Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may lead. And like others who have left a polarized United States for the calmer pastures of Austria, he need not fear his lab being decimated because the president decided he wa...
Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may lead. And like others who have left a polarized United States for the calmer pastures of Austria, he need not fear his lab being decimated because the president decided he wants to deport the people who work there. “There is a lot of excitement in Vienna,” said Malik, a specialist in lab robotics. Last Spring, then living in Boston and working as a consultant for biomedical research labs, he was recruited to lead the development of robotic infrastructure at Aithyra, a life sciences research institution, founded in 2024, that seeks to incorporate artificial intelligence in all aspects of scientific development. When he got the call about a position in Vienna, Malik had already begun to see the impact of Donald Trump’s assault on higher education and scientific research. He saw friends and family fall victim to mass layoffs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation, while his own work slowed as federal grants were rescinded. He had never been to Austria, but the decision to leave the United States wasn’t hard. “I saw the writing on the wall,” Malik explained. “It took trust for the US to become a scientific powerhouse. It took 70 years – and was destroyed within six months,” he said. And if the American electorate is willing to do this, he asks, who’s to say it won’t do so again in the future? Austria is the not the only country seeking to benefit from dysfunction in America. Just weeks after Trump took office, three prominent anti-fascist historians at Yale University – Jason Stanley, Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder – were offered and accepted positions at the University of Toronto. Institutions across Europe also last year began offering “scientific asylum” to US-based researchers, with France’s Aix-Marseille Uni...
Chinese onshore investors raised their investments in Hong Kong-listed drug makers through the cross-border trading link over the past week, as a wave of out-licensing deals between Chinese pharmaceutical firms and global partners rolls on. The Hang Seng Southbound Connect Hong Kong Innovative Drug Index, which tracks around 40 of the largest Hong Kong-listed Chinese drug manufacturers, biotech re...
Chinese onshore investors raised their investments in Hong Kong-listed drug makers through the cross-border trading link over the past week, as a wave of out-licensing deals between Chinese pharmaceutical firms and global partners rolls on. The Hang Seng Southbound Connect Hong Kong Innovative Drug Index, which tracks around 40 of the largest Hong Kong-listed Chinese drug manufacturers, biotech researchers and AI-driven drug developers by market capitalisation, rose about 9 per cent between February 2 and Tuesday morning. The southbound Stock Connect mechanism, introduced in 2014, allows qualified mainland Chinese investors to buy eligible shares listed in Hong Kong. Advertisement CSPC Pharmaceutical Group led the pack on Tuesday morning with a 6.7 per cent gain, followed by Sichuan Kelun-Biotech, with a 5.9 per cent rise. WuXi Biologics, Innovent Biologics and Keymed Biosciences advanced 5.8 per cent, 5.6 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively. Keymed Biosciences’ cancer drug CM336 was granted fast track designation by the US Food and Drug Administration in late January, allowing the firm to speed up the new medicine’s approval process. Advertisement Innovent’s gain came after the Suzhou-based developer of oncology and autoimmune therapies on Sunday announced a deal worth up to US$8.85 billion with US firm Eli Lilly to collaborate on new medicines. A Hong Kong stock exchange filing showed that Innovent stood to receive a US$350 million upfront payment, plus development, regulatory and commercial milestone payments totalling about US$8.5 billion.
Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good Someone is shot, and almost dies; the fragility of life is intimately revealed to him. He goes on to have flashbacks of the event, finds that he can no longer relax or enjoy himself. He is agitated and restless. His relationships su...
Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good Someone is shot, and almost dies; the fragility of life is intimately revealed to him. He goes on to have flashbacks of the event, finds that he can no longer relax or enjoy himself. He is agitated and restless. His relationships suffer, then wither; he is progressively disturbed by intrusive memories of the event. This could be read as a description of many patients I’ve seen in clinic and in the emergency room over the years in my work as a doctor: it’s recognisably someone suffering what has in recent decades been called PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. But it isn’t one of my patients. It’s a description of a character in the 7,000-year-old Indian epic The Ramayana; Indian psychiatrist Hitesh Sheth uses it as an example of the timelessness of certain states of mind. Other ancient epics describe textbook cases of what we now call “generalised anxiety disorder”, which is characterised by excessive fear and rumination, loss of focus, and inability to sleep. Yet others describe what sounds like suicidal depression, or devastating substance addiction. The great topmost sheet of the mass, that where hardly a light had twinkled or moved, becomes now a sparkling field of rhythmic flashing points with trains of travelling sparks hurrying hither and thither. The brain is waking and with it the mind is returning … Swiftly the head mass becomes an enchanted loom where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern, always a meaningful pattern though never an abiding one. Continue reading...
The great stone circles, abbeys, castles and manor houses that English Heritage manages acted for centuries as places to meet and mingle. Now in an effort to tackle parental isolation, the charity is tapping back into this sense of community by introducing “bonding benches” at many of its most famous sites. The idea is that parents who visit places such as Stonehenge in Wiltshire and Tintagel Cast...
The great stone circles, abbeys, castles and manor houses that English Heritage manages acted for centuries as places to meet and mingle. Now in an effort to tackle parental isolation, the charity is tapping back into this sense of community by introducing “bonding benches” at many of its most famous sites. The idea is that parents who visit places such as Stonehenge in Wiltshire and Tintagel Castle in Cornwall will be able to meet others who would like a chat about the challenges of bringing up children. A feature of the bonding benches, which are being placed at all English Heritage paid-for sites, will be a sliding notice, which people can set to “up for a chat” or “craving quiet”. As well as the benches, English Heritage is launching communal activities for young families, and hosting National Childbirth Trust (NCT) volunteer-led sling and buggy walks at selected sites. Emma Fernandes-Lopes, the assistant operations director at English Heritage, said: “Modern parenthood can be a really isolating experience. Many parents live a long way away from their extended families and have no support network to lean back on, and it’s often a real challenge to make friends who hold the same values and interests.” She said families made up more than a third of English Heritage visits so their sites were a good place for parents to make connections. “As parents, we are hardwired to prioritise our children’s wellbeing. We bring them out to wonderful places like English Heritage sites to explore the outdoors and expand their horizons. But we often forget that the key to children’s wellbeing is actually found in whether their parents feel happy and supported.” Fernandes-Lopes said places such as castles, stately homes and stone circles had been community hubs. “They were places where people congregated. We want to make sure we are tapping into that.” English Heritage highlighted research from the NCT showing that two-thirds of new parents feel lonely or isolated at least some of ...
After a reckless shopping spree, I ditched contactless payments and bank cards to see how far £200 cash in hand would get me – and if I could improve my spending habits If I’m lucky, I can just about squeeze a £20 note into the back of my phone case, which holds the device I reflexively tap to pay for almost everything. But this week was different. After a reckless coffee-and-clothing spending spr...
After a reckless shopping spree, I ditched contactless payments and bank cards to see how far £200 cash in hand would get me – and if I could improve my spending habits If I’m lucky, I can just about squeeze a £20 note into the back of my phone case, which holds the device I reflexively tap to pay for almost everything. But this week was different. After a reckless coffee-and-clothing spending spree made a mighty dent in my bank account, I decided I needed to take action. Self-control was one option, but another more drastic route was blunt-force restriction. I would ditch contactless payments, along with debit and credit cards. Instead, I would spend a week relying solely on cash. After subtracting the lavish lattes and Asos deliveries that had massively inflated my average weekly spend, I allowed myself £180 for the basics, including food and travel. For safety, I gave myself an extra £20. The first task was to take out £200 in cash from the ATM. But what the hell was my pin number? Thanks to contactless capabilities, I hadn’t used this all-important combination of digits in more than a year. Googling how to find it, I discovered I’d have to wait three to five working days to get a letter reminding me of it in the post. This wouldn’t do. I decided to head to my local bank to explain my predicament. Continue reading...
Here comes The Artful Dodger (Disney+), clattering out of its Australian prison cell for a second series of rambunctious yore-time nonsense. Let joy – and breathless protagonist Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) – be unconfined, mate. But not for long. “Oi!” bellow the wardens, puffing their cheeks in fury as the urchin turned surgeon turned (stitched-up-like-a-bleedin’-kipper) convict wriggle...
Here comes The Artful Dodger (Disney+), clattering out of its Australian prison cell for a second series of rambunctious yore-time nonsense. Let joy – and breathless protagonist Jack Dawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) – be unconfined, mate. But not for long. “Oi!” bellow the wardens, puffing their cheeks in fury as the urchin turned surgeon turned (stitched-up-like-a-bleedin’-kipper) convict wriggles out of their clutches and makes for the harbour. “Tee-hee,” replies Dawkins as he slaloms between rhubarbing extras in mud-spattered britches. But strewth. Who’s this? A black-caped figure blocks our hero’s path to freedom. “I am Inspector Boxer, from London,” rumbles the stranger from the depths of his expositional cravat. “Here to replace … [the brow darkens] … Captain Gaines.” Dawkins gulps. Captain Gaines? The same Captain Gaines what got shot in the mug by notorious cutpurse Red (Miranda Tapsell) at the end of series one, a murder that saw the innocent Dawkins, after a series of lies and betrayals, condemned to the noose? The very same. The game, surely, is up. But hark! A cry goes up from the cobbles. An extra has been attacked by a shark and will surely cark it unless a passing surgeon – one who has, ideally, just escaped from the local nick with the help of gurning recidivist Norbert Fagin (David Thewlis) – attends to his shredded calf forthwith. A reprieve! Dawkins rushes to the rescue, Inspector Boxer reluctantly mumbles something about giving the man room and lo, the Artful Dodger lives to smirk another day. Or does he? It feels important at this juncture to point out that the entirety of the above happens within the first five minutes of the second series’ opening episode. No recaps or flashbacks here. Just the caption “Six months later” in 900pt Buckle Up, Bozos font and a juddering blast of Blur’s Song 2 (“woo-hoo!” indeed) as the viewer is left to gather her skirts and sprint after the action in search of elucidation. Confused? View image in fullscreen Earn...
watch now In this video PHIA-NL SHEL-GB Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email Executive Decisions with Steve Sedgwick How leading through discomfort prepared Philips CEO Roy Jakobs for his toughest calls Roy Jakobs reflects on the early experiences that shaped his leadership—from post‑war lessons in forgiveness to the resilien...
watch now In this video PHIA-NL SHEL-GB Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email Executive Decisions with Steve Sedgwick How leading through discomfort prepared Philips CEO Roy Jakobs for his toughest calls Roy Jakobs reflects on the early experiences that shaped his leadership—from post‑war lessons in forgiveness to the resilience built through childhood asthma. In "Executive Decisions with Steve Sedgwick," the Philips CEO explains why compassion must sit alongside hard, practical choices—and how those moments of discomfort prepared him to lead the company through its latest evolution. 37:13 20 minutes ago Steve Sedgwick
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The situation is technically clearer than AMD is willing to admit publicly. AMD officially reserves FSR 4 exclusively for RDNA 4 graphics cards, even though it has long been proven that the upscaler also works on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3. Not theoretically, not in the lab, but practically, reproducibly, and testable in everyday use. Users have demonstrated this with leaked INT8 DLLs, workarounds, and mea...
The situation is technically clearer than AMD is willing to admit publicly. AMD officially reserves FSR 4 exclusively for RDNA 4 graphics cards, even though it has long been proven that the upscaler also works on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3. Not theoretically, not in the lab, but practically, reproducibly, and testable in everyday use. Users have demonstrated this with leaked INT8 DLLs, workarounds, and measurements. AMD is aware of this. AMD has made it possible itself. The crux of the matter lies in the details. RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 do not natively support FP8, which is relevant for the “full-fledged” FSR 4 implementation. So far, so good. But AMD itself built an INT8 variant of FSR 4 and even accidentally released it. There is no dispute that this version comes at the expense of performance. It is also undisputed that it visibly improves image quality compared to FSR 3.1. This is precisely where the strategic imbalance begins. Comparisons between FSR 3.1 and FSR 4 on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 cards clearly show that FSR 4 makes a noticeable leap forward visually. Yes, there is overhead, but in performance mode, it roughly achieves the performance level of FSR 3.1 Quality, with visibly better output. This is not a marketing claim, but a measured fact. Anyone who argues that FSR 4 is “not suitable” is ignoring the facts or deliberately pushing them aside. When Hardware Unboxed followed up with AMD, the response was exactly what one would expect: “No updates to share at this time.” No denial, no technical counterargument, no roadmap. Just silence. And in this case, silence is a decision, not a delay. The comparison with NVIDIA is not a pleasant one for AMD. DLSS 4.5 officially runs on RTX 20 and RTX 30 cards as well, although the performance losses are sometimes significant. NVIDIA gives users the choice. AMD denies them that choice. This is not a technical necessity, but a product policy. The consequence is predictable. RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 owners see that modern features are artificially...
Coupang staff obstructed a Korean government probe into a massive breach of customer data by deleting sensitive information, the ministry carrying out the investigation said, adding the country’s largest e-commerce firm defied an order to preserve access logs and other data. Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said in a report published on Tuesday that the breach exposed private data of nearly 34 ...
Coupang staff obstructed a Korean government probe into a massive breach of customer data by deleting sensitive information, the ministry carrying out the investigation said, adding the country’s largest e-commerce firm defied an order to preserve access logs and other data. Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said in a report published on Tuesday that the breach exposed private data of nearly 34 million customers, rejecting Coupang’s claim that the amount of people affected was far smaller. The report, which was the result of a joint public-private investigation, said the intruder was a former staff engineer who had compromised personal data including names, phone numbers, addresses and building access codes. The incident has boiled over into a geopolitical spat between the US and South Korea, with Vice President JD Vance casting Korea’s crackdown on Coupang Inc. , which is listed in New York but does business mostly in Korea, as an assault on America’s tech industry. President Donald Trump has also threatened 25% tariffs on the country. The report offered fresh details about the breach, including claims by the intruder that customers in Japan and Taiwan were affected. It also included English correspondence between the intruder and Coupang officials, which read: “due to a not-so-hard-to-find vulnerability in Coupang’s system, billions of user privacy data items are at significant risk of leak.” The former engineer exposed 25.6 terabytes of data and accessed the Coupang system between April and November, according to the report. The intruder had tested the same vulnerability as early as January last year, it said. The science ministry is just one of several groups probing the data breach. It said Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission would follow up with more details on the leaked data. The Korean National Policy Agency is also conducting an investigation, while other relevant ministries are also reviewing issues within their respective jurisdictions, ...
Nigeria plans to put in place a cybersecurity framework as it confronts a surge in increasingly sophisticated, artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks that’s costing its banks, companies and government agencies millions of dollars. The framework that will be implemented this year will require organizations operating in Nigeria to meet minimum cybersecurity spending thresholds, according to Kas...
Nigeria plans to put in place a cybersecurity framework as it confronts a surge in increasingly sophisticated, artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks that’s costing its banks, companies and government agencies millions of dollars. The framework that will be implemented this year will require organizations operating in Nigeria to meet minimum cybersecurity spending thresholds, according to Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi , director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency. Many companies currently underinvest because they assume they are unlikely targets, Abdullahi said in an interview. The policy will also introduce mandatory breach-reporting timelines, mechanisms for sharing threat intelligence between the public and private sectors and coordinated response protocols for major cyber incidents, he said. Authorities are tightening cyber defenses as AI accelerates the scale and sophistication of attacks on banks, payment systems and government networks worldwide. From the European Union to Africa, regulators are moving toward stricter breach-reporting rules, mandatory risk controls and greater information sharing. Nigeria’s push for a cybersecurity framework underscores vulnerabilities in an economy that is home to some of Africa’s fastest-growing digital finance companies, including Flutterwave Inc . and OPay . The country lost 1.1 trillion naira ($805 million) to cybercrime across banks, telecommunications and government agencies between 2017 and 2023, according to a 2025 Nigeria Cybercrime Assessment by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Losses have continued to climb as attacks grow more sophisticated and cryptocurrencies are increasingly used for money laundering, the report said. AI-driven attacks on the financial sector surged 150% last year, said Lanre Ogungbe, chief executive officer of Prembly, a cybersecurity company that builds digital identity verification, compliance and security infrastructure for financial institutions....
kyoshino/E+ via Getty Images 6:00 AM NFIB Small Business Optimism Index The small business optimism index is compiled from a survey that is conducted each month by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) of its members. Sentiment is expected to improve again to 99.8 for January from 99.5 in December and 99.0 in November. 8:30 AM Retail Sales Retail sales measure the total receipts a...
kyoshino/E+ via Getty Images 6:00 AM NFIB Small Business Optimism Index The small business optimism index is compiled from a survey that is conducted each month by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) of its members. Sentiment is expected to improve again to 99.8 for January from 99.5 in December and 99.0 in November. 8:30 AM Retail Sales Retail sales measure the total receipts at stores that sell merchandise and related services to final consumers. A pretty decent rise of 0.4 percent is expected. 8:30 AM Employment Cost Index A measure of total employee compensation costs: wages and salaries as well as benefits. The employment cost index (ECI) is the broadest measure of labor costs. Employment costs are seen up 0.8 percent again in Q4 after rising 0.8 percent in Q3. 8:30 AM Import and Export Prices Import price indexes are compiled for the prices of goods that are bought in the United States but produced abroad, and export price indexes are compiled for the prices of goods sold abroad but produced domestically. The consensus sees import prices and export prices both up 0.1 percent on the month. 10:00 AM Business Inventories Business inventories are the dollar amount of inventories held by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. A 0.2 percent increase is the call. 12:00 PM Beth Hammack Speaks Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Beth Hammack speaks on Banking and the Economic Outlook before the 2026 Ohio Bankers League Economic Summit. 1:00 PM Lorie Logan Speaks Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan speaks and participates in a moderated question-and-answer session before the 2026 Asset Management Derivatives Forum hosted by SIFMA and FIA. 1:00 PM 3-Yr Note Auction The US Treasury Department will hold an auction for $58 billion of 3-year notes. More on U.S. Markets Monthly Macro Monitor: Plus ça Change Wall Street Brunch: Delayed Data Deluge Macro Insights: Gold's Warning, Warsh's Fed Takeover, And 15 S&P 500 Stocks Still Worth B...
Some AI companies are blowing past analysts' consensus estimates -- and could continue to do so. With the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), you might assume that some of Wall Street's expectations for AI stocks would correctly factor in all of the accelerating growth. But that hasn't always been the case. A handful of AI companies continue to blow past Wall Street's expectations, le...
Some AI companies are blowing past analysts' consensus estimates -- and could continue to do so. With the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), you might assume that some of Wall Street's expectations for AI stocks would correctly factor in all of the accelerating growth. But that hasn't always been the case. A handful of AI companies continue to blow past Wall Street's expectations, leaving analysts' consensus estimates in the dust. Here's how Nvidia (NVDA +2.58%), Micron Technology (MU 2.77%), and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM +1.88%) are doing just that -- and why they might continue on this trajectory. Nvidia, Micron, and Taiwan Semiconductor continue to smash expectations Nvidia, Micron, and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) are all leaders in AI. Nvidia designs most of the processors used in AI data centers, Micron's memory is a key component in advanced data centers, and TSMC is the world's leading semiconductor manufacturer. The latest quarterly results are a good snapshot of how AI adoption is accelerating faster than Wall Street's expectations. Here's how Nvidia, Micron, and TSMC all outpaced consensus estimates: Nvidia reported sales of $57 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of $1.30, beating analyst consensus estimates of $54.7 billion and $1.23 per share. Micron's sales of $13.6 billion outpaced the consensus estimate of $13.2 billion, and its diluted EPS of $4.78 easily beat the $3.77 consensus. TSMC had similarly impressive results, with revenue of $33.7 billion beating forecasts of $33.1 billion, and its $3.14 per American depositary receipt (ADR) surpassed analysts' consensus estimate of $2.82. In short, all three companies outpaced Wall Street's expectations on both their top and bottom lines. But more importantly, these AI stocks all proved once again that they're benefiting immensely from artificial intelligence and creating significant shareholder value. Expand NASDAQ : NVDA Nvidia Today's Change ( 2.58 %) $ 4.79 Current Price $ 190.19 Key Da...
Presented by EdgeVerve Before addressing Global Business Services (GBS), let’s take a step back. Can agentic AI, the type of AI able to take goal-driven action, transform not just GBS but any kind of enterprise? And has it done so yet? As with many new technologies, rhetoric has outpaced deployment in this case. While 2025 was “supposed to be the year of agentic AI,” it didn’t turn out that way, a...
Presented by EdgeVerve Before addressing Global Business Services (GBS), let’s take a step back. Can agentic AI, the type of AI able to take goal-driven action, transform not just GBS but any kind of enterprise? And has it done so yet? As with many new technologies, rhetoric has outpaced deployment in this case. While 2025 was “supposed to be the year of agentic AI,” it didn’t turn out that way, according to VentureBeat Contributing Editor Taryn Plumb. Leaning on input from Google Cloud and integrated development environment (IDE) company Replit, Plumb reported in a December 2025 VentureBeat post that what has been missing are the fundamentals required to scale. Given the experience of Large Language Model (LLM)-based generative (gen)AI, this outcome is not surprising. In a survey conducted at the February 2025 Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) summit , 65% of GBS organizations responded that they had yet to complete a GenAI project. One can safely say that the adoption of the more recently arrived agentic AI is still in its very nascent stages for enterprises, including GBS. The role of agentic AI in Global Business Services There are good reasons, nonetheless, to focus on the tremendous potential of agentic AI and its application to the GBS sector. Stripped of hype, Agentic AI unlocks capabilities in the orchestration layer of software workflows that weren’t practical before. It does so through a range of techniques, including (but not requiring) LLMs. While enterprises may indeed be missing certain fundamentals needed to deploy agentic AI at scale, those prerequisites are not out of reach. As for GBS and Global Capability Centers (GCCs), they have already been undergoing a makeover, from back-office extensions into increasingly strategic enterprise partners. Agentic AI is a natural fit because one of its standard use cases involves IT operations or customer-service agents, functionality already within the existing GBS and GCC wheelhouse. So yes, agenti...