There were some impressive mileage counts on day two of pre-season testing in Bahrain, but while most teams were encouraged by what they were learning about their new-for-2026 Formula 1 machines, it wasn't so rosy for everyone...
The F1 TV crew outline the biggest talking points from Day 2 of the first pre-season test in Bahrain.
F1 TV's Sam Collins uncovers some fascinating tech details from the second day of the first pre-season test in Bahrain.
The second day of pre-season testing for the 2026 season in Bahrain saw Charles Leclerc top the timesheets.
Anthropic has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round that values the Claude maker at $380 billion as the company prepares for an initial public offering that could come as early as this year. Investors in the new round include Singapore sovereign fund GIC, Coatue, D.E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ, MGX, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Greenoaks and Temasek. Anthropic raised its funding target by $10 billion during the process after the round was several times subscribed.
The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, now has a $14 billion revenue run rate, about 80% of which comes from enterprise customers. It claims more than 500 customers spending over $1 million a year on its workplace tools. The round includes a portion of the $15 billion commitment from Microsoft and Nvidia announced late last year.
The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, now has a $14 billion revenue run rate, about 80% of which comes from enterprise customers. It claims more than 500 customers spending over $1 million a year on its workplace tools. The round includes a portion of the $15 billion commitment from Microsoft and Nvidia announced late last year.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources said that Palo Alto's findings that China was tied to the sprawling hacking spree were dialed back following last month's news, first reported by Reuters, that Palo Alto was one of about 15 U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity companies whose software had been banned by Chinese authorities on national security grounds.
A draft version of the report by Palo Alto's Unit 42, the company's threat intelligence arm, said that the prolific hackers -- dubbed "TGR-STA-1030" in a report published on Thursday of last week -- were connected to Beijing, the two people said. The finished report instead described the hacking group more vaguely as a "state-aligned group that operates out of Asia." Attributing sophisticated hacks is notoriously difficult and debates over how best to assign blame for digital intrusions are common among cybersecurity researchers.
A draft version of the report by Palo Alto's Unit 42, the company's threat intelligence arm, said that the prolific hackers -- dubbed "TGR-STA-1030" in a report published on Thursday of last week -- were connected to Beijing, the two people said. The finished report instead described the hacking group more vaguely as a "state-aligned group that operates out of Asia." Attributing sophisticated hacks is notoriously difficult and debates over how best to assign blame for digital intrusions are common among cybersecurity researchers.
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WASHINGTON (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - De regering-Trump heeft bepalend klimaatbeleid teruggedraaid dat onder meer juridische grond gaf aan welke broeikasgassen een gevaar vormen voor mensen en hun leefomgeving. Onder andere methaan en koolstofdioxide werden daarin benoemd als schadelijk voor mensen. Tegelijkertijd wordt wetgeving rond de uitstootregulering van wegvoertuigen ingetrokken.
De zogenoemde 'endangerment finding' van de Amerikaanse milieubeschermingsdienst EPA werd in 2009 onder toenmalig president Barack Obama uitgevaardigd. In een reactie op X schrijft de oud-president dat zonder endangerment finding "we minder veilig, minder gezond en minder goed in staat zijn om klimaatverandering te bestrijden - dit alles om ervoor te zorgen dat de fossiele industrie nĆ³g meer geld kan verdienen".
De classificatie werd een belangrijk uitgangspunt van veel klimaatbeleid, dat onder meer invloed had op de auto-industrie in de VS. "Het omvat werkelijk alles", zei voormalig advocaat van EPA en het ministerie van Justitie Meghan Greenfield tegen de BBC. "Alle normen in alle sectoren zijn gebaseerd op deze ene standaard." Zo had de wetenschappelijke richtlijn ook zijn weerslag op regulering in de energiesector, bijvoorbeeld regels omtrent methaanlekken in de oliesector.
Reguleringskosten besparen
Volgens de regering-Trump moet de intrekking de industrie zo'n 1,3 biljoen dollar (1,1 biljoen euro) aan reguleringskosten besparen, waardoor "de autoprijzen naar beneden zullen kelderen", aldus de president.
Verwacht wordt dat het intrekken van de maatregelen snel tot rechtszaken leidt van belangen- en klimaatgroepen.
MILAAN (ANP) - Shorttrackster Xandra Velzeboer heeft bij de Olympische Spelen in Milaan een gouden medaille gewonnen op de 500 meter. De 24-jarige Nederlandse nam in de finale vanaf het begin het initiatief en stond de koppositie niet meer af. Selma Poutsma eindigde als vierde.
Het is voor de Oranje-formatie van bondscoach Niels Kerstholt de eerste medaille bij deze Spelen. Later op donderdag komt Jens van 't Wout bij de mannen nog in actie in de finale van de 1000 meter.
Rollback of governmentās ability to limit climate-heating pollution from vehicles will make families āsicker and less safeā, environmental advocate says
The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination that gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to ābillionaire pollutersā at the expense of Americansā health.
The endangerment finding, which states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources.
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Police have said they were called on multiple occasions to the home of the teenage suspect behind one of Canadaās deadliest school shootings after concerns were raised regarding mental health problems and weapons.
Six people, including a teacher and five children, were killed in a school shooting on Tuesday in the western Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge. About 25 other people were injured and two of them remain in critical but stable condition.
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