As the Trump administration clamped down on the country’s medical research funding apparatus in recent months, scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health often privately wondered how much autonomy the agency’s director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, had. After all, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk’s signature cost-cutting project, helped drive decisions to cancel…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone Group is preparing to significantly increase its investments across Europe as the private capital group bets economic reforms will revive growth after years of US outperformance. Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the $1.2tn-in-assets investment group,…
The Atlanta Hawks and new general manager Onsi Saleh are finalizing deals to hire New Orleans Pelicans GM Bryson Graham as the team’s senior vice president of basketball operations and Philadelphia 76ers executive Peter Dinwiddie as senior vice president of strategy and analytics, sources told ESPN on Monday. Graham and Dinwiddie will report to Saleh…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 12th May, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The UK’s Legal Aid Agency has suffered a cyberattack. The agency, which operates under the Ministry of Justice to provide billions in legal aid funding, has stated that financial information relating to…
Police crime procedurals are among the most popular genres on TV. Audiences around the world love a good whodunnit for a touch of gritty drama, good-vs-bad adventure and guess-along puzzle-solving. But how much do they reflect reality? Often, argues Carol Rogers, who is the lead scientist for sexual offences at the Scottish Police Authority Forensic Services,…
Silicon’s mid-life crisis AI has evolved from classical ML to deep learning to generative AI. The most recent chapter, which took AI mainstream, hinges on two phases—training and inference—that are data and energy-intensive in terms of computation, data movement, and cooling. At the same time, Moore’s Law, which determines that the number of transistors on…
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Environmental rules that force developers in England to improve wildlife habitats could be eased under government plans to make it easier to build homes on smaller sites. The government is reviewing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements, under which builders must compensate for the loss of any nature on housing developments….
FanDuel is upping the ante in Illinois with a new 50-cent surcharge on all wagers, and DraftKings may be next. Flutter-owned FanDuel is introducing the charge to mitigate the impact of new taxes that the state instituted with its new budget, which disproportionately affect the two leading sportsbooks. The new tax is applied to each…
Jun 10, 2025, 02:52 PM ET Victor Wembanyama is in China, and it’s not all about vacation. The San Antonio Spurs star is in the midst of what’s expected to be a 10-day stay at a Shaolin temple in Zhengzhou, China. The temple is a place that welcomes visitors who wish to study Chan meditation,…
Last updated at Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:42:55 GMT Rapid7’s Q1 2025 incident response data highlights several key initial access vector (IAV) trends, shares salient examples of incidents investigated by the Rapid7 Incident Response (IR) team, and digs into threat data by industry as well as some of the more commonly seen pieces of malware…
