Capita has asked users of its failing civil service pension portal to stop complaining until new AI chatbots go live. The £239 million system launched with errors, dummy text, and broken links in December 2023.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang concluded a three-day tour of Guangdong province, visiting industrial giants like BYD and Midea. He emphasized the need to expand imports for balanced trade and boost support for technological breakthroughs.
A hedge fund that trades on investigations from its own in-house newsroom is posting big returns. Its strategy blurs the line between journalism and market manipulation, but it’s proving profitable by betting on both good and bad news.
The trillion-dollar rush to build AI infrastructure is creating a major inflationary risk for 2026, top money managers say. The soaring costs for chips and energy could force central banks to stop cutting interest rates, threatening the high valuations of tech stocks.
Satya Nadella has launched a personal blog called SN Scratchpad to share his thoughts on AI’s future. In his first post, he frames 2026 as a pivotal year and argues the industry must develop a new “theory of the mind” for human-AI collaboration.
The tech sector is buzzing with big-money AI moves and surging semiconductor stocks. Meta’s multi-billion dollar acquisition aims to fix its monetization problem, while investors question Telus’s sprawling strategy.
A famous trader from ‘The Big Short’ is taking aim at Tesla’s sky-high valuation. Porter Collins argues the stock is disconnected from reality, calling it a “meme stock” propped up by faith in Elon Musk.
Sam Altman sees Apple, not Google, as OpenAI’s real rival. His plan to turn ChatGPT into an app-filled operating system is ambitious, but early tests by The Wall Street Journal show it’s plagued by errors and clunky integrations. The one bright spot? A seamless Instacart experience engineered by a f
A busy week in tech sees HMRC start collecting crypto user data automatically, while Tesla publishes surprisingly low sales forecasts. Meanwhile, the race to replace the aging ISS begins.
Google just wrapped up its best year on Wall Street since 2009, finally convincing investors its AI story has legs. This came after a brutal first quarter where the stock plunged 18%, its worst period since mid-2022. The turnaround was fueled by viral AI features and a major talent grab.
