UK fraud agency opens bribery investigation of Thales

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into defence company Thales over “serious allegations” of suspected bribery and corruption. The SFO said on Thursday that the probe was being conducted jointly with France’s … Read more

WI vs BAN 2024, Test Series: Broadcast, live streaming details – When and Where to watch in India, UK, West Indies, Bangladesh & other countries

The two Test match series between West Indies and Bangladesh, part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25, will begin on November 22 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua and Barbuda. The second Test will follow at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, starting on November 30. Both teams aim to secure valuable WTC … Read more

Would the US win a war with China over Taiwan? US lawmakers briefed on the potential outcome

House lawmakers were briefed Wednesday about the potential outcome if the U.S. were to find itself at war with China over Taiwan within the next two years, as the global superpower increasingly encroaches on U.S. allies.  The Chinese defense industrial base is operating at a “wartime footing,” and now has a shipbuilding capacity 230 times … Read more

Silicon Valley billionaire warns ‘absolutely there’s a bubble’ in AI valuations: ‘Nobody would be surprised’ if OpenAI ‘disappeared next Monday’

Wherever C3.ai CEO Tom Siebel goes he fields the same question about the future of AI.  “Everybody’s asking me about it, ‘Is there a bubble here?’ Absolutely there’s a bubble. It’s huge,” he tells Fortune in an exclusive interview at C3.ai’s New York offices in a Midtown WeWork.  Over the last two years, analysts have … Read more

70s Sci-Fi Cult Classic Student Film Accidentally Created A Massive Franchise, And Its Free To Stream

By Jonathan Klotz | Published 9 seconds ago John Carpenter is known today as the Master of Horror, but he got his start with Dark Star, an offbeat sci-fi comedy that started as a student film while he attended the University of Southern California. He also happened to be friends with Dan O’Bannon, who helped … Read more

Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett conviction for alleged hoax

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a conviction against actor Jussie Smollett, who prosecutors accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 in Chicago. Smollett, who is black and gay, was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct in 2021. He had claimed two men targeted him in a hate-crime, yelling … Read more