Author: Richard

The Iran war is not making cloud suddenly expensive. It is exposing how cloud economics was always downstream from energy markets, and Europe is structurally exposed. The current conflict in the Middle East is no longer contained to the region. Its effects are beginning to ripple into economies still recovering from the 2022 energy crisis, […]

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Answers to each clue for the April 7, 2026 edition of NYT’s The Mini crossword puzzle.

Stephen Colbert has reacted to President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges over its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Pershing Square’s non-binding proposal values UMG at €30.40 per share, a 78% premium to its last closing price. Ackman argues the world’s largest music label has been undervalued by structural factors, including the Bolloré Group’s 18% stake and the postponement of a US listing, that have nothing to do with its underlying business. Bill Ackman’s […]

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The OpenAI Safety Fellowship, announced on 6 April 2026, is a pilot programme for external researchers to conduct independent work on AI safety and alignment. It runs from September 2026 to February 2027. It was posted to social media hours after a Ronan Farrow investigation in The New Yorker reported that OpenAI had dissolved its […]

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A cyberattack on one of Italy’s greatest cultural institutions reveals a sector that has mastered physical security and ignored the digital kind. On the weekend of 1 February 2026, staff at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence arrived on Monday morning to find their email accounts suspended, their internal servers unreachable, and the administrative backbone of […]

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Rocket’s new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.

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