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The government must avoid weakening the strength of competition regulators in their capacity to manage Big Tech, according to a Conservative peer. Baroness Stowell, Tory peer and chair of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, has written to the prime minister emphasising the importance of robust competition regulation as the Digital Markets Bill ...
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The Iran-backed rebels have spent the past year using missiles and drones to attack military and civilian ships in the Red Sea and beyond. Read more âș
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Adobe reports $7.9 billion in online spending on Black Friday, up 8.2% from 2023, and expects final online numbers between $10.7 and $11 billion. Read more âș
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This holiday season could be the last gasp for the big EV discounts that dominated the market in 2024. Read more âș
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Shaboozey has dominated the charts this year with "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," while stars like Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar also scored No. 1 hits in 2024. Read more âș
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Two retired generals say Israel's air defenses need more protection from low-flying drones, which it's struggled to counter in attacks by Hezbollah. Read more âș
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iPhone loyalist or Android enthusiast? No matter your team, these deals on Apple, Google, Samsung and more will help you save this holiday season. Read more âș
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Two early retirees tired of suburban life decided to build a home out of two bare-bones Amish wooden sheds. Now they homestead in rural Maine. Read more âș
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Hurricane-resistant homes are appealing to Florida homeowners grappling with stress and uncertainty as the risk of severe storm damage mounts. Read more âș
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Mistral AI releases content moderation API powered by its Ministral 8B language model. The âŹ6 billion-valued European AI startup has backing from tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft. The European artificial intelligence powerhouse Mistral AI has announced the release of its new content moderation API, marking a step in its mission to deliver sovereign AI solutions.... Read more » Read more âș
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A new report claims that vinyl sales will soon outstrip CDs, while music revenues are now higher than global box office receipts. Read more âș
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A boomer moved to Panama from California to save money. She said she's struggling to find work and relying on side hustles to pay the bills. Read more âș
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President-elect Donald Trump cut into the Democratic Party's longstanding electoral coalition in defeating Vice President Kamala Harris. Read more âș
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The metaverse represents a profound leap forward in human communication, echoing Marshall McLuhanâs prophetic vision of the âglobal village.â McLuhan, whose ideas shaped one of my first published pieces in college, foresaw media reshaping society by compressing time and space. The metaverse takes this transformation further, creating a seamless digital realm where geography becomes irrelevant, [âŠ] Read more âș
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The youngster is less than 3 million years old, and raises questions about how planets form from the cosmos' dusty ether. Read more âș
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Before heading to Tanzania, Business Insider's author got the Capital One Venture X credit card, which gave her airport lounge access for the journey. Read more âș
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Smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its first car, the SU7, earlier this year. The EV starts at less than $30,000, but is only available in China. Read more âș
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Meta plans a $10 billion global underwater cable project spanning 25,000 miles, which would be solely owned by Meta, TechCrunch reported. Read more âș
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Performance improvement plans, a controversial corporate tool for managing underperforming employees, are becoming increasingly prevalent in U.S. workplaces. HR Acuity data shows workers subject to performance actions rose from 33.4 per 1,000 in 2020 to 43.6 per 1,000 in 2023. While companies maintain PIPs offer a path to improvement, WSJ -- citing HR executives and former employees -- describes them as primarily providing legal protection against wrongful termination lawsuits and... Read more âș
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Londonâs transport board has vowed to take legal action against e-bike rental operators whose cycles get in the way of pedestrians and vehicles as it steps up efforts to combat obstructed pathways. Under updated guidance on dockless e-bike and e-scooter rental published today, Transport for London (TfL) has warned it will impound vehicles that get ... Read more âș
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The boss of one of Londonâs biggest fintechs has joined the chorus of banks calling on Meta to ramp up its fraud prevention work. Charles McManus, the CEO of ClearBank, which builds banking and payment infrastructure, called on the Facebook and Instagram owner to remove fake and clone accounts from its platform, thought to be ... Read more âș
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Monzo co-founder and former CEO Tom Blomfield has blasted competition regulators as âreligious zealotsâ amid proposals to force Google to sell its Chrome browser.   Last week, the US Department of Justice proposed a major breakup in Googleâs business structure that would see the tech giant forced to sell the worldâs most popular web browser to ... Read more âș
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On Saturday night, over 1,000 Revolut customers were gathering in a basement auditorium in central London for a special event. The Canary Wharf-based company was marking a significant milestone: in just a decade since it was founded, it had reached a mind-blowing 50 million customers. Eager not to pass up the chance for a blow-out ... Read more âș
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Cryptoassets are âhere to stayâ, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury Tulip Siddiq has said in a speech outlining the governmentâs approach to regulating the industry. Speaking at the Tokenisation Summit hosted by City and Financial Global, Siddiq assured the crowd that while regulatory developments in the UK for the crypto sector have âseemed quietâ, ... Read more âș
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This weekâs podcast guest is Suranga Chandratillake, general partner at Balderton Capital, who discusses why narratives about the UK underperforming in funding compared with the giants in the US might not be fair, why more unicorns shouldnât necessarily be considered the main goal for British businesses and why Labourâs budget isnât as damning for entrepreneurs ... Read more âș
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A Lancaster-based manufacturer of tech products for the maritime industry has proposed delisting from the Aquis exchange amid concerns that it does more harm than good. OTAQ, which was listed on the London-based challenger stock exchange in 2018, warned that the share price volatility, limited flexibility and limited access to investors were harming the business. ... Read more âș
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Monzo has brought on a former executive from Brazilian fintech Nubank as its new group CFO following the departure of James Davies. Tom Oldham, who most recently worked as the chief investment officer at the carbon credit fund manager Mombak, will oversee Monzoâs financial strategy as the company plans to expand overseas. âIâve been a ... Read more âș
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A surge in the demand for data centres driven by the adoption of AI technology has made the âincreased power needsâ the âbiggest challengeâ faced by the industry, according to Glasgow-founded cloud solutions group Iomart.   Speaking to UKTN, Iomart CEO Lucy Dimes said that despite AI hype kicking off in 2022, the company, which provides ... Read more âș
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A university spinout seeking to transform the energy capacity of batteries has raised $4.6m (ÂŁ3.6m) in a fresh funding round. Cambridge-based Moylon, which was founded earlier this year, hopes to use sulphur, one of the most abundant elements on Earth, to develop lithium-sulphur batteries, which it claims have much higher energy density than traditional lithium-ion ... Read more âș
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