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Growth capital investment group BGF has named its head of portfolio Ben Barker (pictured) as its new chief investment officer. Barker has spent a decade at the investment group, which has backed firms including Oxa, Paddle and Dice. He joined the firm as an investor in 2016 based out of Manchester. Barker was named head ...
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The Trump administration appears to be planning to leverage the same playbook used in Minnesota to go after other blue states. Read more ›
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Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first customer for Nuton Technologies, which developed the "bioleaching" technology. AWS will also be providing "cloud-based data and analytics support," helping to optimize Nuton's mining […] Read more ›
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"I think they spent upwards of $20, $25 on it," Scott Adams complained in 1999. Read more ›
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The Twin Cities, and much of the nation, are still reeling from ICE agent Jonathan Ross shooting and killing Renee Good last week. The local resistance to the federal immigration forces deployed in and around Minneapolis has grown, and the Trump administration’s rhetoric against Good and the protesters around Minneapolis has heated up. On Thursday, […] Read more ›
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NY State Governor Kathy Hochul wants 3D printer manufacturers to make it impossible to 3D print guns. Read more ›
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Fundraising campaigns for a Ford employee who was suspended after shouting at President Trump have raised hundreds of thousands. Read more ›
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Google plans on stopping all unnecessary echoes in Meet by getting users to join via Companion Mode automatically. Read more ›
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Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" from Trump Mobile. The company first announced its T1 Phone more than six months ago, but is yet to ship a single phone to buyers. The letter […] Read more ›
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If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot — and get a lot in return. Buying Nintendo’s own $89 Switch 2 Pro Controller, for instance, will net you the console’s only wireless controller with a 3.5mm headphone jack for private listening, not to mention great-feeling […] Read more ›
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Google is aware of the WhisperPair vulnerability, but fixing it requires a patch from your audio device's manufacturer. Read more ›
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Digital rights group debunks rumors that the X ban has been lifted in Venezuela and confirms that there has not been any meaningful changes to the country's internet censorship practices since Maduro's capture. Read more ›
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Elon Musk said Ryanair "will lose customers to airlines that do have internet" after its CEO said he wasn't interested in Starlink. Read more ›
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Hegseth's effort to punish a US senator "places other retirees who have spoken up potentially in jeopardy," a military law expert said. Read more ›
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From Gilded Age tycoons to modern tech billionaires, here are the richest Americans in history, and how they built fortunes that defined their eras. Read more ›
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The second season of Amazon's excellent Fallout show is currently airing, but the company is already looking to expand its programming around the popular franchise. Prime Video has greenlit a unscripted reality show titled Fallout Shelter. It will be a ten-episode run with Studio Lambert, the team behind reality projects including Squid Game: The Challenge and The Traitors, as its primary producer. Bethesda Game Studios’ head honcho Todd Howard is... Read more ›
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Why copilots stall and context-aware AI is essential for real enterprise decision-making. Read more ›
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American buses in cities like New York and San Francisco crawl along at about eight miles per hour -- barely faster than a brisk walk -- and one surprisingly simple fix could make them faster without requiring new infrastructure or controversial policy changes. The issue, according to a Works in Progress analysis, is that US bus stops sit far too close together. Mean spacing in American cities is roughly 313... Read more ›
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As part of Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, parent company Wikimedia announced a slew of partnerships with AI-focused companies like Amazon, Meta, Perplexity, Microsoft and others. The deals are meant to alleviate some of the cost associated with AI chatbots accessing Wikipedia content in enormous volumes by giving the tech companies streamlined access. As noted by The Verge, the timeline on these deals is a little squirrely. The Wikipedia foundation says that... Read more ›
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Zilch has acquired Lithuanian lender Fjord Bank, giving the London-based fintech unicorn a European banking licence and a huge step forward in its expansion plans. Zilch will purchase 100% of Fjord Bank and will establish Lithuania as its European headquarters, using Vilnius as its operational and regulatory platform for expansion across Europe. Launched in 2021, ... Read more ›
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Ofcom has proposed the next steps in plans that would see mobile masts and Wi-Fi routers in different locations use parts of the same frequency band to transmit their signals for the first time. Historically, mobile and Wi-Fi services have had to use different parts of the radio spectrum – the wavelengths used for wireless ... Read more ›
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UK tech had a tumultuous year in 2025, with headlines dominated by AI, cyber attacks and a challenging investment environment. AI in particular had a significant moment, with its evolution providing a productivity boost to resource-scarce startups while also creating new challenges surrounding compliance and safety. When UKTN asked a series of industry experts about ... Read more ›
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Danske Bank UK has appointed Dr Fiona Browne as its first head of artificial intelligence to lead the strategic development and use of AI across the bank. In her new role, Browne will lead a new AI centre of excellence in Belfast and work alongside Danske Bank UK’s head of data and analytics, Lyndsay Shields, ... Read more ›
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The government has been urged by prominent Labour backbenchers to introduce legislation that would require banks to expand access to low-cost lending for SMEs. A private members bill introduced to the House of Commons by Labour MP and former minister Gareth Thomas laid out plans to further combat a weak economy with a mandate for ... Read more ›
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The government would “support” a ban of Elon Musk’s social media platform X should Ofcom determine it is necessary following a trend of AI sexual deepfake generation via its Grok tool. Grok, an AI chatbot accessible via social media platform X, has been used to manipulate images of real people to create sexually explicit materials, ... Read more ›
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Cambridge health tech firm Qureight has appointed former Riverlane executive Rebecca Simmons (pictured) as its new chief operating officer. Simmons has been tasked with scaling the AI CT imaging company’s global business operations. The new Qureight COO previously held the same role at Riverlane, a prominent player in quantum error correction technology. In her time ... Read more ›
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The Conservatives calls for the UK to follow Australia’s lead in banning social media for under-16s have received a boost as prominent Labour politician Andy Burnham backs the plan. The Greater Manchester mayor, commonly cited as a potential successor to Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party, said he has found himself agreeing with ... Read more ›
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UK-based sportswear group JD Sports has become one of the first major brands to allow purchases to be made directly from popular AI chatbots. The service, which will be initially only available in the US, will allow customers to search for and purchase its products from Copilot, Gemini and ChatGPT. JD Sports has partnered with ... Read more ›
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The UK government aims to expedite the passing and enforcement of legislation to combat sexualised deep fakes following the launch of a formal investigation into X’s Grok AI. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said in the House of Commons that she will bring into force a new offence this week that makes it illegal to create ... Read more ›
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