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Cases of fraud linked to open banking payments remain well below the wider industry average, despite the technology’s increased use and the rising rates of scams, new research has found. In its latest report on financial crime, Open Banking Limited (OBL) has found that fraud affecting open banking payments accounted for just 0.013% of transactions ...
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Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share that expires on January 8.Late last week, the WBD board unanimously accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share. That breaks down to $23.25... Read more ›
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The Boys' fifth and final season is headed to Amazon Prime Video on April 8th, 2026. In addition to a release date, Prime Video revealed the trailer for season five during CCXP in Brazil, offering a look at the reunion between Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, as reported earlier by Variety. The Boys […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more ›
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a “superior alternative to the Netflix transaction,” citing […] Read more ›
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more ›
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For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women — the factors preventing them from having kids, whether mothers can balance work and family, if feminism has led women astray. But what about men and what they think? Demographers focused on fertility trends have […] Read more ›
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more ›
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Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission Read more ›
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After a bidding war that reportedly also involved Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, and Apple, on December 5th, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, buying the studio, HBO / HBO Max, Warner Games, and more, while leaving cable and sports assets, including CNN, TNT Sports, and the Discovery channels out. A few […] Read more ›
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Looking for the absolute best phone camera for your budget? These are the ones I highly recommend. Read more ›
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After Netflix announced that it was acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery last week, observers immediatley wondered when or if the deal could obtain regulatory approval. Now, President Trump has made comments indicating that said approval is likely to take awhile if it happens at all, Bloomberg reported. "Well, that’s got to go through a process, and we’ll see what happens," Trump told reporters in a recent Q&A scrum. "But it is... Read more ›
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Today, I’m talking with Willem Avé, who’s head of product at Square. You know Square — it was started by billionaire Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame, more than 15 years ago, and it got big on the back of that little magnetic reader that plugged into the headphone jack of the iPhone and let small […] Read more ›
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Amazon's budget Blink smart home brand is adding AI-generated video descriptions as a new benefit for subscribers. Blink Video Descriptions are text descriptions of the motion doorbells and cameras capture, and they’ll be available in beta starting today, November 17.Not unlike Ring Video Descriptions, a feature offered on Amazon's other smart home brand, Blink's AI-generated descriptions are supposed to be a concise way to check out what's happening in and... Read more ›
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Colombia’s emergence as one of Latin America’s most dynamic tourism markets stems from a deliberate, long-term strategy grounded in connectivity, confidence, and community. With new air routes expanding global access and a growing focus on sustainability and inclusion, the country is reshaping the future of modern tourism. Read more ›
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AI advances made through group’s custom processor hits Nvidia’s stock and prompts ChatGPT maker to declare ‘code red’ Read more ›
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Paramount just launched at $30 offer for all of WBD, after Netflix won the bidding war. Read more ›
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Tech giants including Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon have all extended the estimated useful lives of their servers and AI equipment over the past five years, sparking a debate among investors about whether these accounting changes are artificially inflating profits. Meta this year increased its depreciation timeline for most servers and network assets to 5.5 years, up from four to five years previously and as little as three years in... Read more ›
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Less than a fifth (19%) of organisations in the UK have implemented a comprehensive AI strategy, despite widespread adoption, according to new research. Research from the law firm Shoosmiths with FT Longitude has found that AI governance is not a top priority for many firms, with less than a quarter (24%) citing regulatory compliance as ... Read more ›
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London-based payments firm Sokin has increased its valuation to $300m (£226m) after securing a $50m (£37.7m) Series B investment. Known for its business-facing cross border payments products, Sokin has seen a period of rapid growth, with its reported revenue doubling year-on-year. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, Sokin said it will continue to build ... Read more ›
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This week’s podcast guest is Abu Bakkar, chief innovation officer at HLB International, who discusses how artificial intelligence is transforming the priorities of the professional services sector, the challenges this presents to the next generation of consultancy recruits and why upskilling has become mandatory. HLB International is a global network of advisory and accounting firms. ... Read more ›
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Software-focused growth equity firm Expedition Growth Capital has announced that it has raised a third investment fund, worth $375m (£283.8m). Founded in 2020, the London and Boston-based investor counts 17 software firms in its portfolio across nine European countries. According to Expedition, it favours backing founders with a “use” but not a “need” for capital. ... Read more ›
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The UK has bold ambitions to lead the global clean energy transition, but those ambitions rest on the shoulders of its startup businesses. We make up a third of all greentech companies in the UK, driving key innovations, while still being a relatively young sector with around 70% being in seed or venture stage. The ... Read more ›
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London-based fintech group Bourn has raised £3.5m in funding from a host of backers including NatWest Group. Founded in 2024, Bourn offers businesses flexible working capital and overdraft services via its trade account. The group said its mission is to tackle the funding gap faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by removing the friction ... Read more ›
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UK-based venture capital (VC) funds have been quietly outperforming equivalents in the US and Europe since 2020, according to a new report. Research from the British Business Bank has found the UK VC market has performed well compared to counterparts in other regions. The report looked at VC funds launched between 2020 and 2023 and ... Read more ›
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A new frontier AI research lab is coming to London via a five-year partnership between Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London announced on Tuesday. The lab will focus on foundational challenges regarding safety, reliability, frontier capabilities and broader societal and economic impacts in an effort to pursue world-leading academic research in AI. It will also ... Read more ›
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Climate impact specialist investor Elbow Beach will be working with clean tech founders from Imperial College London as part of a joint programme to advance the sector. The partnership will see the investment firm work with the Grantham Institute, a climate change focused research facility at the university and the Dyson School of Design and ... Read more ›
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British trade organisation the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has claimed that the UK will lose the global AI race without “urgent action” to increase the country’s nuclear capacity. In a new report the NIA found that the electricity demand from UK data centres is set to increase by more than fivefold by 2030, driven by ... Read more ›
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