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• Meta melaporkan komitmen kontraktual senilai $107 miliar untuk layanan cloud Q1 2026 guna mendorong pengembangan model AI. • Investasi agresif mencakup ekspansi pusat data dan kesepakatan rantai pasokan untuk komponen perangkat keras AI. • Perusahaan mengharapkan terobosan AI pada akhir tahun 2026, berupaya memonetisasi riset tingkat lanjut.

• DPR AS (House of Representatives) mengadopsi resolusi anggaran yang telah disetujui Senat pada 29 April 2026, yang memfasilitasi pendanaan miliaran dolar bagi Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dan Customs and Border Protection (CBP). • Partai Republik menggunakan prosedur penghindaran filibuster untuk memajukan cetak biru anggaran tersebut, yang dikritik oleh politisi Demokrat seperti Anggota Kongres Doris Matsui karena memprioritaskan penegakan hukum di atas kebutuhan lainnya. • Langkah ini mendukung kebijakan imigrasi pemerintahan Trump di tengah perdebatan keamanan perbatasan yang sedang berlangsung dan tekanan pemilihan paruh waktu.

WPP dituduh melanggar kebijakan iklimnya setelah laporan mengungkapkan firma tersebut terkait dengan iklan minyak dua kali lebih banyak dibanding rivalnya di AS. Sebuah konglomerat periklanan Inggris telah membantu perusahaan minyak ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, dan BP menghabiskan sekitar $1,5 miliar (£1,1 miliar) untuk iklan di AS sejak Perjanjian Paris 2015 untuk mengatasi krisis iklim, menurut sebuah laporan. WPP yang berbasis di London merupakan grup periklanan terkemuka yang melayani industri minyak AS selama dekade terakhir, menurut analisis oleh platform investigasi iklim DeSmog. Angka tersebut hampir dua kali lipat dibandingkan jumlah yang terkait dengan para pesaingnya di AS, Omnicom dan Interpublic Group (IPG), yang melakukan merger pada bulan November. Lanjutkan membaca...

Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher HarborneNigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal.Farage had already stated he did not intend to stand as a prospective MP but U-turned within weeks of receiving the personal gift from the Thai-based businessman. Continue reading...

Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to IndiaIt remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history – what to do with the descendants of Pablo Escobar’s hippos?The animals – herbivores native to sub-Saharan Africa – were originally imported into Colombia by the drug kingpin for his own entertainment. But the beasts and their offspring were left to roam free after his death in 1993. Continue reading...

• Medicare underpayments to hospitals totaled more than $100 billion in 2024, according to testimony provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by the American Hospital Association. • Hospitals are managing significant cost pressures while treating a sicker, more medically complex, and aging patient population, with persistent misalignments between care provision and reimbursement rates. • The financial strain reflects broader healthcare system challenges as providers struggle with inadequate government reimbursement alongside rising operational costs.

Anant Ambani, the son of tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he had put in a formal request to the Colombian government to stay a decision to kill the animals.