It’s getting too hot to fly: climate‑driven heat waves are forcing airlines to dump passengers and cargo

Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies. Yet extreme heat also disrupts flights and travel plans. On the hottest days, thinner air can make it harder for aircraft to get off the ground safely. Airlines […]

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Sir Martin Sorrell has identified the key AI skill for the future: ‘People who share will be the new kings and queens’

“Power comes not from knowledge kept but from knowledge shared,” Bill Gates said in 1999, the year OpenAI CEO Sam Altman turned 14. “A company’s values and reward system should reflect that idea.” Proud MBA holders the world over are well aware of the predilection for the opposite—what the academics Catherine Connelly and David Zweig christened “knowledge hiding”. In a business, what you know that others don’t can still confer advantages and hoarding […]

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Palantir shares jump 13% as U.S. AI demand sends revenue soaring past targets

Palantir blew past Wall Street’s financial targets in its second quarter and forecast strong growth in the coming months, sending its stock surging 13% in after-hours trading on Monday. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 increased 93% year over year, totaling $1.94 billion, compared with the $1.801 billion that analysts were expecting. The […]

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