Liz’s view How do you fire a CEO who has delivered 700,000% returns? One easy way is for the government to make you, but President Donald Trump thinks Nvidia’s Jensen Huang should keep his job. Another is for shareholders to make you, but I’d expect Nvidia’s shares to regain Monday’s ...
The first sci-fi Booker winnerThe first sci-fi Booker winner
by M. John Harrison. Some described Harrison as the “first science fiction author” to have won the Booker Prize, but The Times of London instead labeled him “homeless as far as genre is concerned.” Throughout his decades of writing, the 81-year-old’s work has maintained “an unpredictability and an off-kilter quality,” ...
NYC’s $325B pension giant can’t hide from AI, but it wants toNYC’s $325B pension giant can’t hide from AI, but it wants to
New York City’s $325 billion pension system has started turning down private-market AI deals it considers strong on the merits, because it already owns too much AI. “It’s hard to diversify such a big portfolio under any circumstances because you’ve really got to be in every asset class, and we ...
More renewables and Hormuz disruption drive emissions fallMore renewables and Hormuz disruption drive emissions fall
Global fossil fuel emissions are projected to fall by 0.4% in 2026, driven by the rapid expansion of solar and wind power and the energy supply shock caused by the Iran war, according to research by the Global Carbon Project. But the decline is not yet fast enough to be ...
ADNOC Gas lifts profit outlook after beating earnings forecastADNOC Gas lifts profit outlook after beating earnings forecast
ADNOC Gas has raised its outlook for full-year profits by at least 14% after third-quarter earnings smashed expectations — and views a looming glut of LNG on the global market as an opportunity rather than a risk, CEO Fatema Al Nuaimi told Semafor. Although overall Gulf LNG exports are recovering ...
Lewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilitiesLewis Hamilton visits Egypt’s Rafah crossing and Gaza aid facilities
Seven-time F1 world champion tours border area and logistics warehouses operated by Egyptian Red Crescent Lewis Hamilton has visited Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to meet organisations sending humanitarian aid to the territory. The seven-time Formula One world champion has spoken out about conflict and humanitarian crises ...
Come and Take ItCome and Take It
AI companies crack down on ‘reverse engineer anything.’ ...
‘Reverse Engineer Anything’: AI Companies Crack Down on the Coolest Thing People Were Doing With AI‘Reverse Engineer Anything’: AI Companies Crack Down on the Coolest Thing People Were Doing With AI
It was a fun few weeks while it lasted. People using both Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex to do AI-powered “reverse-engineering” or decompiling are now hitting guardrails or having their accounts limited while trying to do things like unbrick their internet-of-things devices or remove surveillance ads from their smart TVs. ...
First day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky saysFirst day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky says
Delegations from Kyiv, Washington and Moscow are in the United Arab Emirates for the first trilateral talks since February. ...
Inside devastated front-line city that Russia wants Ukraine to give upInside devastated front-line city that Russia wants Ukraine to give up
The BBC gains rare access to a specialist drone unit defending the eastern city of Slovyansk from heavy Russian fire. ...