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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The UK government has already set aside almost £100mn to pay for its bailout of British Steel just weeks after taking control of its two blast furnaces from Chinese owner Jingye.Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the House of Commons on Thursday that £94mn of taxpayers’ money had gone towards keeping the factory running since it passed emergency legislation in early April to seize control of British Steel. The company, the last outfit to make steel from scratch in the UK, employs about…
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is pissed off at Apple. Really, really pissed off. In Rogers’ newly released 80-page decision, she took Apple and its executives to task for defying the court’s orders in its original case with Fortnite maker Epic Games. Though Apple largely won that round, as it was determined the tech giant was not a monopolist, the court decided that Apple was behaving in an anticompetitive fashion in one specific area: by not allowing app developers to offer their customers other ways to pay outside of Apple’s own payment platform. The judge ruled that developers should be able…
تفاعل عشاق الساحرة المستديرة بشدة على المنصات الرقمية مع بدء محاكمة الفريق الطبي المتهم بقتل أسطورة كرة القدم العالمية الأرجنتيني دييغو مارادونا، وذلك بعد مرور 5 أعوام على وفاته وظروفها الغامضة. وأُدخل مارادونا المستشفى في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2020، وخضع لعملية جراحية دقيقة في الدماغ لإزالة خثرة دموية، وهي حالة تعرف باسم الورم الدموي تحت الجافية. لكن مارادونا توفي في الشهر ذاته بسبب أزمة قلبية ورئوية في مسكنه الخاص بالعاصمة بوينس آيرس، حيث كان يتعافى لمدة أسبوعين. واتهمت عائلة مارادونا فريقه الطبي بعدم توفير رعاية طبية مناسبة له قبل لوفاته، وطلبت التحقيق في ظروف الوفاة، وبالفعل باشرت السلطات محاكمة الفريق الطبي.…
Despite some early lopsided matchups, the first round of the NBA playoffs is rolling — upsets! comebacks! whatever it is the Lakers are doing! — and there are some crucial Game 6s over the next two days.The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons have played arguably the most competitive and chaotic first-round series so far, and on Thursday night, upstart Detroit has a chance to even the series at three games apiece in front of its home crowd.It’s been a high-strung matchup from the opening tip, and the competition has grown only more intense as the series has played on.…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldPresident Donald Trump has decided to fire US national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy after a scandal over the use of a private messaging service to discuss military plans, according to two people familiar with the matter.Waltz and Alex Wong, deputy national security adviser, were expected to leave their posts on Thursday. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Their ousting comes one month after Trump fired several National Security Council officials after Laura…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…
مراسلو الجزيرة نتصنعاء- بعد أقل من شهرين من تسلم الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب ولايته الثانية من الحكم، بدأت القوات الأميركية حملة عسكرية عنيفة في اليمن، قالت إنها تستهدف جماعة أنصار الله (الحوثيين) لردعهم عن استهداف الملاحة البحرية. وبدأت العملية الأميركية الأخيرة في 15 مارس/آذار الماضي، أي قبل أيام من استئناف إسرائيل حربها الدامية على قطاع غزة، في حين يؤكد الحوثيون أن هجماتهم التي بدؤوها أواخر 2023 ضد إسرائيل أو سفنها، كانت لمساندة المقاومة الفلسطينية في غزة. وفي تطور جديد، أعلنت وزارة الدفاع البريطانية صباح أمس الأربعاء (30 أبريل/نيسان)، تنفيذ أول هجوم لها ضد الحوثيين -خلال الحملة الأخيرة- بالاشتراك مع الأميركيين،…
The class of 2026 college football recruits feature a record 21 five-star players in the ESPN 300. With summer recruiting about to heat up, 14 of those prospects have yet to make their college decision, including defensive tackle Lamar Brown, the No. 1 player in the class.May is set to deliver some big recruiting news in the coming weeks. Jared Curtis, the fifth overall and top uncommitted quarterback in the class, is set to announce his commitment May 5. He is deciding between Oregon and Georgia, where he was previously committed.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedA week later, offensive tackle Jackson Cantwell, ranked…
The inability of Spain’s electricity grid to manage an unusually high supply of solar power was a key factor in Monday’s catastrophic blackout, former regulators and experts have said. About 55 per cent of Spain’s supply was from solar sources when 15GW of electricity generation disconnected from the grid within just five seconds on Monday afternoon, triggering a wide-ranging shutdown of power systems in Spain and Portugal. Several European experts said that Spain appeared to lack enough firm power — readily available, reliable energy supply from sources such as fossil fuels or nuclear that can be reduced or raised —…
Grocery-delivery giant Instacart announced Thursday the acquisition of Wynshop, a provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions for grocers. The deal will help Instacart improve its enterprise solutions, enabling retailers to enhance their online experiences. The company didn’t disclose deal terms. Wynshop launched its platform in 2020 and provides online storefronts for grocers, working with clients such as Wakefern Food Corp. and Pattison Group. Its offerings range from real-time AI-powered personalization tools and in-store order fulfillment solutions. For now, Wynshop will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, with its technology being integrated into Instacart’s platform over time. The integration is expected to…