The massive investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure currently being made probably counts as the biggest and fastest rollout of a general purpose technology in history.

Sweden built 12 nuclear reactors in the 1970s and 1980s but abandoned the technology after the Three Mile Island accident in the US. Some of its remaining six nuclear power plants have had their life ...

John Lewis Partnership has kicked off a search for a new boss at its upmarket supermarket Waitrose, almost a year after Tesco veteran Jason Tarry joined as chair of the employee-owned group.

Sarah Hall’s experimental novel traces human history from the viewpoint of a ‘wrathful’ weather phenomenon occurring only in Cumbria ...

Meta has shut down an Italian Facebook group where men exchanged intimate photos of their wives without their knowledge, after users reported it to the authorities sparking a public outcry.

The oil and gas industry celebrated the Trump administration’s new tax legislation that gives it more access to drilling on federal lands and waters. But the policy may not fulfil Trump’s “drill, baby ...

A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Although it isn’t clear that he meant to address US debt obligations — rather than payments processed through the Treasury — the passing reference got those interested in sovereign debt thinking about ...

Mediobanca shareholders have rejected a proposed €6.3bn acquisition of wealth manager Banca Generali, following a showdown vote that is set to determine the Italian lender’s future.

“Insatiable demand and capacity constraints propelled tech stocks to record highs,” said Laura Cooper, head of macro credit and global investment strategist at Nuveen. “Investors are now questioning ...

A record 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK during Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office, reflecting a surge in small boat arrivals to the country despite Labour’s pledge to smash the gangs ...

The better than expected reading reinforced investor bets that the ECB will leave rates unchanged at its next meeting in September. Derivative prices show that traders see only a 5 per cent ...