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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup thumbnail
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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup

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Palantir CEO says working at his $316 billion software company is better than a degree from Harvard or Yale: ‘No one cares about the other stuff’ thumbnail
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Palantir CEO says working at his $316 billion software company is better than a degree from Harvard or Yale: ‘No one cares about the other stuff’

Palantir CEO Alex Karp may have three degrees to his name—but he’s fed up with higher education. The billionaire took a shot at...

IMF slashes global growth forecast, blaming ‘war in the Middle East’ for halted momentum thumbnail
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IMF slashes global growth forecast, blaming ‘war in the Middle East’ for halted momentum

The Iran war has stalled the world’s economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned...

‘If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example’: OpenAI suspect’s chilling manifesto thumbnail
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‘If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example’: OpenAI suspect’s chilling manifesto

The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI’s purported risk to humanity and traveled from...

Trump tips $100 to DoorDash driver who dropped off 2 McDonald’s bags at White House thumbnail
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Trump tips $100 to DoorDash driver who dropped off 2 McDonald’s bags at White House

President Donald Trump had two bags of McDonald’s delivered to the Oval Office on Monday by a DoorDash driver he tipped $100, using his favorite...

Trump’s leaky blockade: ship sneaks through and talks with Iran resume thumbnail
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Trump’s leaky blockade: ship sneaks through and talks with Iran resume

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets...

Founders push for ‘repeat entrepreneur relief’ to keep exit capital flowing back into UK start-ups thumbnail
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Founders push for ‘repeat entrepreneur relief’ to keep exit capital flowing back into UK start-ups

Some of Britain’s most prominent entrepreneurial voices are pressing the Treasury to introduce a targeted tax incentive designed to keep the proceeds of...

UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap widens, warns PwC thumbnail
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UK firms risk being left behind as AI adoption gap widens, warns PwC

British businesses are in danger of being left stranded in the middle of the pack on artificial intelligence, with a new PwC study...

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Virgin StartUp opens second round of free accelerator for dyslexic entrepreneurs

Virgin StartUp has launched applications for the second round of Momentum, its free eight-week accelerator programme built specifically to help dyslexic entrepreneurs grow...

Rising energy costs from Middle East conflict set to leave UK households £480 worse off this year thumbnail
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Rising energy costs from Middle East conflict set to leave UK households £480 worse off this year

Rising energy costs triggered by the escalating Middle East conflict are on course to strip nearly £500 from the finances of a typical...