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Upgrades from S&P, Fitch and Moody’s reflect fiscal discipline after 15 years of deficits.
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Upgrades from S&P, Fitch and Moody’s reflect fiscal discipline after 15 years of deficits.

Meta Platforms is in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The full constellation can be frustrating to track down in the UK owing to its low presence in the southern sky
This week we will take the opportunity to identify Scorpius, the Scorpion, one of the famous zodiacal constellations.
In mythology, Scorpius is the creature sent to kill Orion, the hunter. The two constellations are therefore on opposite sides of the sky from one another, so that when...

Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists
For many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often make national headlinesThe western reef heron, for example, usually found in Africa and southern Europe, spotted in a seaside town in north...

Apple has overtaken Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights.

Weekend reports alleged 150 workers were contaminated by radiation; Eskom has denied harm.

Three of South Africa’s biggest banks have joined the Visa- and Stripe-backed Open USD stablecoin project.

From Nevada to Manchester, developers are trialling innovative solutions to clean energy’s biggest challenge
In the deserts of the United Arab Emirates a sprawling clean energy project, stretching across an area roughly the size of 12,600 football fields, will play host to a breakthrough allowing solar energy to power the equivalent of half a million homes through the night.
The Gulf state has...

Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
In January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model (LLM), which contained the comment: “We are caught in a difficult position where we neither want to overstate the likelihood of Claude’s moral patienthood nor dismiss it out...
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates.
Shayne Coplan of Polymarket and Tarek Mansour of Kalshi are young billionaires intent on dominating prediction markets. It’s more than a battle. It’s “bad blood.”

Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to play
Dino J Martins has never been able to resist the small things. The renowned entomologist and evolutionary biologist spent his formative years in biodiversity-rich western Kenya with his foster parents, Joe and Sarah Ellen, looking at...
Everyone is watching the goals after they happen, and some get them significantly faster.
China’s Moonshot AI unveiled a freely available artificial intelligence model that seemed to narrow the gap with cutting-edge offerings from U.S. tech companies.
A deal would underline how scarce computing power is for artificial intelligence development, and could create a new business for Meta.
Xi Jinping said that the development of artificial intelligence systems should be a “symphony of global collaboration.”
A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical literature almost instantaneously.

ERP specialist Astraia Technology is iOCO’s second purchase in four months as dealmaking accelerates.

An independently audited public vote has crowned Paratus Namibia as the most reliable internet provider – again.
“I don’t know if the public understands this, but these companies hate each other.”

Core Group’s Surface reseller programme gives SMEs devices, training and support to grow their businesses.