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Millennium Wheel And Skyline At Sunset. London, England. Design Pics Editorial | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesThe U.K. economy grew by 0.5% in February, according to preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics published Thursday.Economists polled by Reuters expected U.K. gross domestic product (GDP) to have expanded by 0.1% month-on-month.Services and production both grew by 0.5%, and construction grew by 1% in February.The rebound came after the economy grew by 0.1% in January (the first estimate from the ONS suggested the economy had flatlined).While the data for February was far better than expected, analysts said it will very…
Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA Houston federal court judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by FBI Director Kash Patel alleging that former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi defamed him by saying Patel last year had “been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of” the bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.”The Court finds that Figliuzzi’s statement is rhetorical hyperbole that cannot constitute defamation,” U.S. District Court…
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Pentagon officials emphasized that most of the money would go toward procuring drone and autonomous warfare technologies that already exist, and is largely separate from additional funding that would bolster US domestic manufacturing capacity to build such weapon systems. “That $70 billion is all going into existing systems and technologies,” said Hurst. “The industrial base support is entirely separate.” The fast-changing pace of drone warfare The US military already has a long history of developing and deploying drones during its Global War on Terrorism campaign, including MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones that have performed surveillance and strike missions while…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel next to him, at the Department of Justice in Washington, April 21, 2026.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a bombshell 11-count fraud indictment accusing the Southern Poverty Law Center of secretly funding leaders and organizers of white supremacist, racist and other hate groups that the civil rights group claimed to be battling.”The SPLC’s paid informants (‘field sources’) engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time time that the SPLC was denouncing the same…
EasyJet’s stock fell on Thursday after the European airline warned the Iran war and higher fuel prices are weighing on customer bookings. The group said it took on roughly £25 million ($34 million) in additional fuel costs in March alone as global oil prices soared, and it expects airline costs to remain tied to volatile fuel prices over the coming months. Shares dropped as much as 8.7%, before paring losses to last trade down 5%.The carrier said it expects to report a headline loss before tax between £540 million and £560 million for the six months to March 31. The…
A United Airlines plane approaches the runway at Denver International Airport on March 23, 2026.Al Drago | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines slashed its 2026 earnings outlook Tuesday as it grapples with a surge in jet fuel prices due to the Iran war.United said it could earn between $7 and $11 a share on an adjusted basis this year, down from its previous forecast of between $12 and $14 a share that it released in January, more than a month before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. The carrier, like others, is trimming some of its planned flying this year to reduce…
Anthropic’s Mythos model accessed by unauthorized users, Bloomberg News reports Source link
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on March 26, 2026.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesSpaceX said it’s struck a deal with artificial intelligence startup Cursor, obtaining the right to acquire the company for $60 billion later this year, or to pay $10 billion for work they are doing together.”SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai are now working closely together to create the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI,” the company said in a Tuesday post on X.The post landed just as the New York Times published a story saying…
Sir Olly Robbins has defended his decision to approve the peer’s security clearance for the role. Source link