Thames Water is in trouble: cash-strapped, struggling to control sewage outflows and water leakage, and without the storage capacity to deal with shortfalls during hot weather. Concerns over the future of Britain’s biggest water provider reached a peak this week when investors refused to inject £3bn of much-needed equity, despite nearly a year of negotiations
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Global stock markets have recorded their best first-quarter performance in five years, buoyed by hopes of a soft economic landing in the US and enthusiasm about artificial intelligence. An MSCI index of worldwide stocks has gained
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the big coming-out event for Nvidia’s latest artificial intelligence chip this month, chief executive Jensen Huang shared the spotlight with only one other tech boss — and even then, only momentarily. Michael Dell was
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Organisers of the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race insist the event will go ahead as planned this weekend, despite warnings over high levels of “dangerous” pollution caused by sewage in the river Thames. Campaign group River Action
Different types, different feels — Explaining why your keyboard feels so darn goodor way too mushy Ars Technica’s guide to keyboards: Mechanical, membrane, and buckling springs. Scharon Harding – Mar 27, 2024 11:00 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson reader comments 180 Your keyboard is the thread that connects you to your computer. The way a keyboard
Why would the most notoriously cash-strapped man in America waste money on frivolous lawsuits? On Monday, Donald Trumpwhose lawyers recently announced that he cant come up with the money to post a $454 million bond in his civil fraud casefired off yet another suit against a news organization that reported facts he didnt like. The
The pressing need to combat a new breed of cybercriminals using artificial intelligence to trick their way into government and corporate records is likely to be the driving force behind AI deployment in the coming months. This was underlined on Wednesday after Microsoft Corporation MSFT said in a report that it had detected hacking groups
By Hugo Francisco de Souza Mar 28 2024 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated the predictive power of numerous sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) parameters, namely overnight pulse oximeter readings and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) in predicting truck collisions attributed to microsleep-related behaviors at the wheel (TC-MRBs). Study:
After the stock-market frenzy that ensued when Trump Media & Technology Group started trading on Tuesday (under the ticker symbol DJT), one thing is almost certainly true: Donald Trump is now the chairman of the most overvalued company on Nasdaq. Trump Media had a grand total of $3.4 million in revenue in the first nine
Medical preparedness advocate and emergency medicine expert Dr. Joseph Alton sharesthe following advice to prepare your family medically for any survival scenario. (h/t to Doom and Bloom) As part of his mission to put a medically prepared personin every family, Alton explains that the response to chemical or industrial emergencies highly depends on the substances
Loading… Loading… Digital investment brokerage Webull Corporation faced significant obstacles in its quest to go public, largely attributed to its cryptocurrency offerings, as disclosed by the companys U.S. CEO on Wednesday. The online brokerage, aiming for a U.S. listing through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) SK Growth Opportunities Corp. SKGR , has
Loading… Loading… The tech industry is witnessing a transformation as significant as the advent of the Internet in the 1990s, with artificial intelligence (AI) at the forefront of this seismic shift, according to Wedbush. Analysts at Wedbush have drawn a striking analogy to describe the impact of AI, likening a standout company in the AI
VULNERABILITY OR FEATURE? — Thousands of servers hacked in ongoing attack targeting Ray AI framework Researchers say it’s the first known in-the-wild attack targeting AI workloads. Dan Goodin – Mar 27, 2024 10:40 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 29 Thousands of servers storing AI workloads and network credentials have been hacked in an ongoing
End of an era — The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket whose time has come and gone, will fly once more The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting. Stephen Clark – Mar 27, 2024 11:15 pm UTC Enlarge / United Launch Alliance’s final Delta IV Heavy rocket, seen here
Slow progress — Quantum computing progress: Higher temps, better error correction Amazon, IBM, and traditional silicon makers all working toward error correction. John Timmer – Mar 27, 2024 10:24 pm UTC Enlargevital reader comments 9 There’s a strong consensus that tackling most useful problems with a quantum computer will require that the computer be capable
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water said its shareholders will no longer provide £500mn of fresh equity by the end of the month over fears that conditions imposed by the industry regulator make the company’s business plan “uninvestible”. The
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A green energy tycoon who plans to donate £5mn to the UK’s Labour party has been ordered by the High Court to inform his wife before he hands over more cash. Lawyers acting for Dale
The creator of a new three-part docuseries on Netflix about Moses says one goal of the project was to represent different faith traditions accurately and that he believes the series will inspire and educate viewers. That docuseries, Testament: The Story of Moses, launches on Netflix on March 27 and includes perspectives from Muslims, Christians and
ANONYMIZERS ON THE CHEAP — Thousands of phones and routers swept into proxy service, unbeknownst to users Two new reports show criminals may be using your device to cover their online tracks. Dan Goodin – Mar 26, 2024 7:56 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 57 Crooks are working overtime to anonymize their illicit online