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Big Tech’s data centre building boom could create a huge new source of carbon emissions as the surging demand for electricity sparks a wave of fossil-fuel power plants, despite companies’ climate commitments.An FT analysis of 60 of the largest planned data centres being built in the US by Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta found that they could together produce 101.5mn tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year once fully operational, based on the most recent snapshot of US power generation. That would be equivalent to about 7 per cent of US power-sector emissions in 2025 — the annual emissions of…

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility has instead been divided up for specific areas like bio and cyber, then moved into existing teams.This is the latest change at the company, which has been in upheaval as it heads towards what is expected to be a massive IPO. Over the last few…

Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as it prepared to outline £50bn of cuts to benefits for disabled people and foreign nationals.Robert Jenrick, Reform’s finance spokesperson, will detail the plans for £20bn of cuts to disability benefits overall, as well as another £21bn from stopping foreign nationals – including EU citizens with settled status – claiming almost any benefits, among other cuts.The party said the plans were aimed at reducing the welfare bill by a quarter, with personal independence payments (Pip) replaced by another cash benefit that…

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen made an immediate impact on the opening day of the new Süper Lig season, scoring twice as defending champions Galatasaray were held to a 2-2 draw by newly promoted Çorum at RAMS Park. Galatasaray entered the 2026/27 campaign as overwhelming favourites, having won the Turkish title last season and boasting a squad considerably stronger than their newly promoted opponents. The hosts dominated the early stages and controlled possession in midfield, while Osimhen immediately positioned himself inside the box, waiting for opportunities to make his mark. Abdülkerim Bardakcı had the first clear opportunity of the contest…

A GoFundMe for the parents of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death in 2023, has raised more than $700,000 at press time. Michael and Paula Musgrove are the beneficiaries of the GoFundMe campaign titled The Musgrove Family Fund. According to the description, it’s intended to provide financial help to Clancy’s parents for the “travel, lodging, and living costs” they’ve incurred over the past three years and their continued support of their daughter through the ongoing trial. The couple, originally from Connecticut, relocated to Massachusetts “so they can be close to their daughter” and…

Stories by Vanessa Obioha Ms. Lauryn Hill and her Fugees bandmate, Wyclef Jean, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York, bringing their socially conscious music to the annual antipoverty gathering. The festival, scheduled for September 26 at Central Park, was announced on Thursday. Other performers include rock star Lenny Kravitz, R&B singer John Legend, country music star Lainey Wilson, Grammy-winning rapper Shaboozey and K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Hill and Jean’s appearance comes as the duo marks the 30th anniversary of the Fugees’ acclaimed album, The Score. The pair recently reunited for performances in London and Rio…

*Author says he was inspired by paucity of academic works Chuks Okocha in Abuja Four new books were unveiled over the weekend in Abuja, adding intellectual and academic works to bookshelves and the Nigerian society.Aside from the launch of the books, there was also the official unveiling of a website at the ceremony.Authored by Dr Chris Onyemaechi Okobah, the four titles, namely Maritime Law in Nigeria, Nigerian Property Management, Nigerian Risk Management, and Arbitration in Nigeria, were, according to the author, necessitated by the paucity of intellectual and academic works in the country and the need to revive the reading…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Reform UK has vowed to cut £50bn from the welfare bill by slashing benefits for foreign nationals and people with disabilities if it wins the next general election. Nigel Farage’s populist rightwing party said, if it was in government, it would replace the disability benefits system and ban all foreign nationals from claiming “almost all forms of welfare”. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s Treasury spokesperson, will on Monday call for urgent cuts to the UK’s ballooning welfare bill, which was £334bn for the 2025/26…

Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg. OpenRouter helps customers to select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget. The company announced in May that it had raised a $113 million Series B, at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. (Investors include Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and Alphabet’s Capital G.) At the time, OpenRouter CEO Alex Atallah described the company as the equivalent of Stripe for AI, because it provides customers with a single access point for different systems and prevents lock-in. The startup also…

It is the latest announcement ahead of a speech on Monday by Reform’s shadow chancellor Robert Jenrick to formally unveil the party’s welfare plans.”Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral,” Jenrick said in a statement.”People are more than happy to support their neighbours in hard times, but the British taxpayer cannot afford to subsidise everyone on the planet, especially those who have not paid in.”This year the government expects, external to spend a total of £322bn on welfare in Great Britain, or 10.6% of GDP, just over half of…