Mathematician James Maynard has spent a lot of time this past year “soul searching.” A professor at the University of Oxford and winner of the prestigious Fields Medal, Maynard told The Verge he’s been grappling with the future of his field as the traditionally slow-moving discipline hurries to adapt to AI. Days before we spoke,
EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo. The deal was announced after rival suitor Castlelake said it was dropping out of the bid battle for the no-frills airline. EasyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines. It employs more than 19,000 people, and flies around 1,200 routes across
Perhaps the biggest additions from the MI investment have come in the form of commercial expertise and global reach. “MI have got teams around the world and business around the world, so that’s something we’ve learned from them,” Elworthy said. “The Hundred previously was pretty local. Whereas now, I think we’ve actually got a global
PayPal is apparently still open to Stripe’s $53.4 billion takeover bid, but not at the price Stripe had offered. On the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings conference call on Tuesday, PayPal CEO Enrique Lores did not completely rule out the idea of a deal, saying the company would consider a path that creates “superior value” for
No-frills airline EasyJet says it has accepted in principle a £5.7bn takeover proposal from US firm Apollo Management, just days after accepting an offer from a rival suitor. The Luton-based airline said Apollo’s bid delivered “a superior result” to investors than the previous offer from US investment firm Castlelake which EasyJet had also accepted in