ONE ICY MORNING IN FEBRUARY, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state. There were Republicans and Democrats fr

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In a recent survey of business leaders, MIT Technology Review Insights found that 94% of firms were using generative AI as part of their software development process. Some were running nothing more th

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Centrica focuses on investment: Lower energy prices weighed on Centrica’s full-year earnings for 2025, which fell 40% from a year earlier, says Rachel Millard in the Financial Times. The owner of Brit