In his first-ever interview, Morgan McSweeney tells the BBC the party did not deliver quickly enough in office. ...
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AI buildout upends emissions targetsAI buildout upends emissions targets
The AI data center buildout is forcing companies and legislators to rethink their climate pledges. Amazon’s carbon emissions have risen for two consecutive years, and its chief sustainability officer told Semafor they would continue to do so for years to come — the latest signal that Big Tech’s AI ambitions ...
US asset manager to launch Sharia-compliant credit fundUS asset manager to launch Sharia-compliant credit fund
The Scoop Principal Asset Management, the Iowa-based firm that manages more than $590 billion, is planning to launch a Sharia-compliant US private credit fund aimed at Gulf family and institutional investors. The firm is working on the fund — which it says will be one of the first of its ...
OpenAI considers giving US government 5% stakeOpenAI considers giving US government 5% stake
OpenAI is considering giving the US government a 5% stake, a move that could improve relations with the Trump administration and head off public blowback against the sector. How to redistribute AI windfalls is being debated on either side of the political aisle: Left-wing Senator Bernie Sanders recently called for ...
Republicans plot an investigative end runRepublicans plot an investigative end run
The News Congressional Republicans could bank on an unorthodox investigative strategy if they lose the House this fall: relying on the threat of parallel probes by Trump’s administration to power the House minority’s congressional investigations next Congress. It could amount to an unusual assertion of power from the House minority, ...
Trump Accounts to launch without rolloversTrump Accounts to launch without rollovers
The Trump administration is expected to launch Trump Accounts next week without a way for firms to host the children’s savings accounts on their own platforms, people familiar with the talks told Semafor. Firms like Chime, Empower, Fidelity, and SoFi had initially hoped they would have the green light to ...
All the whey up! A dairy byproduct is now the star of the ‘proteinmaxxing’ boom – but is demand too high?All the whey up! A dairy byproduct is now the star of the ‘proteinmaxxing’ boom – but is demand too high?
As GLP-1s drive the current protein craze, a supplement once only taken by powerlifters is now so popular US producers are struggling to keep up For generations, the Meives family made cheese. Tony Meives’s grandfather, a Swiss immigrant, and his father both ran small cheese factories in Wisconsin, in the ...
Let us celebrate America’s birthday. And, despite it all, hope for another 250 years | Francine PoseLet us celebrate America’s birthday. And, despite it all, hope for another 250 years | Francine Pose
Democracies rarely last, but ours has. That alone is worth celebrating One reason to celebrate America’s national big birthday – our 250th on the Fourth of July – is to honor the unusual longevity of our democratic experiment. Democracies rarely last, but ours has. Even if we know its flawed ...
Voyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in iceVoyage to the end of the world: floating lab to explore life in Arctic adrift in ice
An eight-month expedition will set off soon from Norway on a mission to find new species before the climate crisis and pollution changes the northern ocean for ever Six scientists and six crew will travel next month to Kirkenes, a remote Arctic town in Norway near the Russian border, to ...
Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too ExpensiveCompanies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive
Companies across tech, entertainment, banking, and many other industries are throttling their employees’ use of AI and pleading with workers to use less powerful models to stop AI costs from spiraling out of control, according to leaked Slack chats, screenshots of internal dashboards, emails, and more material obtained by 404 ...