD hires Salesforce's Kelman as new chief marketing officer
Meta Platforms Inc. thinks we’re too distracted for a proper debate on facial recognition in a civilized society. It’s imperative we prove the company wrong. A New York Times report last week described the company’s internal deliberations on adding facial recognition capabilities to its popular smart glasses. The technology could come as soon as this year, the paper reported. Such a plan would hav...
Meta Platforms Inc. thinks we’re too distracted for a proper debate on facial recognition in a civilized society. It’s imperative we prove the company wrong. A New York Times report last week described the company’s internal deliberations on adding facial recognition capabilities to its popular smart glasses. The technology could come as soon as this year, the paper reported. Such a plan would have been political asbestos in more stable times, but the company thinks the ideal moment may now be at hand. “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” read the memo prepared last May by the company’s Reality Labs team, according to the Times. It stands as one of the most cynical comments to ever emerge from the company, up there with Zuckerberg’s infamous expletive-charged remark in his college days to his knee-jerk assertion that people were “crazy” to think misinformation could sway election results. Time will tell whether the latest observation proves accurate. Meta’s executives are correct to note that civil liberties groups are deeply occupied in pushing back against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts and what they see as other abuses. In the past, these groups typically formed the backbone of efforts to raise public awareness around the privacy creep of big tech, offering expert commentary, filing court challenges and funding research. But I’m optimistic these organizations can spin many plates. I’m even more confident in the public’s ability to recognize that immigration controversies and facial recognition tech in Meta products are not competing concerns. We know, for instance, that federal immigration agencies have been using facial recognition to quickly ascertain the identities of both detainees and legal observers. There have also been reports of immigration agents wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses whi...
Two hours before one of the most important live events in Netflix's history, LA's sprawling CBS Radford Studio Center is abuzz with the strangest combination of things. As I walk through one cavernous soundstage on a Tuesday afternoon, I hear multiple people warming up their voices to sing. I pass a man carefully waving a hair dryer in front of a piano. Outside, a man and a woman, both in scant bl...
Two hours before one of the most important live events in Netflix's history, LA's sprawling CBS Radford Studio Center is abuzz with the strangest combination of things. As I walk through one cavernous soundstage on a Tuesday afternoon, I hear multiple people warming up their voices to sing. I pass a man carefully waving a hair dryer in front of a piano. Outside, a man and a woman, both in scant black leather, walk past with a wave. I'm told they're aerialists. Somewhere in this enormous rehearsal space, there's also a 74-year-old budding standup comedian, an 11-year-old gospel singer, and a dancing border collie. Such is the wondrous, bizar … Read the full story at The Verge.
Do billionaires get to collect Social Security benefits? You might not like the answer, which is yes. Yes, billionaires collect Social Security. But there's more to know about this topic. First off, the reason that many billionaires will collect Social Security benefits is the same reason that most of us will collect Social Security benefits : Because they paid into the system via taxes on their i...
Do billionaires get to collect Social Security benefits? You might not like the answer, which is yes. Yes, billionaires collect Social Security. But there's more to know about this topic. First off, the reason that many billionaires will collect Social Security benefits is the same reason that most of us will collect Social Security benefits : Because they paid into the system via taxes on their income. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
SvetaZi/iStock via Getty Images Overview TCW Strategic Income Fund ( TSI ) operates as a closed-end fund that aims to provide attractive total returns through its portfolio of income-producing assets. As market indices continue to experience volatility and uncertainty driven by the tech sector, TSI can offer an income-focused hedge that preserves capital. Since the fund doesn't have exposure to eq...
SvetaZi/iStock via Getty Images Overview TCW Strategic Income Fund ( TSI ) operates as a closed-end fund that aims to provide attractive total returns through its portfolio of income-producing assets. As market indices continue to experience volatility and uncertainty driven by the tech sector, TSI can offer an income-focused hedge that preserves capital. Since the fund doesn't have exposure to equities, the share price is disconnected from what's happening to the indices. The fund puts an emphasis on income generation over time, which comes with its own set of benefits and vulnerabilities. Looking at the performance over the last twelve months, we can see that TSI's share price has fallen by about 2.9%. The fund has failed to hold onto the positive growth momentum of the market over the last few quarters. When including all distributions that were paid out to shareholders, the total return jumps up to 4.6% over the same time frame. TSI now offers investors a starting dividend yield of about 6.9% while issuing payouts on a monthly basis. After reviewing the fund's reporting metrics, I believe that TSI is capable of keeping its distributions consistent over the next 12 months. Data by YCharts While TSI has proven to be a great income position, there are still some risks that should be considered. For instance, the exposure to debt securities introduces some interest rate sensitivity over a longer holding period, which means that near-term performance can remain limited if interest rates stay elevated. Additionally, the focus on income generation can result in severe underperformance, so this fund only makes sense for investors that seek safety over total return. So, let's start by taking a look at the strategy that TSI implements to generate its earnings. Fund Strategy According to the latest fact sheet , TSI has total managed assets of $247.6M that are spread across 682 different holdings. The fund has an objective of providing attractive total returns with an empha...
Key PointsGold.com COO Brian Aquilino exercised and immediately sold 10,000 shares on Feb. 11, 2026, generating a transaction value of $595,000 based on a weighted average price of around $59.55 per share.
Key PointsGold.com COO Brian Aquilino exercised and immediately sold 10,000 shares on Feb. 11, 2026, generating a transaction value of $595,000 based on a weighted average price of around $59.55 per share.
Klaus Vedfelt Peter Steinberger, the founder of open-source autonomous AI agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI ( OPENAI ). OpenClaw is a personal assistant that runs locally on a user's machine. It integrates with apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram to automate tasks such as managing calendars and sending emails. "Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He ...
Klaus Vedfelt Peter Steinberger, the founder of open-source autonomous AI agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI ( OPENAI ). OpenClaw is a personal assistant that runs locally on a user's machine. It integrates with apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram to automate tasks such as managing calendars and sending emails. "Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our product offerings," said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a post on X. Altman noted that OpenClaw — formerly known as Clawdbot or Moltbot — will live in a foundation as an open-source project that OpenAI will continue to support. "OpenClaw will live in a foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support. The future is going to be extremely multi-agent and it's important to us to support open source as part of that," said Altman. "It's always been important to me that OpenClaw stays open source and given the freedom to flourish. Ultimately, I felt OpenAI was the best place to continue pushing on my vision and expand its reach. The more I talked with the people there, the clearer it became that we both share the same vision," said Steinberger in a blog post. More on OpenAI Wall Street Lunch: ChatGPT Tops 800M Weekly Active Users Microsoft: An OpenAI Problem (Rating Upgrade) 2027: Defense Boom As The AI Trade Unwinds Big tech CEOs head to India for major AI summit OpenAI warns lawmakers that DeepSeek is using U.S. AI outputs to train R1 chatbot - report