After the fortnight the prime minister has had, a spot of rarefied pageantry is just the ticket. The government weathered a three-hour monsoon of questions in the Commons on Tuesday, which amounted to MP after MP asking why on earth Lord Mandelson was appointed as our man in Washington in the first place, and then why it took so long …
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The final stage of the Vuelta a España cycling race was shut down on Sunday after thousands of anti-Israel protesters clashed with police and invaded the course where the race was due to pass in the center of Madrid. Around 56 kilometers (35 miles) from the finish of the major cycling event, riders came to a halt before the Vuelta …
Read More »Microsoft epitomizes a familiar dichotomy in tech: layoffs on the one hand and big paydays for AI talent on the other. Microsoft has invested massively in AI, spending billions on its flagship Copilot tool. It’s also the largest investor in OpenAI, even as the relationship has shown some cracks. The tech giant is urging staff to use internal AI tools …
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