AI
BUSINESS
SoftBank Trillion-Dollar AI Bet Against the Energy Crisis
SoftBank wagers €75bn on French nuclear electricity for Europe's largest AI campus, as conflict-driven energy prices threaten the global compute race.
BUSINESS
Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It
Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.
LIFESTYLE
Europe Drops the Passport Stamp for Good
Schengen passport stamps end next month, replaced by fingerprints and facial scans for more than 60 nationalities including the UK, US, and Australia.
LIFESTYLE
Britain’s Creative Industries Beat the AI Scraping Machine
Britain dropped its AI copyright opt-out plan this week after Elton John, Thom Yorke and 88 per cent of respondents all said the same thing: no.
BUSINESS
Could AI Follow the Metaverse Into Oblivion?
On 18 March, Meta announced it was shutting down Horizon Worlds, meaning the app will vanish from Quest hardware by 15 June but why?
Popular
Super Intelligence: The Datacentre Is the New Science Lab
As Europe funds brilliant laboratories, are datacentre owners harvesting the discoveries?
Strasbourg Naked Golden Trump Trolls the Monument Tradition
A naked golden Trump in Strasbourg shows how statues, once made to flatter rulers, now serve to roast them.
Hanning Affair Hurts German Intel Cred
Germany's ex-spymaster undermined allied confidence and gave Moscow-friendly politicians a talking point.
Rubio Cherry-Picks Ancient Greece to Sell Modern Nationalism
Rubio urged the West to copy ancient Greek loyalty, yet ancient Athens thrived on argument, dissent and noisy assemblies.
Young Voters Could Decide France’s Next President
Hate-speech allegations bruise Bardella and energise Mélenchon, but household finances and young-voter turnout will determine who wins France's presidency.
