Svetlana Mesyats was detained and placed under house arrest last week following police raids at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy and the homes of several of its employees.
HP estimates that three in ten of its PC customers remains on Windows 10, which exited standard support terms in October. Speaking to investors yesterday, Ketan Patel, president of personal systems, claimed the slow migration to Windows 11 was giving HP a financial boost. "Windows 11: 30 percent of the installed base is still to be refreshed. That's one tailwind which we see as an opportunity in the short run," he said. Karen Parkhill, HP CFO, added that the trend was regional and particularly strong in EMEA and APJ for its financial second quarter, which ended April 30. "We have roughly 30 percent of the installed base still on Windows 10, so we still have some more to go. The Win 11 refresh that we've driven now in EMEA and APJ is now on par with North America," she said. Microsoft said support for Windows 10 would end for business customers on October 14, 2025, although security updates are available for the old OS in extended support, for which users pay a premium. Why so many customers are yet to upgrade may be down to a few factors combined. First, growth in device spending is more sluggish than other technology sectors. Gartner has forecast a 6.1 percent uptick in 2026, compared with 14.7 percent for software and 31.7 percent for datacenters. Meanwhile, estimates from last year suggested 400 million systems could not be upgraded to Windows 11 because of Microsoft's hardware requirements, including mandatory TPM 2.0 chips and relatively modern processors. European campaigners flagged the Windows 11 upgrade as a textbook case for EU intervention, arguing that vendor-imposed software cutoffs, not hardware failure, were rendering perfectly serviceable PCs obsolete and needlessly adding to electronic waste. Microsoft subsequently blinked, offering consumers in the European Economic Area no-strings extended support for Windows 10 after the October deadline. HP – which is not interested in pure software upgrades per se – had pinned its hopes on support expiry to kickstart a massive refresh cycle. It was slow to take off and adoption of the OS continues to lag trends seen in previous generations. HP's other best hope is AI. "Both short run and long run, as a lot of customers are moving workloads to the edge, with rising cost of Gen AI, that is a great opportunity, we believe... That is where we will see commercial demand remain strong," Patel said. Analysts previously told The Reg that relatively high prices and a lack of killer applications meant customers were in no rush to buy so-called AI PCs. HP's revenue grew 9 percent year-on-year to $14.41 billion in Q2 of its fiscal 2026 ended April 30, beating analyst estimates. Net profit was $450 million versus $406 million. ®
Warenhuisketen de Bijenkorf heeft veel last van zuinige consumenten. De klantbestedingen zijn afgelopen jaar op vergelijkbare basis met meer dan 8 procent gedaald. De Bijenkorf merkte ook dat zijn webshop minder bezoekers kreeg dan een jaar eerder.
Topman Sean Hill spreekt van een "uitdagende markt". Volgens de keten staat de premium- en luxemarkt onder aanhoudende druk.
De jaarcijfers over 2025 zijn iets lastiger te interpreteren dan andere jaren. Dat komt omdat de jaar-op-jaarvergelijking wordt beïnvloed door het verkorte boekjaar 2024, dat slechts elf maanden duurde. De Bijenkorf had besloten van verslagperiode te veranderen. 2025 telde weer gewoon twaalf maanden. Technisch gezien liet de jaaromzet over 2025 daardoor wel een toename zien, van bijna 3 procent.
De winst, gecorrigeerd voor onder meer belastingen, is opgelopen tot een kleine 25 miljoen euro, bijna 1 miljoen euro meer dan in 2024. Dat is volgens de Bijenkorf te danken aan verdere margeverbeteringen en strakkere kostenbeheersing.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Verenigde Staten gaan de toegang van Iraanse luchtvaartmaatschappijen tot landingsplaatsen, tankstations en ticketverkopen blokkeren. Dat meldt de Amerikaanse financiënminister Scott Bessent op X, zonder verder in detail te treden. Volgens Bessent storten de Iraanse economie en munt in door de economische campagne tegen het land.
"Hun militairen worden niet betaald, de politie komt niet opdagen en het eiland Kharg is afgesloten", aldus Bessent. Het grootste deel van de Iraanse olie wordt via het eiland geëxporteerd. "Alleen een bevredigend resultaat in de onderhandelingen zal een einde maken aan de neerwaartse spiraal."
De Verenigde Staten hebben sancties ingevoerd tegen de nieuwe Iraanse autoriteit voor controle rond de Straat van Hormuz (PGSA). Bessent waarschuwt met de PGSA in zee te gaan voor toestemming om door de Straat van Hormuz te varen. "We hebben bedrijven en overheidsinstanties gewaarschuwd geen tol te betalen of dit te verbergen als steunbetalingen."
Italian’s dream of career slam goes up in smoke
World No 1 fades after on-court temperatures soar
Jannik Sinner’s bid for a maiden French Open title and career grand slam went up in smoke as he wilted in his second-round match against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and fell to a 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 defeat on a scorching Thursday.
Sinner won the opening two sets with ease 6-3, 6-2 and was up 5-1 in the third set before dropping three games and asking for medical treatment off the court, only to lose two straight sets before going down in the decider.
Continue reading...Cases remain ‘consistently high’ – with 10,406 infections last year, 26% more than in 2016
The number of people in England struck by salmonella poisoning after eating contaminated food has reached its highest level for a decade.
There were 10,406 laboratory-confirmed cases last year of non-typhoidal salmonella, the type of the bacteria found in contaminated foods such as meat, poultry and eggs.
Continue reading...Consider the Sister: an interview with Amy Wallace. “It was hard work being David Foster Wallace’s little sister. It still is. The job of preserving the memory of her brother as a complex, vibrant, often joyful person has fallen to her.”