Paramount Skydance is on course to win the Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) takeover battle after rival Netflix stepped away. The World’s largest streaming service had been in pole position to land a deal by which it would pay $27.75 per share for Warner’s studio and HBO Max streaming businesses, valuing the divisions at almost $83bn […]
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As the deadline looms for a leading AI lab to hand over its tech to the US military, a study has appeared suggesting AI models are more than willing to go nuclear in wargames. Only a couple of years ago, the phrase on everyone’s lips was “AI safety”. I’ll be honest, I never took the
Sky News has formed a consortium with other major news organisations to develop industry standards for AI’s fair use of their material. The founding members – the Financial Times, The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the BBC and Sky News – are calling on other media leaders to join in and develop shared protocols to “protect
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Ocado is to cut around 1,000 jobs as part of a plan to slash costs and restructure its operations. The company, which provides automated technology for distribution centres and runs its own UK online grocery business through a joint venture with Marks & Spencer, said two-thirds of the job losses would be in the UK.
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European countries are continuing to fund Russia’s war in Ukraine by buying oil and gas, the president of the European Parliament has admitted. Speaking to The World With Yalda Hakim on Sky News, Roberta Metsola described the situation as “unacceptable”. Ukraine war – follow latest updates She also acknowledged the EU is not doing enough
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Kitchen roll is a household staple that most of us use everyday, whether it’s mopping up spills, wiping surfaces or storing food. But knowing whether you are getting the most for your money can be tricky. Over the past week we’ve tried 19 rolls, putting the big name brands up against the supermarket basics to
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The world’s most valuable company has reported another series of expectation-defying results, lessening fears, for now, of an AI bubble bursting. Nvidia said its revenue reached another all-time high, hitting more than $200bn (£147bn) in its 2026 financial year, far outpacing Wall Street estimates and the company’s own guidance. Money blog: Bank customers to be
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Rachel Reeves has insisted her spring forecast will be a quiet affair as she wants the autumn budget to be the sole major fiscal event of the year. The chancellor will deliver her financial update on the afternoon of 3 March in the House of Commons. An exact time has yet to be confirmed, but
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Some days it can seem as if the whole of the tech world is hanging on the latest update to one graph. The graph in question is made by a non-profit research institute called METR and it assesses the software development capacities of different AI models. For many months now, this chart has been provoking
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Children got an inflation-busting rise in pocket money last year, according to new data. Parents are giving their children a weekly average of £10.73, an 8% rise on the 2024 average of £9.92. Data from GoHenry, a money app that helps children learn to earn, save, spend and invest, shows children earned a total of
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