Bosses don’t like the sound of a ‘four-day workweek’. Maybe it’s time to rebrand it

We keep hearing that the four-day workweek is the future. So why are so few businesses actually adopting it?Belgium, Iceland and Lithuania have passed legislation requiring the practice, and other countries in Europe are piloting the idea. Hundreds of companies in the UK have signed up for to give this a try. Microsoft tested the concept in Japan. Non-profits such as the 4 Day Week Foundation and WorkFour are dedicated to expanding the concept

Ryanair to shut Berlin base as it blames rise in German aviation tax

Ryanair is to shut its Berlin operating base and cut its winter schedule to the German capital in half, blaming soaring aviation taxes in the country.The Irish budget carrier said its relocation of seven aircraft to other centres would reduce its Berlin passenger numbers from 4.5 million to 2.2 million a year, with flights in and out of the city served from October by planes based at other airports.Staff at the facility are being offered transfers to other European bases

Musk and Altman’s bitter feud over OpenAI to be laid bare in court

The bitter rivalry between two of the tech world’s most powerful men arrives in court this week, as Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI heads to trial in Oakland, California. The case is set to feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of the AI boom.Musk’s suit, filed in 2024, focuses on the formative years of OpenAI when he, Altman and others co-founded the artificial intelligence company as a nonprofit with a grand purpose.“OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return,” reads the company’s mission statement, published in late 2015

UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres

One vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers.The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) thinks AI datacentres will consume 6GW of electricity by 2030. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) appears to think they will use less than a tenth of that

Surrey v Essex, Notts v Warwickshire, and more: county cricket, day three – live

West to Sophia Gardens, where the two promoted teams are enjoying some extended batting practice. Stevie Eskinazi has just been out for 50 to Andy Gorvin, but Jonny Tattersall (58) is still there and Leicestershire, 441-5 have a lead over Glamorgan of one run.A second fifty of the match for Duckett, fast catching up HH who is nurdling ever closer to three figures…Notts 215-1, lead by 35.A big win for Worcestershire and an equalled record for Gareth Roderick who took nine catches in the match – a record for a Worcestershire keeper.New Road: Worcestershire 447 BEAT Kent 196 and 249 by an innings and two runs

UFC president Dana White says experience at press dinner shooting was ‘awesome’

While many of those present during the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner were shocked by Saturday night’s events, UFC CEO Dana White seemed to rather enjoy himself.White, a long-time ally of Donald Trump, was sitting near the front of the ballroom hosting the dinner when the event was interrupted by the sound of gunfire. Rather than trying to find a safe place to hide during the chaos, White was enthused by the scene.“All of a sudden, it just started getting noisy,” White told reporters of the aftermath of the shooting. “Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and they were screaming ‘Get down!’ I didn’t get down – it was fucking awesome