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Meta fast-tracks fiber technician training to solve a major data center bottleneck
The gold rush needed miners; the fracking boom needed welders; the AI surge needs fiber technicians. Meta on Monday announced a new program with real estate partner CBRE to train new fiber technicians in four weeks. The sprint to build out new data…
Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM braces for Robbins to hit back over vetting scandal
Sir Olly Robbins first emerged into the spotlight during the tumultuous Brexit years. The Oxford-educated 50-year-old was a central figure behind former prime minister Theresa May 's troubled Brexit deal and was consistently criticised for his role…
Google only lets a select few use Claude - and it's causing a stir inside
A new divide has emerged within Google: those allowed to use Anthropic's Claude and those not. Some Google DeepMind employees in recent months have been given access to the Claude AI tool for coding purposes, according to three people familiar with…
Trump criticises Starmer for 'very bad pick' in latest Truth Social rant
US President Donald Trump has declared that Sir Keir Starmer made a 'really bad pick' following Peter Mandelson's appointment as US Ambassador. In a recent post on his social media platform, Trump commented on the selection of the figure associated…
Meta has now hired 7 founding members from $12 billion Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab is facing more departures. The $12 billion AI startup founded by OpenAI's former CTO, Mira Murati, has lost another three employees to Meta. Two — Mark Jen and Yinghai Lu — were part of the startup's founding…
Keir Starmer's taken no responsibility for his latest blunder - the UK can see through him
Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure over the Mandelson scandal Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life and former Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is battling for his reputation – but the nation can see the plain…
Future mission success requires overcoming today's data sharing challenges
There is no denying the importance of data and information to today's national security missions. Another certainty is the digital transformation tsunami that America's defense and intelligence agencies are continuing to navigate. These two…
Walmart is racing to become Amazon before Amazon can become Walmart
Retail giants Amazon and Walmart are increasingly borrowing from one another to fuel a new stage of growth. Most recently, Walmart began testing an initiative to store third-party marketplace merchandise in the backrooms of some of its…
Cifra Markets: Regulated crypto-financial service platform for investors in the CIS region
The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) region is a fertile ground for economic growth for most sectors, including crypto. Several constituent countries have adopted a relatively positive stance on crypto, albeit with regulatory oversight…
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Is Microsoft Stock a Buy Before Q3? Cloud and AI Trends Point to Strong Growth
Microsoft (MSFT) will release its fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on April 29. MSFT stock's year-to-date (YTD) performance has been relatively subdued, reflecting concerns around the company's rising capital expenditure. The technology giant's…
The PM needs to show he is firmly in control - no more distractions
Sir Keir Starmer has had to own a serious mistake over the Mandelson vetting row and rightly so. When a decision of this scale goes wrong, responsibility needs to be taken. But the real outrage lies elsewhere. If officials made a “deliberate…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Stock, a Barchart Favorite, Trends Higher as Trump Renews Cannabis Hopes. Should You Buy JAZZ Here?
Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ) remains in focus on Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump demanded that the DOJ proceed quickly to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III drug. The company spent $7.2 billion to acquire GW Pharmaceuticals in 2021…
Save This Psychedelic Stock Watchlist After Trump's Latest Executive Order
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump pulled out his pen to sign an executive order meant to accelerate research around psychedelic drugs, “including ibogaine compounds,” in the treatment of serious mental illnesses. That news has…
Stock Index Futures Gain on Hopes of U.S.-Iran Talks, Retail Sales Data and Warsh Hearing on Tap
June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are up +0.30%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are up +0.34% this morning on hopes for further U.S.-Iran talks that could advance a Middle East peace deal. U.S. President Donald Trump said talks…
ASIC, APRA among regulators monitoring Anthropic's Mythos
Australian and Asian financial regulators are taking measures to address the risks posed by Anthropic's artificial intelligence model Mythos, whose vast capabilities to code at a high level have given it a potentially unprecedented ability…
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