Blackstone and Goldman among backers for $1.5bn JV with Anthropic
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Austria expels three Russian embassy staff on suspicion of spying | Austria
Austria has expelled three Russian embassy staff on suspicion of spying after determining that a “forest of antennae” on the diplomatic mission in Vienna, Europe’s espionage capital since the cold war, was being be used for illicit data collection. “It is unacceptable that diplomatic immunity be used to commit espionage,” Austria’s foreign minister, Beate Meinl-Reisinger,…
Scientists turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel using sunlight
Scientists are developing a new way to tackle two major global problems at once: plastic pollution and the demand for clean energy. By using sunlight, they are finding ways to turn discarded plastic into useful fuels. A recent study led by Adelaide University PhD candidate Xiao Lu examines how solar-powered systems can convert waste plastics…
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on AI and expanding into travel
Today, I’m talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It’s become something of an annual tradition to have Dara join us in the studio when he comes to New York for Uber’s big GO-GET event every year, and it’s always a lot of fun. The big news this year is that Dara is really starting to…
Oaktree's Panossian Warns of Building Credit Market Risks
“It’s a little bit of a head-scratcher as to why the markets are as robust as they are,” Armen Panossian, co-CEO and head of performing credit at Oaktree, says. Speaking with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, Panossian warns investors are underestimating the fundamental risks facing the credit…
Brighton news: Fabian Hurzeler agrees new long-term contract with Seagulls
Brighton have agreed a new long-term contract with head coach Fabian Hurzeler. The 33-year-old German still has 12 months to run on his current deal at the Amex Stadium but will sign terms to extend his stay on the south coast. Hurzeler arrived at Brighton at the start of last season following a successful spell…
Five people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region | Russia-Ukraine war News
Local governor says several injured in the attack with at least 10 houses struck by Russian missiles. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 At least five people have been killed and 18 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, local officials say. Civilian infrastructure was…
Pippa Middleton & James Matthews sold their money-pit ‘petting zoo’
Years ago, I wondered if Carole and Michael Middleton were ever embarrassed by the fact that none of their three children had the “hustler gene,” the ability to start and grow a successful business and become financially independent. Then Carole and Mike’s debt-ridden Party Pieces collapsed into insolvency in 2023 and it all made sense….
Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree | Louisiana
Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday. A temporary restraining order did allow the exoneree, Calvin Duncan, to take office as scheduled on Monday as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse – though it remained…
Exclusive: Metalenz Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID Invisible
We’re all too familiar with the notch—the unsightly cut-in that graced many smartphones for years, like the iPhone X or the LG G7. The notch has largely been replaced on today’s smartphones by floating punch-hole cameras that take up less space and look a little more futuristic, though notches are still prevalent on some laptops,…