Big tech faces backlash over big water consumption February 25, 2024 Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta have ramped up their water usage to cool their data centres, increasingly used for AI services.
Apple faces major UK investor rebellion over lack of AI transparency February 25, 2024 Legal & General Investment Management and Abrdn are planning to challenge Apple's AI disclosure practices at its upcoming annual meeting.
FTSE 100 close: London joins Nvidia fuelled rally following strong PMI February 22, 2024 FTSE 250, which is more aligned with the UK's domestic market, was in the green around 0.27 per cent up, with Indivior's shares at +18 per cent.
Heat Heroes: Eleni Myrivili’s Inspiring Legacy from COP28 Paves the Way for Urban Resilience February 22, 2024 In an impassioned dialogue with Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, UN Habitat & Arsht-Rock, delves into the core of her mandate and the fervent efforts she leads to address the critical issue of extreme heat in our cities. A Mandate To Elevate: Ground Zero For Extreme Heat Events Myrivili, as the Global Chief Heat [...]
Ed Warner: On bad actors and their pernicious influence on so many sports February 22, 2024 Our columnist on rogues who taint sport, plus FA Cup maths, Rwanda, Tracey Crouch MP and Jilly Cooper.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today February 22, 2024 Japan's Nikkei achieves record high, Nvidia sees over 9% surge after bell, oil prices climb; Fed exercises caution on rate cuts; attention shifts to UK, eurozone, and U.S. PMIs.
Nvidia: Another stunning set of results for ‘the only stock that matters’ February 21, 2024 Nvidia has revealed another stunning set of earnings in a sign that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is far from over.
Nvidia shares dip as jittery investors lose bottle before expected strong earnings February 21, 2024 Shares in chip designer Nvidia are in the red in pre-market trading as jittery investors secure some gains ahead of the firm's earnings.
Crypto and AI are opposites that attract February 21, 2024 Last week Open AI introduced Sora - their text-to-video model - that creates realistic videos from a simple prompt. Open AI CEO, Sam Altman, also expressed his desire to raise an eye-watering $7 trillion, or 3.5x the current total crypto market cap, to fuel chip design and manufacturing to cater for increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI).
FTSE 100: What’s moving markets today? February 21, 2024 Asian shares follow Wall Street's decline, HSBC's full-year profit soars by 78%, Walmart hits a record high; investors await the Fed minutes and tech darling Nvidia’s earnings report for market direction.