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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Is it all over for the movement that liked to describe itself as the “world’s most successful political party”? History cautions against writing obituaries for the Conservatives whose longevity is founded upon an uncanny talent for regeneration. But the party of Peel and Disraeli, Churchill and Thatcher, is in desperate trouble. It is not alone in its plight. This week’s local election results show Labour too is haemorrhaging support, alienating voters to its left, disappointing many of its traditional working class base and losing…

Google’s NotebookLM Android and iOS apps are expected to launch on May 20, according to app store listings. The apps are currently available for preorder. Since its launch in 2023, the AI-based note-taking and research assistant has only been accessible via desktop. Google is now gearing up to make the service available on the go. NotebookLM is designed to help students, professionals, and researchers better understand complex information through features like smart summaries and the ability to ask questions about documents and other materials. The research assistant also lets you generate AI podcasts, called Audio Overviews, to make it easier…

2/5/2025-|آخر تحديث: 3/5/202502:00 ص (توقيت مكة)قتل مدني وأصيب آخرون في غارات جوية شنها طيران الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في وقت متأخر من مساء الجمعة على مناطق متفرقة من سوريا، كما اخترقت الأجواء السورية فوق العاصمة دمشق ومحافظات حمص وحماة واللاذقية. قالت وكالة الأنباء السورية الرسمية (سانا) إن مدنيا قتل جراء الغارات التي شنها الطيران الإسرائيلي على محيط مدينة حرستا بريف دمشق، كما وقعت إصابات أخرى في قصف إسرائيلي على مدينة التل بريف دمشق أيضا، وفقا لمراسل الجزيرة. وأفادت سانا عبر منصة إكس بأن 4 أشخاص أصيبوا أيضا في غارة إسرائيلية استهدفت محيط قرية شطحة بريف محافظة حماة الشمالي الغربي وسط سوريا. وكان…

The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State football support staff members for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball games involving the Cyclones.The five were identified during a state investigation into sports wagering activities in campus athletic facilities from 2021 to 2023. They face no criminal charges.In a negotiated resolution finalized last week, Jace Heacock, Chase Clark, Michael Dryer, Kyle Highland and Mason Williams acknowledged they knowingly violated NCAA sports wagering bylaws, and all are subject to a one-year…

For Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party, the results were merely excruciatingly bad. But for Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives, the dramatic rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was — in the words of a leading Tory councillor — “apocalyptic”.From the moment Farage strode into the media spotlight just after 6am on Friday to celebrate his party’s win in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, it was clear that Britain was waking up to a transformed political landscape.Reform’s capture of Labour’s 16th safest parliamentary seat heralded a day of electoral carnage, as Farage built a formidable local government base from scratch, largely at the…

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively.  “You can see some of these companies going down the rabbit hole that all the consumer companies have gone down in trying to juice engagement,” he said at StartupGrind this week. “Every time I ask a question, at the end it asks another little question to see if it can get…

اتفق محللون وخبراء سياسيون على أن إسرائيل تسعى لاستغلال هشاشة الوضع السوري لفرض وقائع ميدانية جديدة، عبر ضربات عسكرية متكررة وتحريض طائفي يستهدف تفكيك البنية الداخلية للدولة الناشئة، مؤكدين أن تل أبيب تستغل ورقة الدروز كورقة ابتزاز في مواجهة السلطة الجديدة. وأشاروا إلى أن الغارة الجوية الإسرائيلية الأخيرة على محيط القصر الرئاسي السوري، رغم تزامنها مع اتفاق تهدئة محلي، تحمل أبعادا إقليمية تتجاوز حدود سوريا، وتستهدف أيضا إحباط أي تقارب عربي أو تركي مع دمشق في مرحلة ما بعد الحرب. وقال الدكتور مراد أصلان، أستاذ السياسات الدولية بجامعة حسن كاليونجو، إن تركيا تراقب بقلق التطورات الجارية في سوريا لكنها ترفض…

On Friday, the San Antonio Spurs announced that Gregg Popovich will no longer coach the team and is transitioning to a full-time role as president of basketball operations.Popovich, 76, ends his coaching tenure as the league’s career wins leader with 1,422 regular-season victories and has five championships and an NBA record-tying three Coach of the Year awards. Enter Mitch Johnson, who was named acting head coach after Popovich suffered a mild stroke in November and will now take over coaching duties on a permanent basis.We asked our NBA insiders the big questions following the Spurs and Popovich’s decision, including how…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe heads of two Congressional panels have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist Chinese groups, including Alibaba, that they say have military links that put US national security at risk.John Moolenaar, the Republican chair of the House China committee, and Rick Scott, the Republican chair of the Senate committee on ageing, wrote to SEC chair Paul Atkins on Friday to ask his agency to take action against 25 Chinese groups listed on American exchanges.The targets also include search…

Uber announced Friday yet another autonomous vehicle partnership as it leverages its dominant ride-hail and delivery position while relying on partners to supply the self-driving tech it isn’t building in-house. Today, the lucky startup is Chinese self-driving firm Momenta. The tie-up comes a day after Uber added Ann Arbor-based May Mobility to its roster of AV collaborators, which also includes Volkswagen, Waymo, Wayve, WeRide and many others. Uber said it would add Momenta’s robotaxis to the app starting in Europe in early 2026, with safety operators onboard. Momenta CEO Xudong Cao said the parternship “completes the key ecosystem needed to…