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Are British graduates being conned? | Opinion

Are British graduates being conned? | Opinion

Thousands of students are graduating into an employment crisis, leaving them feeling hopeless and overqualified, as well as dealing with enormous debts from tuition fees. When higher education was transformed, teenagers were offered a deal…

New details in the OpenAI Hugging Face hack show how far agents will go: 'It's now remarkably easy'

New details in the OpenAI Hugging Face hack show how far agents will go: 'It's now remarkably easy'

OpenAI's rogue models used publicly exposed credentials across "four accounts on four services" to help facilitate the Hugging Face breach.

From ayurveda to finance: Patanjali gets IRDAI nod for Rs 4.5Kcr insurance entry

Times of India

From ayurveda to finance: Patanjali gets IRDAI nod for Rs 4.5Kcr insurance entry

Patanjali Ayurved is set to enter financial services after IRDAI approved its nearly Rs 4,500 crore acquisition of Magma General Insurance.

Times of India

US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target

US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target

Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold The US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal…

Pioneering AI hedge fund with returns of 1000% since inception discovers the downside of leverage

MarketWatch

Pioneering AI hedge fund with returns of 1000% since inception discovers the downside of leverage

AI wunderkind Leopold Aschenbrenner has reportedly asked investors for an injection of fresh capital, and offered them to opportunity to buy some of its assets directly from the fund.

MarketWatch

Star AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner is unwinding trades after steep losses, sources say

Star AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner is unwinding trades after steep losses, sources say

Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund is unwinding trades and may be forced to liquidate assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bailey Says Nothing Suggests BOE Edging Toward a Hike

“Please do not leave this room thinking that the Bank of England is edging toward a hike because there is nothing in what I said or any of us have said along those lines,” Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey tells reporters after the…

Warsh Presser ‘A Little Bit Rocky,’ Says James Bullard

Former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard calls the reaction in the 30-Year US Treasury to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s press conference on Wednesday “nerve wracking” for a central banker. Bullard says Warsh needed to create…

Walrus skull with narwhal tusk embedded in it found on Arctic island

Scientists found the skull a few dozen meters from the coastline

Current year's first subsidized coastal voyage from Arkhangelsk to deliver cargo to Pevek

Voyages along the Northern Sea Route are subsidized to transport products at discounted sea freight rates, to build sustainable logistics, and to use better the Northern Sea Route's potential

South Africa: Migrant Exodus Leaves South African Employers Short-Handed

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South Africa: Migrant Exodus Leaves South African Employers Short-Handed

[RFI] South Africa is suffering a drop in its workforce, following the departure of thousands of foreign workers in the wake of a wave of xenophobic attacks, anti-migrant protests and intensified immigration enforcement.

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Iconiq Backs Satellite Startup K2 Space at $6.8 Billion Value

Startup K2 Space, which builds large satellites for high-power tasks like data-heavy communications and defense missions, has raised $500 million in a new round of funding, the company plans to announce Thursday.