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Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are spending huge amounts on AI. In-house chips could cut costs.
Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are spending huge amounts on AI. In-house chips could cut costs.
Much of southern England could face travel delays and road closures on Thursday morning after heavy rain overnight
The yen dropped against the dollar on Thursday, reversing direction after a sudden surge late on Wednesday that traders and analysts were quick to attribute to intervention by Japanese authorities. The dollar was already on the back foot as Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed the central bank's easing bias, even as he reiterated that sticky inflation meant interest rate cuts may be a while in coming. Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, Masato Kanda, who oversees currency policy at the MOF, told Reuters he had no comment on whether Japan had intervened in the market.
The Cyprus government has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nation’s southern coastline after an earlier plan proposed by the U.S. energy company lacked a timetable, an official said Thursday. Chevron’s development proposal from March 29 for the Aphrodite deposit estimated to hold 4.2 trillion cubic feet of gas “wasn’t considered targeted and was without specific timetables,” the official with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press. In a reply letter last Thursday, Cypriot Energy Minister George Papanastasiou asked Chevron for “specific, targeted actions” and a “specific timetable” that would confirm its commitment to developing the gas field.
Authorities were shocked after pulling the scooter rider over at a busy intersection. Find out what they discovered
Londoners have started casting their votes in the 2024 mayoral election that is pitting Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan against Tory challenger Susan Hall. Thirteen candidates are battling it out on election day, which kicked off as voting stations opened at 7am, with millions also set to vote to elect a new London Assembly. The race between the two frontrunners was electrified on Wednesday by a poll in the Standard which showed Mr Khan’s lead over Ms Hall had closed to the smallest since their campaigns started.
Keith Davidson, former lawyer for adult film star and Playboy model Karen McDougal, testifies about details of Trump’s hush money agreements
Large fire and billowing smoke engulfs buildings in the latest attack on the port city
‘Avengers’ star is unsure why he isn’t in the new MCU film
‘I was really heartbroken because I was pregnant and he was having an affair,’ she shared
The £365m venue is the largest indoor arena in the UK but is experiencing a bumpy start
Monsanto spinoff Pharmacia, which sold now-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was found liable in 2021. Three teachers claimed they suffered brain damage from PCBs that leaked from light fixtures at the Sky Valley Education Center (SVEC) in Monroe, Washington.
Jeremiah Manele has already indicated he will continue the Pacific nation's close ties with Beijing.
Britain will suffer some of the lowest rates of economic growth and highest inflation among Group of Seven countries this year and next, forecasts from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development suggested on Thursday. The OECD cut this year's growth forecast for the British economy to 0.4% from 0.7% it predicted in February. Only Germany is expected to perform worse among G7 advanced economies, which also include Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the United States.
The four-weight world champion takes on his compatriot in a Mexican festival of fighting for Cinco de Mayo weekend and has distinguished himself above his contemporaries thanks to a throwback journey
Energy technology company Baker Hughes will construct a new liquid mud plant, and a separate assembly, maintenance and repair base at Namibia's Walvis Bay to cater to booming offshore exploration activities, a senior executive said. The project will help Namibia cope with an influx of drill rigs and support vessels that threatens to overwhelm its only two commercial ports, Walvis Bay and the smaller Luderitz, as they battle congestion and inadequate facilities. "It will be drilling fluids made in Namibia for Namibian wells, an important step in building its oil and gas industry," Tokunbo Azeez, executive director Baker Hughes Sub-Saharan Africa told Reuters of the country's first mud plant, expected to open by September.
Q1 2024 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd Earnings Call
Bianca Unwin has called out the mentality towards domestic violence incidents which pushes the focus away from offenders and onto victims.
Q1 2024 Boston Properties Inc Earnings Call
IN FOCUS: Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights