‘Welcome green shoots’: warm March weather gives 1.1% lift to UK retail sales – The Guardian
Warm weather in March helped give a lift to retailers despite a late Easter, with sales of gardening, DIY, food, and health and beauty products...
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AI models are helping dirty industries go green – The Economist
Over a century ago, ships leaving Rotterdam’s harbour were among the earliest to be equipped with wireless telegraphy and submarine signalling. Now, Europe’s busiest port...
Fear of unemployment jumps to highest level since the pandemic – CNN
Not since the early weeks of the pandemic have Americans been this certain that unemployment will spike.Consumers surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New...
Nvidia says it will build up to $500bn of US AI infrastructure as chip tariff looms – The Guardian
The chip designer Nvidia has said it will build up to $500bn (£378bn) worth of artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US over the next four...
Could data centres ever be built in orbit? – The Economist
Where is the best place to build a data centre? Not on Earth at all, but in orbit, claims Philip Johnston, chief executive of Starcloud....
Euro Zone’s Weaker Price Outlook Bolsters ECB Case to Cut – Bloomberg
Euro-area inflation will turn out slower than previously forecast because of higher US tariffs, according to a Bloomberg survey that supports the case for the...
The tricky task of calculating AI’s energy use – The Economist
Afifth of all electricity used in Ireland is spent powering the country’s data centres, more than is used by its urban homes. With one data...
AI ‘application’ start-ups become big businesses in new tech race – The Financial Times
Companies building consumer products on top of LLMs are growing fast and attracting investor interest.Start-ups that build AI-powered apps have attracted $8.2bn of funding in...
German Exports to U.S. Reached Highest Proportion in Two Decades in 2024 – WSJ
The share of German exports to the U.S. reached its highest level last year since 2002, though that uptick could be short-lived given the Trump...
Sterling’s Past and the Dollar’s Future
In April 1925, a hundred years ago this month, Winston Churchill, in his capacity as chancellor of the exchequer, took the fateful decision to return...