A full-fibre broadband builder is accelerating its search for merger partners amid growing financial strains on some of the industry’s smaller players. Sky News understands that Zzoomm, which is backed by the giant US-based investor Oaktree Capital Management, has drafted in Acuity Advisors, a specialist technology firm, to identify prospective deals. Zzoomm operates in nearly
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In recent years, advancements in genetic science have brought us startlingly close to the possibility of reviving extinct species such as the woolly mammoth. While this notion sparks the imagination, it also raises significant ethical, ecological, and technological concerns. In 2003, scientists achieved a fleeting success in “de-extinction” by cloning a Pyrenean ibex, a species
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves beyond the realm of digital assistants and deepfake technology. Astronomers are now harnessing AI to achieve unprecedented precision in understanding the universe’s fundamental parameters. Researchers at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City have leveraged AI to calculate the five cosmological parameters that characterise
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For the first time, scientists have successfully detected and measured an invisible electric field enveloping Earth. This field, known as the ambipolar field, was first theorised over 60 years ago and its discovery marks a significant advancement in our understanding of Earth’s atmospheric dynamics. Glyn Collinson, an astronomer at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center, and
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The economy could have crashed had the government not found savings by cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, a minister has said. Lucy Powell told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that the loss of the benefit, which will now be means tested, was necessary because of a “£22bn blackhole” left behind by the Conservatives. Politics
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An NFL player who was in line to make his professional debut next week has been shot in the chest during an attempted robbery. Ricky Pearsall, 23, is in a stable condition after a struggle with the alleged robber led to both being shot in San Francisco. Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board
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Kamala Harris has accused Donald Trump of thinking only of “service to himself” after the former president’s campaign filmed at a military cemetery. Mr Trump has already hit back with videos from relatives of fallen soldiers he honoured in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday, the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal. The row began when
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US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53, his tour manager has said. In a post on social media, Birch Michael – known as Pure Cold – said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts I announce the passing of Isaac Freeman III, known professionally as Fatman Scoop.” Earlier, the musician, famous for his 2003
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In this article INTC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Intel executives are working with multiple advisors to formulate options to address its flagging business, according to a person with knowledge
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In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Alibaba office building is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 28, 2024.  CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba has completed a three-year regulatory “rectification” process following an antitrust fine it received on charges of monopolistic practices in 2021, China’s market regulator
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In this article MSFT GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft, Google and Amazon along with other tech companies have been getting creative in how they’re poaching talent from top artificial intelligence startups. Earlier this month, Google signed an unusual deal with Character.ai to hire away its prominent founder and more than one-fifth of its workforce
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