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When digital banks first arrived on the scene a decade ago, Britain’s high street rivals were rattled. Centuries-old institutions that had never seen much competition were suddenly threatened by a group of twenty-something coders in T-shirts. It was an opportune time to disrupt the sector. The 2008 financial crash had wrought havoc on the high ...
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An acoustically-optimized power supply that prioritizes silence and efficiency over premium components, delivering impressive thermal performance and modern connectivity at a competitive price point. Read more ›
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In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books available for free. Read more ›
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Instacart is ending its AI-powered pricing tests, which led some users to see higher prices on certain products than others. "Now, if two families are shopping for the same items, at the same time, from the same store location on Instacart, they see the same prices - period," Instacart writes in a blog post on […] Read more ›
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The Indie Game Awards has stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of two major awards, including Game of the Year and Debut Game. This is due to developer Sandfall Interactive's use of generative AI, as reported by Mashable. This looks to be fairly cut and dry. The awards ceremony clearly states in its FAQ that any game that uses generative AI in the development process would be "strictly ineligible" for nominations.... Read more ›
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Chrome's AI Mode is evolving beyond simple chat interfaces. Soon, the browser will be able to reference your recent tabs and answer questions about content you opened earlier. Read more ›
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Before we tell you know what we think, and before we get to what you think, we thought we'd do something a little bit different this as part of our usual end-of-year celebrations. What, we wondered, do the people who actually make the games think? As so we've chatted with the developers behind some of our favourite 2025 releases to find out which new games have resonated most with them... Read more ›
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The company made 80 times as many reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first six months of 2025 as it did in the same period a year prior. Read more ›
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Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI's CEO, has described using AI for guidance on life decisions as "something that the world needs." Read more ›
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A group of activists has scraped Spotify's entire library, accessing 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files totaling roughly 300TB of data. The metadata has been released via Anna's Archive, a search engine for "shadow libraries" that previously focused on books. Spotify described the activists as "anti-copyright extremists who've previously pirated content from YouTube and other platforms" and confirmed it is actively investigating the incident. The... Read more ›
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Nick Woolsey spent his 20s living in Japan. He figured it would be easier to raise his children back in the States, but now he's returning to Japan. Read more ›
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Kate Winslet became"very famous very quickly," after starring in "Titanic" in 1997, and the press was quick to body shame her. Read more ›
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Time-travelling psychological horror game Cronos: The New Dawn is finally getting an additional, easier difficulty mode for people who want less of a gameplay challenge. Read more Read more ›
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YouTube TV cancellations spiked to the highest level in a year during the Disney blackout. Its rivals also saw surges, however. Read more ›
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The world's largest asset manager is promoting its underperforming bitcoin fund over higher-fee winners, signaling long-term commitment. Read more ›
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Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said the US needs to shift away from "power-hungry" chips, but Nvidia has a "death grip" on the sector. Read more ›
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Paramount and Netflix's bidding war for WBD heats up as Paramount revises its offer with a $40.4 billion guarantee from Larry Ellison. Read more ›
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The AI data center build-out, as it currently stands, is dependent on two things: Nvidia chips and borrowed money. Perhaps it was inevitable that people would begin using Nvidia chips to borrow money. As the craze has gone on, I have begun to worry about the weaknesses of the AI data center boom; looking deeper […] Read more ›
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Trump is touting tariff revenues and a shrinking trade deficit as his economic accomplishments ahead or midterms, but economists say it's complicated. Read more ›
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Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's activity across other apps and websites for personalized advertising, as part of a feature named App Tracking Transparency. If a user selects the "Ask App Not to Track" option,... Read more ›
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Monzo has secured a full banking licence to operate in the European Union, with plans to bring its fintech product to new markets in the continent. The digital bank has become on of the most successful in the UK since its launch in 2015, having amassed more than 12 million customers in its home market. ... Read more ›
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Safeguards to ensure appropriate use of AI tools have “improved” but vulnerabilities remain, according to a comprehensive test from a government-appointed body. The AI Security Institute (AISI) tested the safeguarding features of the most advanced AI systems as part of its landmark Frontier AI Trends Report. The organisation found that while strides have been made ... Read more ›
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UK scale-ups are gearing up for a sharp rise in artificial intelligence investment, with new research showing UK businesses plan to increase AI spending by an average of 40% over the next two years. What was once enterprise-only technology, is becoming a central part of how scaling companies operate, compete and plan for the future. ... Read more ›
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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has announced the launch of the Women in Tech Taskforce to champion diversity in the UK tech sector and boost economic growth. With research showing women leaving tech leads to estimated loss of up to £3.5B every year, the taskforce will aim to ‘break down barriers’ that hold women back from ... Read more ›
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Sheffield-based startup Future Greens, which builds bioreactors to convert unavoidable food and brewery waste into heat and power, has secured £500,000 in investment. The combination of £340,000 equity and a £160,000 government grant will be used to develop the company’s proprietary tenfold improvement to anaerobic digestion technology for its brewery customers. The funding will also ... Read more ›
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Bournemouth-based Ace High Sports has secured £600,000 to support its creation of video games for sports and playing card fans. The round is made up of £300,000 in equity funding from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund via appointed fund manager The FSE Group, plus participation from private investors and grant funding from ... Read more ›
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Starling Group’s SaaS business Engine by Starling has opened its new London headquarters, which will be home to more than 300 engineering, delivery and client services experts following its latest hiring spree. Engine previously shared the Starling Group’s HQ at the Fruit and Wool Exchange in Spitalfields, where the company acquired more space in November ... Read more ›
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GreenScale, a London-based developer of hyperscale data centre campuses, has announced a strategic collaboration with critical digital infrastructure solution provider Vertiv to deliver factory-integrated data centre platforms in Europe that are engineered for AI workloads. As part of the strategic partnership, GreenScale will manage construction and site-wide infrastructure, while Vertiv will provide AI-ready data centre ... Read more ›
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Ankar, an AI startup developing technology to support patent protections, has secured a $20m (£15m) Series A investment. The company claims to have developed a unified platform to replace the fragmented process of securing patents. According to Ankar, its platform works across the entire lifecycle of a patent, from novelty and prior art analysis to ... Read more ›
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Earlier this year, it was reported that up to 51,000 faces were scanned in a single day by live facial recognition cameras near London Underground stations. The Metropolitan Police described the initiative as an important step in public safety. Many Londoners, however, saw it differently – it shone a light on the concerns that some ... Read more ›
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