Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK

Uber will trial robotaxis – autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel – in London next spring. The ride-hailing app will work with the UK artificial intelligence (AI) firm Wayve, which has been testing out the technology on the city’s streets with human oversight, in line with current legislation. The announcement comes…

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Labour’s miscalculation on taxing non-doms

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Trying to outdo its Conservative predecessor in efforts to tax the wealthy has proved a costly own goal for Britain’s Labour government. A wave of “non-doms” — whose permanent home for tax purposes is outside…

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Kanye West Shows Up At Diddy Trial

Topline Kanye West, the controversial rapper and former billionaire, showed up at a Manhattan federal courthouse on Friday morning to support Sean “Diddy” Combs, whom West has long advocated for amid his sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Kanye West has long advocated for Sean “Diddy” Combs amid his federal trial. (Photo by Frazer … More…

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Birds nested in Arctic alongside dinosaurs

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a paper featured on the cover of this week’s edition of the journal Science. The paper documents the earliest-known example of birds nesting…

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