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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Pass me the Yeats, old boy. “The centre cannot hold”; “all changed, changed utterly”. The victory of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in last week’s English local elections has divided pundits between the poetic hyperbole of those who see the end of politics as we knew it and the yawning condescension of those who insist things will most likely revert to the mean.No one can deny the upheaval. Since Brexit, the UK’s politics have become more European. Support for the main parties has…
Venture capital firm Insight Partners said it will alert an unspecified number of people that their personal information was stolen during a cyberattack in January. The VC firm confirmed in an updated statement this week it was planning to notify affected people on a rolling basis beginning “in the next few days.” The company said the stolen data includes personal information about its current and former employees, and information relating to its limited partners — the investors who provide capital to Insight’s venture funds but whose names are typically kept private. Insight said the stolen data also includes information about…
The 2025 WNBA season is here, with preseason games underway and the regular season set to tip May 16.Reigning MVP A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces have a bit of a new look but remain confident in their core. Breanna Stewart is out to help the New York Liberty defend their championship. Napheesa Collier, who’s coming off a stellar Unrivaled season, seeks to avenge the Minnesota Lynx’s WNBA Finals defeat. And in her sophomore season, Caitlin Clark is looking to lead the Indiana Fever into title contention.All four headline ESPN’s preseason ranking of the top 25 players in the…
POS device The point-of-sale (POS) transactions in Saudi Arabia reached nearly SAR 15.5 billion in the week ended May 3, compared to about SAR 11.4 billion a week earlier. For more POS data on Argaam Tools The number of POS transactions reached about 241 million last week, compared to nearly 200 million in the previous week, according to data issued by SAMA. POS transactions represent consumer expenditure through debit and credit cards at major shopping centers, retail outlets, pharmacies, and others.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.India said it had “neutralised” Pakistani drone and missile attacks on military targets in the north and west of the country on Thursday, in skirmishes that pushed the nuclear-armed neighbours closer to war.“Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in northern and western India,” the Indian defence ministry said in a statement. “These were neutralised”, it added.The defence ministry also said that Indian forces had “targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan” and knocked…
Hims & Hers, the telehealth and wellness company, has hired a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry as its next chief technology officer. The move, according to Hims & Hers co-founder and CEO, Andrew Dudum, was intentional. Hims & Hers on Thursday said its next CTO would be Mo Elshenawy, the former president and CTO of self-driving car company Cruise. Elshenawy left Cruise earlier this year after its parent company GM shut down the autonomous vehicle program. The jump from AVs to health may seem unlikely, but Dudum told TechCrunch he purposefully turned to the autonomous driving sector to find…
Police carried out an overnight raid at a Buenos Aires health clinic to seize Diego Maradona’s complete medical records following a court order during the trial of seven health care professionals accused of negligence in the former soccer star’s death.Pablo Dimitroff, the medical director at Los Olivos clinic, testified that Maradona underwent presurgical studies, and the operation was performed by a neurosurgeon at that center without complications.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThose studies were not included in Maradona’s medical history and trial judges ordered the raid to seize all Maradona files dated between Nov. 3 and 11, 2020.Maradona had surgery for a hematoma…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.I’ve just returned from a tour of British universities with our 16-year-old twins. The boys can’t wait to finish school and start their degrees, and I’m psyched for them. I grew up around universities. My dad has been an academic for over 60 years. My sister is one too. I’m with Nils Gilman, former associate chancellor of Berkeley, who writes: “No other institution ever invented has been anywhere near as good at educating a broad population to a high level of technical…
In an attempt to protect a valuable revenue stream, Apple is trying to delay a court ruling that forces the company to let iOS app developers in the U.S. redirect users to external payment systems and avoid paying a commission to the iPhone maker. The company filed an emergency motion late on Wednesday, asking an appeals court to grant a partial stay on a previous ruling. A U.S. court last week ruled in favor of Epic Games in a long-running case against Apple, after Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple did not comply with an order that was handed…
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has hit back at Arsene Wenger’s suggestion that the winner of the Europa League should not automatically qualify for the Champions League.Spurs are in pole position to qualify for this year’s Europa League final, holding a 3-1 advantage over Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt after the first leg of their semifinal.Fellow Premier League outfit Manchester United look set to join them after beating Athletic Club 3-0 in their first leg last week.Ange Postecoglou said Spurs does crazy things to people. Matthew Lewis/Getty ImagesLast week, Arsenal manager Wenger said whichever team wins the Europa League should not necessarily qualify…