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One of the UK’s biggest IT suppliers has said it’s in “active” M&A discussions after posting a more than doubling of profits. Bellshill-based Kick ICT, which offers IT solutions and network infrastructure services, recently acquired Microsoft Dynamics specialist C2 Software for an undisclosed fee, representing the firm’s ninth acquisition in eight years. “M&A continues to ...
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Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said on Bluesky that Trump's aggressive tariffs, combined with DOGE cuts, could cause long-term economic harm. Read more ›
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Coordinated nationwide protests against the Trump administration drew large crowds. Business Insider was there. Read more ›
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People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re being put on by over 150 different organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, and span more than 1,200 locations. Last weekend, “Tesla Takedown” protests […] Read more ›
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Musk during a talk with Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he'd like to see a "free trade zone" between Europe and the US. Read more ›
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Musk defended DOGE's work during a meeting with Italy's League Party, arguing that the task force has exhibited "extreme transparency." Read more ›
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DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED. Read more ›
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The Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station last summer. NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore took manual control, remembers Ars Technica, "But as Starliner's thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go..." Starliner had flown to within a stone's throw of the space station, a safe harbor, if only they could reach it. But already, the failure of... Read more ›
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"We will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law," a spokesperson for DHS said. Read more ›
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As President Donald Trump’s tariffs set in, it may well be time to say goodbye to the under-$30,000 car. Read more ›
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Kevin Bacon discussed losing money in former financier Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme nearly two decades ago, when the criminal operation collapsed. Read more ›
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My 10-month-old accidentally bumped his head while getting his diaper changed in the plane. I obsessed about his health during our entire trip. Read more ›
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Plus: Another DOGE operative allegedly has a history in the hacking world, and Donald Trump’s national security adviser apparently had way more Signal chats than previously known. Read more ›
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Bill Gates said Microsoft had to "build teams in a more mixed, diverse set of skills than I expected." Read more ›
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Greta Lee, Jared Leto, and Jeff Bridges star in the third film in the Tron series, out October 10. Read more ›
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Amazon's new feature could make it easier to get into the latest release in a series, especially if it's been some time since you've read the previous books. The new Recaps feature is part of the latest software update for the Kindle, and the company compares it to "Previously on..." segments you can watch for TV shows. Amazon announced Recaps in a blog post, where it said that you can... Read more ›
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Trump's tariff hike mirrors the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which exacerbated the Great Depression and led to a major shift in US trade policy. Read more ›
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"The third James Bond novel was published on this day in 1955," writes long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger. Film buff Christian Petrozza shares some history: In 1979, the market was hot amid the studios to make the next big space opera. Star Wars blew up the box office in 1977 with Alien soon following and while audiences eagerly awaited the next installment of George Lucas' The Empire Strikes Back, Hollywood was... Read more ›
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Microsoft's latest WHAMM model builds on its predecessor. It is now capable of delivering a real-time AI-generated gaming experience with user input support. Read more ›
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The Seasonic Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition PSU features effortless power delivery and advanced cooling. Read more ›
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Law firm’s model focuses on time-intensive work that requires input of senior associates or partners Read more ›
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A Labour MP has launched a ‘Y Combinator for Wales’ in a bid to support budding tech talent in the country. MP for the Vale of Glamorgan, Kanishka Narayan, has unveiled the Vale Startup Accelerator – a first-of-its-kind programme to support early-stage businesses and unlock the region’s entrepreneurial potential. Backed by local and national partners, ... Read more ›
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An AI-powered video commerce platform has landed $7m in a Series AI funding round. London-based Unravel is seeking to become the “TikTok of travel”by turning creator content into travel bookings. Unravel said it will use the funding to enhance its AI capabilities to optimise video-commerce conversions and expand its London-based team, hiring top-tier talent in ... Read more ›
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A friend of mine once worked for consulting firm that won a government contract. For the next nine months he was deployed with a Whitehall department to support digital transformation projects. The work started off well, but after a while, he and colleagues ran out of things to do, and began to be ignored. For ... Read more ›
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Revolut has warned that Brits are the most vulnerable to WhatsApp scams in Europe, as the neobank intensifies its demands liability to repay fraud to be handed to social media platforms. New research from the fintech has claimed that UK WhatsApp users lost on average £2,437 to scams last year, the most in the continent. ... Read more ›
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Much of the immediate reaction to the Spring Statement has focused on cuts to public spending, and rightly so. In truth, however, I have some sympathy for the position the government is in. When Labour came to power last summer, it was no secret where their priorities lay – growth. And yet, with a chaotic ... Read more ›
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Hampshire-based low carbon heating tech startup Caldera has secured a £10m investment from major German industrial group GEA. GEA, which is mostly active in the food and beverages sector, plans to use the company’s green heating solutions for its customers. Caldera has developed a boiler that stores renewable electricity sourced from on-site solar panels and ... Read more ›
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Featurespace CEO Martina King will exit the fraud prevention firm following its acquisition by Visa. King, who ran the Cambridge-based company for over a decade since 2012, will step down as it begins operations as a Visa product. Jason Blackhurst, a senior vice president for innovation and strategic partnerships at Visa will be tasked with ... Read more ›
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Isomorphic Labs, a spinout of Google DeepMind developing AI drug discovery technology, has raised $600m (£464.6m) in its first external funding round since its formation in 2021. The company is the latest venture from Sir Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning co-founder and CEO of DeepMind and UK government AI advisor. Hassabis launched Isomorphic from within ... Read more ›
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Shares in Cirata made a slight recovery today after the cloud analytics firm said it had ‘moved from rescue to recovery’. The Sheffield-based business posted a rise in revenues, a narrowing of losses and a forecast of further growth for the year ahead. The stock rose as much as 9%, but remains down 70% over ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Chris Anderson, head of TED, discusses why the collapse of the ideals of the tech industry over the last 15 years, embodied by the behaviour Elon Musk, represents a crushing disappointment. Anderson took over TED – which hosts viral talks at its conferences – from its founder Richard Saul Wurman in ... Read more ›
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