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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Two UK university student unions have suspended their Ukrainian societies as they probe if they breached charity rules to buy drones that were later sent to support troops fighting Russian soldiers.The unions at University College London and Lancaster University suspended the societies after becoming aware of the purchases, which were made last year, arguing they were a potential breach of UK charity laws. Both universities’ student unions are UK-registered charities and governed by the Charity Commission, which regulates the use of funds…
OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. Last weekend, after OpenAI rolled out a tweaked GPT-4o — the default model powering ChatGPT — users on social media noted that ChatGPT began responding in an overly validating and agreeable way. It quickly became a meme. Users posted screenshots of ChatGPT applauding all sorts of problematic, dangerous decisions and ideas. In a post on X on Sunday, CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the problem and said that OpenAI would work on fixes “ASAP.” Two days later, Altman announced the…
أعلنت جماعة أنصار الله (الحوثيون) في اليمن اليوم الجمعة أنها نفذت عملية عسكرية ضد هدف حيوي ثان للاحتلال الإسرائيلي في منطقة حيفا المحتلة. وقال المتحدث العسكري باسم الحوثيين يحيى سريع إن العملية في حيفا نفذت بصاروخ باليستي فرط صوتي هو الثاني خلال ساعات، مؤكدا أن الصاروخ “وصل إلى هدفه بنجاح وأجبر ملايين المغتصبين على الهروب إلى الملاجئ”. وكان المتحدث العسكري باسم الحوثيين أعلن في وقت سابق اليوم عن استهداف قاعدة رامات ديفيد شرق حيفا، وأكد فشل إسرائيل في اعتراض الصاروخ، بحسب تصريحه. الجيش الإسرائيلي يعلن اعتراض صاروخ أُطلق من #اليمن باتجاه إسرائيل.. آخر المستجدات مع مراسل الجزيرة محمد خيري#الأخبار pic.twitter.com/tKCJKn5caO — قناة…
Timothy Bradley Jr.Apr 30, 2025, 07:53 AM ETCloseTimothy Bradley Jr. is a boxing analyst for ESPN. He was a two-division, five-time world champion and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley is also the recipient of the 2023 Sam Taub award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.If you are visiting New York’s Times Square on Friday, May 2, the area could look a little different than usual. The popular tourist destination will be the stage to a boxing show featuring some of the best fighters in the sport. The ever-popular Ryan Garcia matches up against former junior…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.KPMG has resigned as auditor to P&O Ferries, saying the factors that delayed the scandal-hit company’s 2022 accounts had not been addressed and that it had completed very little work on the overdue 2023 accounts.In a letter filed to Companies House this week, the Big Four accounting firm said it would not be able to complete the company’s 2023 audit “to the required standard within management’s desired timetable”. It said this was partly because some of the “drivers” behind the late filing of…
President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday to end all federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).“Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence,” the order reads. It says the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is supposed to remain impartial and unbiased — and Trump argues that the CPB funding NPR and PBS at all violates that.“Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal…
اهتمت صحف عالمية بالوضع الإنساني المأساوي في قطاع غزة في ظل سياسة التجويع التي يفرضها الاحتلال الإسرائيلي، إضافة إلى ملفات إقليمية ودولية مثل سوريا واليمن وأوكرانيا. وقالت صحيفة واشنطن بوست الأميركية إن معاناة قطاع غزة تفاقمت خلال الـ100 يوم الأولى من ولاية الرئيس دونالد ترامب، مؤكدة أن الوضع الآن هو الأصعب مقارنة بفترات الحرب السابقة. ويتسبب القصف الإسرائيلي في قتل عدد لا يحصى من المدنيين، ويواجه القطاع حاليا حصارا شاملا، في حين لم يفعل ترامب الكثير، وتحول تركيز إداراته نحو ملف إيران، وفق الصحيفة. وذكر مقال في صحيفة هآرتس الإسرائيلية أن الحرب الحالية في غزة مختلفة عن الحروب الأخرى، إذ…
Harry Maguire has said Manchester United’s players feel they owe the fans a trophy to repay their faith during a miserable season in the Premier League.United are set to finish in the bottom half the table for the first time since 1990, but their league form is in stark contrast to the results in the Europa League.And after a stunning 3-0 win over Athletic Club in Spain on Thursday, Maguire and his teammates are on the brink of reaching a major European final.”It wouldn’t save the season because I think it’s been disappointing,” Maguire said. “There’s been too many games…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.There is one inescapable message from this week’s elections in England. Reform UK is now a real threat to the political order. Nigel Farage has the most valuable commodity in politics — momentum. There’s always a danger of reading too much into local elections, given the opportunity they offer to register a protest vote. But in our new five-party system, those who want to declare “a plague on all their houses” can cast their votes for parties whose influence may endure. The…
Spotify said on Friday that Apple has approved its U.S. app update that will allow users to access pricing information and external payment links. The approval comes days after a U.S. judge ordered Apple to stop charging commissions on purchases through iPhone apps. “In a victory for consumers, artists, creators, and authors, Apple has approved Spotify’s U.S. app update,” Spotify spokesperson Jeanna Moran said in a statement to TechCrunch. “After nearly a decade, this will finally allow us to freely show clear pricing information and links to purchase, fostering transparency and choice for U.S. consumers.” She continued, “We can now give consumers lower…