Microsoft beat analysts’ expectations in its latest quarterly report, saying Wednesday that the results were partly driven by its cloud and artificial intelligence divisions. The tech giant reported $90 billion in revenue and $35.8 billion in net income in the last quarter of its fiscal year, which ended in June, potentially alleviating concerns from
WRISE’s initial HKD30 million investment accelerates WRISE AI Labs while the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Wu as Group Chief Scientist and a strategic collaboration with Panorama reinforces the Group’s long-term AI-native wealth management strategy HONG KONG SAR- Media OutReach Newswire – 30 July 2026 – WRISE Group (“WRISE”), one of Asia’s fastest-growing independent wealth management
Martin Lewis has an arsenal of tricks to help people save money (Image: Jeff Spicer/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA) I, like every other motorist who owns or finances their car, go through the annual task of reinsuring my car. How much your insurance costs often depends on a variety of factors. These include your job, age,
Everyone has a vice, and mine is my morning coffee. While this vice sounds superficially harmless, I drink my coffee on an empty stomach—my jet fuel for my 7:00 a.m. workout classes. There are a few things beauty and wellness experts advise against, like using hot tools on unprotected hair and skipping sunscreen daily, but
A breakdown of Ireland’s 2025 energy mix illustrates the sheer dominance of fossil fuels, adding up to 83 per cent of usage. UCC energy analyst Prof Brian Ó Gallachóir, described it as “a form of madness” at a recent Energy Ireland conference. Energy system decarbonisation is actually in train. Fossil fuels peaked in 2008 with
The projects will use Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Light technology for power conversion and transmission. Credit: ©Hitachi Energy Ltd. Hitachi Energy and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have been awarded contracts by TenneT to deliver two new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grid connections, Nederwiek3 in the Netherlands and LanWin5 in Germany. The projects, announced under the companies’
Delegations from the transmission system operator and the energy markets association discussed efforts to reduce electricity costs for households and businesses, and ways to make the new competitive energy market more efficient, both organisations said on Thursday. According to both sides, the energy markets association “presented proposals and positions on issues which fall within the
Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Musk’s company sued on Monday in federal court, days before the law is set to take effect on
X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register Bradford-based lender, Vanquis Bank, says its profitable growth continued in the first half, with strong credit quality performance and its technology transformation remaining on track. Publishing its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2026, the business reported a
Key Takeaways Wholesale energy refers to buying and selling large quantities of energy products, primarily electricity, in the wholesale market by producers and retailers. The development of wholesale energy markets followed the deregulation and restructuring of utilities and electricity markets globally in the 1990s. Besides utility companies, independent renewable energy producers and large consumers are