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Сен-Бартс — одно из многих британских учреждений, чьи благотворители были причастны к торговле порабощенными африканцами. Внутри Большого зала северного крыла собора Святого Варфоломея, рядом с величественными портретами апостола, в честь которого названа старейшая лондонская больница, и короля Генриха VIII, стены украшают экстравагантные памятные доски. Большой зал представлял собой большое формальное пространство,…

Microsoft is publishing a 37-page "humanist AI code of conduct" today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy increasingly complex systems and verify and control the actions of AI agents. Microsoft's AI code…

Публичное размещение нигерийского нефтеперерабатывающего бизнеса Алико Данготе может увеличить его чистое состояние на две трети. Состояние самого богатого человека Африки может увеличиться на две трети до почти $60 млрд (44 млрд фунтов стерлингов) после того, как его нефтеперерабатывающий завод в Нигерии был публично включен в крупнейшее на континенте первичное публичное размещение акций. Если размещение акций Dango…

Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirds The fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to nearly $60bn (£44bn) after his refinery in Nigeria listed publicly in the continent’s biggest-ever initial public offering. If Monday’s flotation of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on the Nigerian exchange goes to plan, then Aliko…

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news AI-linked stocks fall after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they? The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Companies threatened by the march of AI are seeing their share prices rise this morning! RELX, the analytics group, are up 4.2% and…

Iran-linked rebels force closure of east-west pipeline and capture strategic island in Bab al-Mandab strait Business news – live updates Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, surged to more than $108.5 a barrel on Monday – a 3.7% increase on the day. Continue readin…

Demonstrators hold a banner against Flock security cameras during a protest outside the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Photographer: Cornell Watson/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg via Getty Images From Florida to Washington state, local governments across the country are canceling their contracts with Flock, the company behind the controversial AI-en…

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room bed and breakfast on the Isle of Portland – a tiny wedge of limestone tied by a narrow ribbon of shingle to the Dorset coast – that was created to help secure the future of the rock’s much-loved arts festival, b-side. On the other is Airbnb,…

A targeted public consultation has opened on the 150bn-litre above-ground White Horse project in Oxfordshire Thames Water has amended the blueprint of a planned mega-reservoir in Oxfordshire as the struggling utility tries to convince regulators that construction should go ahead amid warnings of “catastrophic consequences”. The White Horse reservoir near Abingdon is scheduled to hold 150bn litresof water with a surfa…

Сообщается, что у 40-летней непривитой женщины были сопутствующие заболевания.

Insight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why — even as everyone else piles into OpenAI and Anthropic — his $90 billion firm is deliberately staying diversified.

Oracle had previously disclosed that Ellison planned to sell 50 million shares worth around $7.5 billion.

From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.

Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and f…

On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices. Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says…

The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock and synthesizers. The site was down that day (it appears to be back up now), but I was able to access a version…

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.

The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.

Королевские стражники несут гроб по улицам Форт-Портала во время скандала по поводу назначения Эдварда Рукиди Киджанангомы Король Уганды Ойо Ньимба Кабамба Игуру Рукиди IV, долгое время являвшийся самым молодым монархом в мире, был похоронен среди могил своих королевских предков, поскольку его королевство Тооро надеялось положить конец ожесточенной борьбе за престолонаследие. Назначенный преемник Ойо, ведущий новосте…

Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South Africa Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through online romance scams were extradited to the United States on Friday. South African police confirmed they were to be extradited earlier on Friday, while local news in Africa confirmed th…

Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.

"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."

Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.

Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide, have welcomed an unprecedented $15.5m (£11.4m) fund aimed at creating “unstoppable momentum” to finally end the practice. The launch of the fund comes as women’s rights are increasingly un…