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Crowlands Heath Golf Club features nine holes, two swans and, at £950, one of the cheaper annual membership fees in London. In the coming years, it might instead have close to 1,300 homes, if a recent proposal to redevelop the course moves forward. The golf course and its 78 members have landed in the unlikely foreground of a citywide debate over housing and its chronic undersupply. As the UK’s Labour government struggles to meet its election promises to deliver homes, some are pointing to underused golf courses as a means of helping achieve that goal. Housebuilding is proceeding at sclerotic…
A yearslong legal brawl between Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to court in Northern California on Monday in a dramatic showdown between two of the most high-profile names in the tech industry. In his $134 billion lawsuit, Musk claimed that OpenAI, Altman and the company’s president, Greg Brockman, reneged on a vow they made to keep the artificial intelligence lab a nonprofit in perpetuity. OpenAI has since restructured so that it can operate a for-profit subsidiary, and it’s now valued at over $850 billion. Musk and Altman were once close friends, and were…
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Canada has approved a $4 billion natural gas expansion of ’s Westcoast pipeline system in British Columbia, the company said on Friday, in a move that will add about 300 million cubic feet per day of capacity to the network. The Sunrise Expansion Program is expected to contribute more than $3 billion to Canada’s economy and involve the hiring of about 2,500 workers from local communities and indigenous groups during construction, Enbridge said. The expansion will include constructing new pipeline segments along the existing system, additional natural gas compression capacity and upgrades and modifications to…
But where money does that come from? … SpaceX expects more than 90 percent of that market, or $26.5 trillion, to stem from the AI sector. The vast majority of that, $22.7 trillion, could come from AI for businesses. The company is moving ahead with an IPO expected this summer targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion and seeking to raise about $75 billion, which would make it the largest initial public offering in history. “We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market in human history,” according to the filing. Falcon boosters have now landed 600 times.…
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Werner Schnell | Flickr Open | Getty ImagesEurope’s biggest economy was set for a rebound, but now it’s being hammered by soaring energy costs caused by the Iran war, prompting the federal government to halve growth forecasts. Germany’s flagship fiscal stimulus package is in the spotlight as ministers scramble to cushion the impact of higher bills.Before the war, the country had been powered by rising industrial orders, dropping inventories, and improving sentiment, thanks mainly to fiscal spending on defense and infrastructure.But higher energy prices and supply chain risks are “spoiling the German growth party before it even started,” said Carsten…
FILE PHOTO: Psilocybin or “magic mushrooms” are seen in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Washington, U.S. May 7, 2019.DEA | ReutersThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a series of measures aimed at accelerating the development of psychedelic treatments for serious mental illness.That comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday directing federal health agencies to expand access to emerging therapies.The move marks a significant shift toward supporting psychedelic-based medicines for conditions such as treatment-resistant depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other substance use disorders, the FDA said.”Under President…
Investing.com — The U.S. stock market rally that began on March 31 remains intact despite oil over $100, software sector turbulence and unresolved Middle East tensions, according to Yardeni Research, which says the economy continues to ace its stress tests. climbed again on Thursday evening after reports emerged that Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, resigned from peace talks due to interference from hardliners within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Yet Yardeni Research notes that futures markets are still signaling a sharp oil price decline over the next 12 months, and that sentiment indicators show the bull/bear ratio is not yet…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 326 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 7, 2026.Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty ImagesAround 3.6 billion people use Meta’s applications every day, and the social networking company will be operating 32 data centers to handle the load with the completion of a new one in Oklahoma. But that’s not enough.Amazon’s cloud unit said Friday that Meta has agreed to use Amazon’s general-purpose Graviton chips in a deal that will run for at least three years.The arrangement demonstrates Meta’s willingness under CEO Mark Zuckerberg to splurge so it can meet…
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14, 2025.Ted Shaffrey | APThe AI-driven data center boom in Pennsylvania — which includes a $20 billion investment from Amazon — is leading to political angst in districts in the Keystone State that could help decide control of the U.S. House.The four competitive House races are in the eastern part of the state, where Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is focusing his data center expansion plans. Republicans represent all four districts and are looking to not only…