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Gasholder park with its reflective mirror walkway in Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesThis report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.The dispatchThe term Silicon Roundabout, a label for the cluster of tech firms based around the City Road/Old Street junction north of the City of London, was first coined in 2008.It entered common parlance, though, when in November 2010 the then-new Prime Minister David Cameron placed the area at the heart of his government’s growth ambitions.”Silicon Valley is the leading place in the world for high-tech…
U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike warned Tuesday of increasing cyberattacks from China-based entities aimed at stealing artificial intelligence to narrow the tech gap with the U.S.The Chinese entities accounted for more than 58% of state-sponsored targeted cyberattacks aimed at tech companies, especially their AI assets, CrowdStrike said in a report.”China-nexus adversaries are escalating espionage against technology organizations to steal the AI capabilities and intellectual property they cannot build fast enough on their own,” CrowdStrike said in a statement.The analysis covered events over the 12 months to March 31. U.S. restrictions on China’s access to AI training chips have restricted Beijing’s tech…
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People often speak metaphorically of the heartbeat or pulse of a city, but according to the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cities do indeed have an “urban pulse”—an indication of urban “metabolic activity” that can be measured to suss out telltale patterns. And those patterns could help inform future public policy around urban planning. The precise definition of urbanization has shifted over the centuries. Zhe Zhu of the University of Connecticut and his fellow authors adopted a broad version for their study. It features fundamental “processes of concurrent change in…
No income investor likes hearing that one of her stocks is trimming its dividend payout, but Morgan Stanley found a silver lining for those who are patient: Shares may recover. Though dividend payments reward long-term shareholders, companies may dial them back if their finances are under pressure. In particular, the prospect of higher interest rates can squeeze these companies, especially if they’re managing a lot of debt on their books, because higher rates increase the cost of capital. That’s especially important now as the Federal Reserve hasn’t cut rates since December 2025, keeping its benchmark interest rate in a range…
OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports Source link
A bull statue and a bear statue stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on April 7, 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany.Florian Wiegand | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesGlobal stock markets edged higher on Tuesday, marking a tentative recovery from a bout of volatility led by an aggressive sell-off in global technology names. Friday saw U.S. equities come under pressure, led by a sharp downward turn in chip stocks. The negative momentum bled into Asian trade, while European tech stocks also took a beating. It came after a downbeat earnings report from Broadcom sparked a rotation out of AI-linked stocks.By Tuesday, global shares…
Motorists drive past an ADNOC Gas a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company facility in Abu Dhabi on March 3, 2026. Ryan Lim | AFP | Getty ImagesOil prices rose on Wednesday after the U.S. launched military strikes against Iran, raising concerns that renewed hostilities could threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.U.S. crude oil futures for July delivery added 0.74% to $88.89 per barrel, paring gains after jumping over 1%. Brent futures, the international benchmark, for August delivery, rose 0.82% to $92.20 per barrel.The U.S. military said it had completed strikes against Iranian military targets near the Strait…
Meta ties up with Ambani’s Reliance for AI data center in India Source link
Tuesday’s patch bundle also fixed MiniPlasma, a separate vulnerability disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse. Microsoft said in an email that the vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-17103, a vulnerability Microsoft first fixed six years ago. That means MiniPlasma was the result of a regression or an incomplete patch in its initial form. The company is in the process of updating Tuesday’s bulletin to note the republication. Microsoft has yet to release patches for other vulnerabilities disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse. The company did provide manual instructions for mitigating YellowKey, a vulnerability that allows attackers to defeat Bitlocker full-disk encryption. That could be a…