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• Bei der Wahl zum New York City Council wird die Unterstützung durch Zohran Mamdani angezweifelt, da der Amtsinhaber mit niedrigen Umfragewerten und einer gespaltenen Basis zu kämpfen hat. • Der entschlossene Kandidat weigert sich trotz schlechter Zahlen, zugunsten eines zentristischen Herausforderers zurückzutreten. • Dieses lokale Rennen signalisiert eine sich verschiebende Dynamik der Demokraten in der Stadtpolitik mit nationalen Auswirkungen.

Patrick Vallance erklärt, dass die Regierung mit chinesischen Beamten zusammenarbeitet, um Beiträge auf Alibaba nach der Biobank-Datenpanne von letzter Woche zu entfernen. Seit der letzte Woche gemeldeten Datenpanne gab es weitere Einträge vertraulicher Gesundheitsakten von britischen Freiwilligen auf der chinesischen Website Alibaba, und die Regierung stellt sich auf weitere Lecks ein, wie der Wissenschaftsminister mitteilte. In einer Debatte im House of Lords über den versuchten Verkauf von Daten von 500.000 UK Biobank-Freiwilligen erklärte Patrick Vallance, dass die Regierung mit chinesischen Beamten zusammengearbeitet habe, um zusätzliche Beiträge auf dem Online-Marktplatz zu entfernen.

TPOR poll of 1,018 likely voters puts Talarico ahead of John Cornyn by three percentage points and Ken Paxton by fiveUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats’ hopes of winning control of the US Senate in November’s midterm elections have been boosted by a poll showing James Talarico, the party’s candidate in Texas, leading in a head-to-head matchup against two potential Republican opponents.The Texas public opinion research (TPOR) survey has Talarico, a Democratic state legislator, ahead of the GOP incumbent senator, John Cornyn, and his internal party challenger, Ken Paxton, in one-on-one contests. Continue reading...

‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in powerWelsh Labour is the democratic world’s most successful election-winning machine, coming first in Wales in every general election since 1922 and every devolved election since 1999. Come next month’s Senedd election, however, this history-making run is expected to end.Labour’s collapse has left a vacuum, and former Labour voters are going to opposite ends of the political spectrum. Plaid Cymru and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are neck and neck in the latest poll, although coalition maths make it highly unlikely Reform would be able to form a government. Continue reading...

• Google unveiled seventh-generation TPUs on April 27, boasting 4.7x performance gains over prior versions for AI inference. • The chips support Google's $175-185 billion 2026 CapEx, aiming for margin expansion through in-house silicon. • Analysts note reduced reliance on Nvidia GPUs, potentially shifting U.S. AI hardware market dynamics worth $100 billion annually.

• Carson Hocevar secured his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory at Talladega Superspeedway, marking a major breakthrough moment in his racing career. • The win came following a dramatic race that featured a major crash, demonstrating Hocevar's ability to overcome adversity and capitalize on opportunities. • This maiden Cup Series victory represents a significant milestone for Hocevar as he continues to establish himself as a competitive force in NASCAR's top series.

The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walkThe world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a space race, this time with China. And China may well win.Both countries plan to build inhabited lunar bases – the first settlement on another celestial body – as well as searching for rare resources and using the deep space environment to test technology for future crewed missions to Mars. Continue reading...

Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting economic fallout from the Iran war, surveys show, as businesses prepare to raise their prices and consumers brace for a fresh cost of living shock.Highlighting the knock-on impact of the Middle East crisis in Britain, several closely-watched surveys of business activity and consumer confidence blamed the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran for a marked deterioration in the outlook in April. Continue reading...