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Telegraph Media Group sale in turmoil after lead bidder linked to China’s politburo – The Guardian: ‘Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Telegraph published a 2024 photograph of the financier John Thornton shaking hands with Cai Qi’
Telegraph sale in turmoil after lead bidder linked to China’s politburo
Media group’s own paper publishes photograph of RedBird Capital chair with alleged spy ring chief
www.theguardian.com
the fact companies openly state they don't really know how or where their own products are made will never not be amazing to me
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Come to HKBU and take my classes. They’re AI free zones.

I’m genuinely worried that this cohort is going to be trained on AI and left in big trouble when the bubble bursts.
Saw this ad on the MTR and if HKU truly believes the future of education is “AI for every mind”, then prospective students should probably look elsewhere
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APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — British military says ship ablaze after being struck off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.
'A private Chinese company is giving preferential access to its technology and providing unusually beneficial payment terms on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of specialized equipment to a firm partially owned by Eric Trump'
Chinese company gives an Eric Trump crypto firm preferential access to tech
SEC filings show Bitmain gave firm partially owned by Eric Trump unusually generous terms on equipment
www.theguardian.com
'The BBC understands that the majority of data centres in Scotland currently use "open loop" systems, which need a constant supply of mains water.'

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'Asked last year if he was creating a doomsday bunker, the Facebook founder gave a flat "no". The underground space spanning some 5,000 square feet is, he explained, "just like a little shelter, it's like a basement".'
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
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BBC: Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
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'Almost one in four (37 out of 154) UK universities launched disciplinary investigations into pro-Gaza student and staff activists between October 2023 and March 2025, with up to 200 people affected, data compiled by Liberty Investigates shows.'
'Loughborough University told a recruitment firm running a “Rolls-Royce roadshow” that its security team were conducting “active monitoring of social media … to provide early intelligence about protests”. It was doing so, it wrote, as “protest has been a concern for employers in recent times”.'
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com
'Emails from Heriot-Watt University (HWU) suggest Raytheon UK asked the university to “monitor university chat groups” on its behalf before a careers fair, prompting the university to agree to “implement the measures you have suggested”.'