Euro: Headwinds from Fed and energy – ING
ING’s Chris Turner highlights growing headwinds for the Euro as higher energy prices and a more hawkish Federal Reserve push EUR/USD lower.
Updated continuously
Financial coverage appears first. Choose All News for culture and sport, or search for a company, market or topic.
ING’s Chris Turner highlights growing headwinds for the Euro as higher energy prices and a more hawkish Federal Reserve push EUR/USD lower.
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears Politics Live: Andy Burnham pressed on borrowing costs and spending at first PMQs The Guardian view on the global bond shock: Andy Burnham should take note Newsflash: UK government borrowing…
Pay and shares deal nearly matches $58m award to John Ternus, his successor as CEO at the $4.7tn tech company Business live – latest updates Tim Cook has received a $47m (£35m) pay deal as Apple’s executive chair, a remuneration package that nears the level set for his successor as chief executive. Cook, who handed over to John…
Tennis updates from Flushing Meadows, New York Email Daniel and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky So who on earth is going to win these singles titles? Er, excuse while I interrupt myself, but I’ve just seen Arthur Fery, interviewed after his defeat to Lorenzo Musetti, confide that “I was a bit short today”; indeed.
The golfer will accept a five-year driving ban and $1,000 fine as part of a plea agreement.
England leave Brydon Carse out of their squad for the third and final Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.
Mescal’s nuanced performance in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has been blamed by some for the film’s box office underperformance. May I suggest Jason Statham for Gladiator III?
Ukraine’s president says aviation industry needs to take account of growing number of Ukrainian drones in Russia Europe live – latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Russia’s airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as Vladimir Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities in the…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “US Open LIVE! Brits Boulter, Fearnley, Choinski, Samuel and Jones in action”.
The ICC has confirmed that the inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy will be held in India next year, after Sri Lanka were removed from hosting duties.
Matt Clifford will stay as chair of government funding body for tech projects alongside his senior role at US firm The architect of the UK government’s AI strategy has joined the US startup Anthropic in a senior role a year after stepping down from his Downing Street post. Matt Clifford, a successful tech investor, was…
TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek highlight that upcoming US Non-farm Payrolls (NFP) and a renewed hawkish Fed tone are critical for Gold, with prices near CTA (Commodity Trading Advisors) selling thresholds around $4,300/oz.
The International Cricket Council moves the inaugural edition of next year's Women's Champions Trophy from Sri Lanka to India.
Guardian readers share memories of actor best known for roles in The Rocky Horror Show and Stephen King’s It I first saw him in the 1978 series Will Shakespeare, where he played Shakespeare alongside Nicholas Clay. Two very classy actors who, whatever the value of the programme, made me want to know more about the man and his…
Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is chair will only be shown two films made by female film-makers Maggie Gyllenhaal said there is a “systemic problem” that explains why only two female directors are in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice film…
The vehicle is being built at JLR's manufacturing plant in Solihull, in the West Midlands.
USD/CAD falls to around 1.3875 on Wednesday, down 0.15% on the day, following the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) monetary policy decision. The Canadian Dollar (CAD) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) after the central bank leaves its policy rate unchanged at 2.25%, in line with market expectations.
The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic finale. With career-defining acting, daring Epstein parallels and super dark comedy, it’s a total must-watch You could easily watch the first few minutes of Furious without knowing that it would turn out to be so…
Awards, artificial intelligence, conflicts and climate change. Much of the opening talk at the start of the 83rd Venice Film Festival has revolved around geopolitics, propaganda and the future of cinema.
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and OpenAI's Greg Brockman have backed the super PAC behind the campaign, which faces surging opposition.
The docuseries debuts on Netflix on 27 October and promises "never-before-heard testimonies" from the actor's family and friends.
UOB’s Lee Sue Ann notes that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) raised the Official Cash Rate (OCR) to 2.75% and kept a tightening bias, stressing the need to prevent fuel-driven inflation from becoming entrenched.
Isack Hadjar will miss this weekend's Italian Grand Prix due to his ongoing wrist injury, with Liam Lawson replacing him for a second consecutive event at Red Bull.
This is Adobe's second acquisition out of India after Rephrase.ai in 2023
Prior month -0.2% revised from -0.3% Factory orders 0.9% versus 0.6% estimate. Durable goods for July 1 .1% versus 1.1% preliminary.
Fifty years ago Parker was hailed as rock’s next big thing, but he picked a different path: cult records, a Hollywood diversion, an aversion to stardom. Ahead of a UK tour, he looks back at his strange trajectory To say Graham Parker enjoyed a swift rise to fame is an understatement.
As Rockstar’s blockbuster prepares to dominate the headlines, it’s time for the mainstream media to stop treating video games as a novelty that needs explaining Predictably, the Grand Theft Auto VI “extended look” which premiered on Netflix last week was a success for all involved. The 30-minute preview scorched to No 1 on the…
There are just about enough hand-over-mouth moments to please thrill-seekers in this B-movie follow-up but eyerolls soon prevail There was plenty of silliness but also plenty of suspense in 2022’s modestly successful don’t-look-down thriller Fall , a surprisingly well-made micro-budget marvel that ultimately found its audience…
We boiled litres of water to find the best electric kettles, from hard-water heroes to vintage-style, repairable and wifi-connected models • The best air fryers, tried and tested for crisp and crunch Despite the march of progress, the humble kettle remains a kitchen staple. It’s what we turn to in times of strife, when spirits…
Action from around the County Championship grounds Mail Tanya and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky Kent’s start is on the crunchy side of autumn. Compton (8) and Crawley (6) both gone.
BBC Sport takes a look at the players still without a club after the 2026 summer transfer window shut.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) outperforms its major peers on Wednesday, with USD/JPY falling nearly 0.90% on the day as hawkish Bank of Japan (BoJ) expectations support the Japanese currency.
‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad observes USD/JPY testing 160.00 as hawkish Bank of Japan comments briefly supported the Japanese Yen (JPY).
Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom UK politics live – latest updates The UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom. When asked in a freedom of information (FoI) request who was using the…
Full Sail is shutting down after an attacker removed about $91,000 from three vaults during a security incident linked to oracle provider Switchboard.
New law requires cosmetology classes to give instruction on all hair types from the kinkiest to the straightest As of 1 September, a new law in New York state requires hairdressers studying cosmetology to be trained to work with all hair types. “This is about equal access to service,” assembly member Michaelle Solages, who…
Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin is going to grind higher from here, but Ethereum is his number one pick due to its potential to increase “3x to 5x pretty quickly.”
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Fabio Wardley says there are "zero excuses" heading into his highly anticipated rematch with WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois on 17 October.
Woods pleads no contest to reduced charge Charges stemmed from March rollover crash Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to reckless driving on Wednesday morning as part of an agreement with Florida prosecutors that reduced a DUI charge stemming from his rollover crash in March . The 50-year-old was adjudicated guilty of willful and…
According to MUFG’s Lee Hardman, rising energy prices are pushing market expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening, with 17bps priced for the 16th September FOMC and the 2-year US Treasury yield at a year-to-date high.
Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.
Euronews Culture looks ahead to the last four months of 2026 and picks the hotly anticipated albums you won’t want to miss.
Russia-based Sality watched for copied bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and quietly replaced them with the attacker’s. CrowdStrike and law enforcement have now isolated more than 15,000 infected machines.
Silver (XAG/USD) rebounds on Wednesday, trading around $64.30 at the time of writing, up 0.32% on the day after recovering from earlier losses.
EUR/USD consolidates its daily losses during American trading hours on Wednesday as the US Dollar (USD) holds firm, supported by hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations and escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
Hashkey joined the DTCC’s working group on tokenization innovation as the first Asian crypto service provider to join with over 100 financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.
ING’s Carsten Brzeski expects the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise rates by 25bp next week, characterizing it as an ‘insurance’ or dovish hike. He notes Eurozone resilience, but stresses that inflation is mainly driven by energy, limiting the case for further tightening.
Ferrari have confirmed Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will have an engine upgrade at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
The orchestra – at the Proms this week – is hailed as among the best in the world, if not the best. For my money, that’s quite possibly right, but why?
TD Securities’ Prashant Newnaha now expects the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise the cash rate by 25bps to 4.60% at the late-September meeting. The change follows stronger-than-expected Q2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and firm discretionary consumption.
Tokenization is not just about increasing access to tokens, whatever they may represent, but a fundamental shift in how value is created, owned, financed and moved, argues Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu.
Google is kicking off a multi-year partnership with Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, across Gemini and Google Health.
Tiger Woods has been fined and suspended from driving for five years after entering a plea agreement to a reckless driving charge, following March’s rollover car crash in Florida.
BNY’s Geoff Yu notes that Canadian Dollar (CAD) positioning remains weak ahead of the Bank of Canada (BoC) decision, with USD/CAD dominating flows and cross-currency activity surprisingly limited.
Chantelle Cameron says that talks for her to fight Claressa Shields are advanced and moving quickly following her victory over Mikaela Mayer.
Ex-Commonwealth lightweight champion Tommy Coyle is running the event in Hull for the seventh year.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) underperformed after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) delivered a 25 bps hike to 2.75% but signaled reduced need for further tightening.
Ahead of a crucial budget, four countries’ experiments offer a mixed verdict on how to tax bumper profits The countdown is on. Two months out from Andy Burnham’s inaugural autumn budget, bank executives are wringing their hands over whether the government will target their bumper profits with fresh taxes.
OCBC’s Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong highlight that higher Oil prices and renewed US-Iran tensions have pushed global bond yields higher and strengthened the US Dollar, with markets fully pricing a 25bp Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike by October.
Everton's transfer deadline day debacle over Folarin Balogun leaves owners The Friedkin facing fan mutiny, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.
In an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, New York Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank President John Williams said that tariffs and the Middle East war are big drivers of inflation over target, per Reuters.
The Turkish club accepts the "emotional" resignation of head coach Fatih Tekke after initially rejecting his request to step down.
ING’s Chris Turner notes that USD/JPY is slightly lower after BoJ hawk Hajime Takata signalled the possibility of a 50bp September hike or back-to-back moves.
US energy department warns of potential for outages in PJM Interconnection, serving 67 million from DC to Chicago The risk of power outages is expected to escalate across a broad swath of the United States on Wednesday as intense heat will test the capacity of electricity supplies serving millions of homes and businesses…
EUR/GBP edges higher on Wednesday, extending its advance for the third consecutive day and attempting to break above the narrow consolidation range that has been in place since late July. At the time of writing, the cross trades around 0.8589, its highest level since July 1.
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister expects the Bank of Canada to hold its key rate at 2.25%, a move he says is fully priced with only a small chance of a hike.
Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.
Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt.
Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.
Referencing Tarkovsky and French theory, the Austrian-Iranian singer is writing some of today’s wittiest music – though she’s ‘too pop for the art world, too indie-darling for the mainstream’ You wait ages for a brilliant pop song about film-making and then two come along at once. Following on from Charli xcx’s Camera comes…
TD Securities strategists argue that Federal Reserve (Fed) decisions in election years remain driven by data rather than politics, with only a small difference in action frequencies versus non-election years.
Hampshire decide that New Zealand all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn will not represent the club having "listened to feedback from staff and supporters".
The US president’s need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home What do bullies do when someone stands up to their bullying and punches them in the face? They look for someone weaker to bully who won’t punch back.
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to cleanup its mistakes rather than create original work Lisa, a freelance graphic designer based in Spain, noticed a shift in her work after the release of ChatGPT in 2022. She went from receiving slow one-off jobs creating logos and packaging to an onslaught of requests…
The plaintiffs didn’t dispute their involvement in the pig butchering scam, but claimed that Tether did not have the authority to freeze the $42 million at the time.
Remixpoint sold $5.5 million in ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, booking a $736,000 net gain as it narrowed its crypto strategy to focus on Bitcoin.
Google is collaborating with MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises on a new clean energy project on the PJM grid.
After a summer that brought record spending and Deadline Day drama, Sky Sports' reporters rank every Premier League club's window...
Premier League spending totalled £3.4bn in a record-breaking summer transfer window - but how well did your club actually buy and sell?
Rapper’s supporters reflect on ‘astonishing’ events leading to Duane Davis being found guilty over 1996 fatal shooting A criminal conviction this week in the murder of Tupac Shakur , the first since the rapper was gunned down in 1996, sent shockwaves through his sea of fans who have waited three decades for answers. Duane…
Headlines: The tectonic shift that is taking place in the bond market Gold futures are down more than 8%: Is the next dip-buying opportunity approaching? S&P 500 breaks through a major support as hawkish Fed expectations and US-Iran war weigh Wall Street poised for another soft start as higher bond yields continue to bite…
So far, Rektember is living up to its name as Bitcoin slips. Will this September
BNY’s Geoff Yu reports that European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Joachim Nagel has strongly signaled a September rate hike as Eurozone inflation stays above target and activity proves resilient.
USD/JPY retreats on Wednesday and trades around 159.65 at the time of writing, down 0.33% on the day.
The Euronext Growth Paris-listed firm issued 13,181,030 shares with four warrants each at 58 euro cents per share, according to a filing on Wednesday.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes the US Dollar (USD) is supported by widening US-G6 yield spreads and resilient US data, which keep Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike expectations alive in the near term.
London mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in seconds UK politics live – latest updates Sadiq Khan’s office has revealed he was the victim of a scam that led to him being fined for failing to tax a car that did not belong to him. The London…
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated more than 15,000 infected machines in a malware takedown spanning four countries.
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.
Michael van Gerwen will open his World Series of Darts Finals title defence against Lourence Ilagan, as Luke Littler goes head-to-head with Danny Noppert in Amsterdam.
Gold (XAU/USD) stages a sharp rebound on Wednesday, reversing all its earlier losses as a sudden rise in the Japanese Yen (JPY) triggers broad selling pressure on the US Dollar (USD). A pullback in US Treasury yields provides additional support to the precious metal.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 2, 2026
Some government borrowing costs have hit their highest level for 28 years - what does it mean for you?
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Ferrari reveal Schumacher-inspired livery as teams announce rookies for Italian GP Practice”.
The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U. S.
What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.
With world championship leader Kimi Antonelli set to start from the back of the grid at the Italian Grand Prix, the trio of Brits attempting to chase him down at the top of the standings have a major opportunity.
Thailand adopted a crypto Travel Rule requiring digital asset operators to verify control of self-custodial wallets and retain transaction data for five years.
Bitcoin fell 1% since midnight as Brent jumped past $93 and Treasury yields climbed toward 4.8%.
Despite a widespread expectation they would sign a left-back this summer, Manchester United decided against - what does it mean?
Hundreds of unseen images of the star feature at the Venice film festival, alongside virtual worlds exploring wildfires, wolves and the birth of stars David Bowie shares the bill with starmen, firefighters and Walt Disney wolves at the 10th anniversary edition of Venice Immersive, the film festival’s pioneering showcase for new…
The former prime minister said U. K.
The FIA was wrong to lift the ban on Russian competitors because nothing has changed since it was imposed, the Ukrainian Minister for Youth and Sport says.
New Form TA-2 questions would make agents report how many share registers they keep on distributed ledgers.
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team looks at the three new additions to the Women's Super League for the first season of its expanded 14-team format
Top Tango triumph was shared by Greece's Naima Gerassopoulou and her Argentine dance partner Lucas Gauto who burst into tears on claiming the prestigious world title in his homeland.
It was ultimately a tale of two very different forwards on deadline day as Nick Woltemade left Newcastle United to join Juventus on loan and the club announced the arrival of Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won’t I can’t even remember when I decided to stop paying the sewage element of my Thames Water bill.
Bangladeshi complainants allege Rampal power station’s pollution and climate risks threaten the Sunderbans, a world heritage site Barclays Bank is facing a formal complaint over its financial links to a coal-fired power station near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to millions of people in Bangladesh…
Brighton secure a deadline-day deal for Femi Azeez in a deal worth up to £15m.
Grayscale, a16z, and the CCI asked the SEC to preserve existing classification rules and avoid treating novel exchange-traded products as a single category, while proposing different routes to clearer and faster reviews.
Once again, the summer transfer window was full of huge moves as the World Cup did little to stop the momentum. Here are our winners and losers.
The 2026 summer transfer window has closed. Here is how we rated the biggest deals.
Governor Tiff Macklem took questions from reporters, offering markets a clearer sense of how the central bank was thinking. His remarks followed the widely expected decision to keep the policy rate on hold at 2.25%.
Protocol 26 is complete. Protocol 27, the final infrastructure upgrade in Pi Network’s current roadmap, is on testnet with a September 15 mainnet target.
Ripple Prime launched a Delta One desk on Aug. 27 that lets hedge funds trade Apple, the S&P 500, and U.
The United States Senate returns from its August recess on September 14 with exactly 14 working days to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act before midterm campaigning shuts down the legislative calendar. A cloture vote scheduled for September 15…
On Sept. 1, 2026, Russia flipped three switches at once.
The four-match series is finely poised at 1-1, with Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry seemingly reaching new heights of tension as Rassie Erasmus and Dave Rennie’s war of words escalates.
The pre-boundary vote shows how non-participating SPO stake can weigh against renewal even without an explicit No.
Batting is all about solving problems, and the grand old man of Essex backs the England captain to find a way past this one – just like he did Joe Root lets out a “Woaaa-ho!” as a ball from Pakistan’s Mohammad Ali angles in and then jags away late at Lord’s on the evening of day two. The ball flies past Root’s batting gloves…
Feared in attack but light at the back? Liverpool have spent more than £200m in the transfer window but questions remain over whether the squad has enough depth.
Fully electric SUV unveiled after year-long delay and will be built at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in Solihull Range Rover has launched its first electric vehicle – a year later than planned – offering a greener option for fans of gargantuan British-made SUVs who are also conscious about the climate crisis. Due to be built in…
Prospect Markets has signed a definitive agreement with Crypto.com’s U. S.
The North Carolina Republican bought less than $1,000 of contracts on her own race and drew a three-year ban.
HashKey joined DTCC’s digital assets working group, bringing its Asia Pacific experience to institutional tokenization discussions.
British boxer Pat Brown and journalists Nick Peet and Steph Kamale discuss the prospect of an Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury fight, and whether it would still attract a worldwide audience, or is it a fight that few actually want?
LA added Myles Garrett and brought Aaron Donald out of retirement to create the NFL’s most menacing defense. A Super Bowl trip still isn’t a guarantee Last Saturday night, NFL Network premiered the 2025 edition of America’s Game, the annual NFL Films-produced documentary on the reigning Super Bowl champions, this time starring…
Ten years after he helped shape the quarterback’s anthem protest, the former NFL player and Army veteran says he still sees it as an act of patriotism Nate Boyer was stunned. The former NFL long snapper and United States Army Green Beret had big plans for his MVP (Merging Vets and Players) foundation, an organization that helps…
The ruthless female characters of The Gentlemen, Beef and Peaky Blinders bring new depth to the evil matriarch stereotype Television loves a gangster story – and apparently so does the Duchess of Sussex. This week, Netflix’s The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchie ’s latest addition to the gangster canon, which stars Theo James as a…
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Bit Reactor Split priorities between scripted and emergent story moments hamper an otherwise brilliant Star Wars-themed successor to XCOM Even if you’re unfamiliar with the term “emergent storytelling”, you’ve likely experienced some of the unscripted tales that can bubble up out of a game’s…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Can synthetic securitisation support economic growth?”.
Budget carrier says airlines could go bust as it cuts passenger targets to reduce exposure to ‘unhedged winter oil’ Business live – latest updates Ryanair has warned that air fares in Europe will jump next year if the oil price remains high and that some airlines could go bust. The Irish budget carrier has cut its passenger…
Fan sings Oasis classic 'Wonderwall' during Arthur Fery's match against Lorenzo Musetti at US Open.
"Survivor," a novel taken out of print at the request of author Octavia Butler, returned to print this week.
Another day, another story about vessels being struck down in the Strait of Hormuz. That as Iran continues to send a message that if the US continues to escalate tensions, they will hit back at where it hurts most.
Twenty One Capital CEO Raphael Zagury says Bitcoin has entered its first hashrate bear market as listed miners redirect capacity toward AI.
German scrapes home 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4 in thriller ‘I think this is the longest first-round match I’ve played’ Alexander Zverev rallied just in time to avoid becoming the first men’s No 1 seed to lose in the first round of a grand slam tournament since 2003, edging Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4 in a US…
Aline Pereira, who has a mixed MMA record, will fight for the chance to win a UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series in October.
The ADP reported private-sector job growth of just 38,000, missing forecasts and marking the weakest level since January.
The British transfer record was equalled and one club signed no fewer than 18 players in another hectic summer Bringing in Christos Tzolis, Bruno Guimarães and Ezri Konsa was a strong start to the window but could Arsenal’s failure to sign a marquee attacker cost them in the long run? They began targeting Morgan Rogers before…
Paris St-Germain reject several Manchester City offers for their Nigerian midfielder Jennifer Echegini.
DEFT missed the required closing-price streak but could qualify for another 180 days as its consolidation option remains unused.
Employment in the United States' (US) private sector increased by 38K in August, the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported on Wednesday. This print followed the 46K increase (revised from 44K) recorded in July and came in below the market expectation of 47K.
With the new Women's Super League season about to begin, BBC Sport is strengthening its coverage.
Samy Burch’s adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler novella sees Dafoe’s ageing poet embraced by a younger cohort of capricious hipsters. It’s smart, literate and affecting There’s a marvellous tenderness and generosity to this elegant tale of autumnal regret; an intimate movie acted with effortless grace by Willem Dafoe.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Japanese Government Bonds Held by the Bank of Japan”.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Collateral Accepted by the Bank of Japan (End of Aug.)”.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Euro area bank interest rate statistics: July 2026”.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs reduced their year-to-date net outflows by 66% as Bitcoin gained about 25% in August, while Ether ETFs turned positive YTD at $732 million and XRP ETFs reached $502 million.
Ian Tyler, who was already in role on interim basis, selected and pledges to ‘lead the board’s evolution’ BP has appointed a new chair after a months-long search following the controversial ousting of Albert Manifold , seeking to draw a line under the boardroom turmoil at the oil and gas company. Ian Tyler, who has served as…
Capital B has raised €7.6 million from strategic investor Adam Back through a new private placement that could fund the purchase of 376 more Bitcoin and take its holdings to 3,521 BTC. Capital B said on Sept.
Everton's move for Folarin Balogun collapses after the striker changes his mind following a medical at the club's Finch Farm training base.
Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’ Successive politicians have clawed their way past colleagues over the years to call the residence home.
Strategy CEO Phong Le says capital costs justified selling Bitcoin near $60,000 before buying 4,603 BTC at an average $80,318.
What is happening in the bond market in the past week is something that every trader and investor should stand up and take notice. While there is still a heavy focus on the US-Iran conflict, the stock market and AI, as well as central banks, the bond market might well be sending a big message to broader markets at the moment.
Circle and OKX have expanded their USDC partnership to increase the stablecoin’s liquidity and use across spot, margin and futures markets on the crypto exchange. Circle said on Sept.
Star Trek fans are hoping to set a simultaneous Vulcan salute world record to celebrate the iconic show’s 60th anniversary next week.
Alexander Zverev rallied just in time to avoid becoming the first men's No. 1 seed to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament since 2003, edging Lorenzo Sonego.
Folarin Balogun's £40 million ($54m) move from Monaco to Everton collapsed after the USMNT forward pulled the plug on the deal after the transfer deadline, sources told ESPN.
The star wide receiver is returning to the number he wore during his first stint in New York from 2014 to 2018.
The Vikings agreed Tuesday night to sign 13-year outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy, according to multiple reports, a 35-year-old veteran with 57 career sacks, who will provide Minnesota with some needed depth and experience at the edge rusher position.
Court documents show that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida.
Mike Trout said he was "excited" at the news of the Angels' sale to Stan Kroenke, pointing to the new owner's track record when it comes to his other teams.
Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman told ESPN on Tuesday that the league "will not budge" on its rule that NFL players cannot return to college.
Lincoln Riley responded to criticisms surrounding USC's home attendance at the Coliseum last weekend, saying he won't buy into a "false narrative."
Colin Kaepernick told NBC News he prefers to watch college football over the NFL because the NFL is "actively blackballing me."
FTmining claims its cloud mining contracts can help XRP holders generate passive income without selling their tokens.
Arsenal have been busy in the transfer market as they look to defend their Premier League title, but do they lack a world class striker still?
Spot XRP funds have logged 11 straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders.
Taking on more responsibility as Sussex captain has helped revitalise the bowler’s career, but he cannot afford to take his foot off the gas Last winter, Ollie Robinson and England were living separate lives on the same continent. To the cracking of crockery and gnashing of teeth, England played five Tests as Bazball imploded.
YAM Finance has faced a governance takeover attempt after an attacker accumulated enough delegated YAM voting power to submit a proposal that could hand over control of the protocol’s Timelock and put roughly $337,000 at risk. Defimon, the on-chain monitoring…
The Sept. 1 snapshot shows the Sept.
Wallets linked by an analyst to CYBERLEEK moved about $350,000 in liquidity fees as Take-Two pursued records tied to GTA VI leaks.
Detectives from Sexual Crimes Squad travelled to NSW this week Investigation into sexual assault allegation continues Victoria police say they interviewed four people this week as part of the investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel where the Sydney Swans were staying last month. In a release on…
A couple in the southern French city of Alès have been tied up and threatened for more than two hours by two armed intruders who demanded cryptocurrency transactions before fleeing as police arrived. According to local media reports, the attack…
A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play , is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonies over…
Sport is a space to help youngsters to develop character, resilience and confidence, but we need stronger leadership and safer environments to make this happen The fight for the soul of football isn’t just happening in the offices of Uefa and Fifa, it’s taking place on pitches much closer to home. At the weekend games of…
Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised system Have you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what’s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how…
Plus: brothers playing in England’s top four tiers, shirt-hogging sponsors, and goalkeepers sent off upfield Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “Marquinhos won his 40th trophy in club football when Paris Saint-Germain beat Aston Villa in the Super Cup,” notes Paul Gage. “Has any player won more?” The short…
The attacks changed the world as we know it – and now, 25 years on, this heartbreaking Netflix film shares 9/11 recordings and memories from the bereaved that stop time in its tracks It is 25 years since two planes, sent by Osama bin Laden as the head of the terrorist organisation al-Qaida, flew into the North and South…
Which defender came in at No. 1?
Only 100 players can make our list. Here are nine who league insiders believe should have been there.
From writing a letter to her idol as a 10-year-old to messaging a promoter on social media, here are five sliding doors moments that helped shape Katie Taylor’s career.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev responded to a call for memecoins, but the company has not announced new listings or a product expansion.
China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets. So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off.
Remixpoint has sold its entire altcoin portfolio for ¥878.8 million, leaving the Japanese listed company with roughly 1,506 Bitcoin as its only cryptocurrency holding. According to a September 2 disclosure from Remixpoint, the company sold all of its Ethereum, Solana,…
EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don't have much on the agenda other than a couple of low-tier releases like Spain's unemployment change and Italy's PPI. The data won't change anything for the ECB, so the market reaction will be muted.
Figure Technology Solutions has completed its acquisition of real estate lender Kiavi, bringing its lending technology and residential investor loan products into Figure’s blockchain-based capital marketplace. According to Figure’s Sept.
Antje Praefcke at Commerzbank highlights that markets now price nearly a 70% chance of a September Fed hike after Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish speech, but stresses upcoming US inflation data will be decisive.
OKX may restrict accounts for at least 15 days or terminate services when deposits are linked to high risk or illegal activity.
Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes says it is going to be "difficult" for him to continue playing for his country in the wake of his 10-match international ban.
Silver price (XAG/USD) recovers its early losses and rebounds to near $64.00 till the early European session on Wednesday. The white metal is broadly under pressure as surging United States (US) Treasury yields due to hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) bets are hurting non-yielding assets.
UOB’s Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note GBP/USD broke below its anticipated intraday range, dropping to 1.3507 as downside momentum starts to build. Intraday, they expect a bearish bias with potential tests of 1.3500 and the major 1.3480 support, provided prices stay below 1.3545.
Danske Research Team notes that EUR/USD slipped below 1.1600 as the US Dollar strengthened on a hawkish Federal Reserve stance and geopolitical tensions. The team highlights that Euro area inflation has moved back above 3%, reinforcing expectations for a September ECB rate hike.
Fairshake affiliate Protect Progress spent $189,528 supporting Jake Auchincloss, who defeated Jason Poulos in Massachusetts’ primary.
As the transfer window closes for the summer, chief football writer Phil McNulty asks if Arsenal's rivals have done enough to challenge the champions?
The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday that markets see over 95% chance of a September rate hike.
Supernova is scheduled for Sept. 10 at round 32157661, while the public node feed had yet to show upgrade adoption as the window opened.
TradeXYZ’s Q2 volume rose 79.2% to $202.36 billion, while equity perpetual trading increased 377% to $58.9 billion.
Sergei Loznitsa likens removal of €2m grant to ‘a punishment in kindergarten’ on eve of Venice film festival One of Ukraine’s most acclaimed film-makers has criticised the European Commission’s decision to cut off funds to the Venice Biennale over the opening of Russia’s pavilion, likening it to “a punishment in kindergarten”.…
A group of thinly drawn characters on a Louisiana tour fight for survival against a rampaging vegetarian This animal-attack horror plugs a gap with beasties – hippopotamuses – that may be deadly in real life but are hard to take seriously as a threat on screen. As someone says here, they have cute ears.
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found. Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network…
Deep sorrow mingles with illicit desire in this potent novella, the follow-up to a 2006 story about an isolated family in the Catalan mountains Twenty years ago, Colm Tóibín published a steadily desolating novella set in the high villages of the Catalan Pyrenees. A woman walks out of her house and her life, starts along the…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $89.10 during the early European trading hours on Wednesday. WTI declines as traders take some profits.
As we enter the next era, what will be the defining measure of our progress? Every industry has a word that shapes how it thinks.
We have a busy day’s racing on Wednesday with flat action from Bath and Newcastle, live on Sky Sports Racing...
Two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen has warned that Formula 1 teams risk 'being crucified' by the sport's fans if they implement team orders in an attempt to influence this year's title battle.
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) depreciates against the US Dollar (USD) for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, weighed by growing risk aversion as global yields rise to multi-year highs and with expectations of an immediate Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike providing additional support to the Greenbac
Fogo has restarted its mainnet after recovering and permanently removing 237 million of the 400 million FOGO tokens stolen in a security incident that forced the Layer 1 blockchain to halt operations. Fogo said in its latest update that the…
An Oxfordshire animal welfare charity says its Burford site is taking in 20 to 30 horses a month.
Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday that the central bank needs a different response from conventional semi-annual rate hike pace.
Hundreds of university staff were stationed at picket lines, calling for stronger protections around the use of AI Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The same week union members at the University of Sydney agreed to a 24-hour strike, staff received…
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens flat at around 94.95 against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, but is close to its two-month low of 94.80 posted the previous day.
The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.
In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climate Good morning. This summer, datacentres have become targets of resistance across the world.
Test your ball knowledge against today's Who Am I?, Five in Five and Brainteaser.
Core DAO has begun coordinating an emergency hard fork after a small group of validators obtained CORE rewards above the blockchain’s intended issuance, prompting several exchanges to restrict token transfers. Core said on Sept.
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have committed to advancing clearer regulatory frameworks for digital assets while keeping financial stability and cross-border risks in focus. The G20 Chair’s Statement, issued after officials met in Asheville, North Carolina, on Aug.…
Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them across hardened systems.
Bank of America, Citi and Goldman joined 18 other financial institutions planning a U. S.
New government rules limit the number of branded items schools can ask students to wear.
Tiger Woods will appear in court for a change of plea hearing following his latest car crash earlier this year.
USD/CHF gains for the second successive day, trading around 0.8130 during the Asian hours on Wednesday.
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer Drivers on residential roads in Japan have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h in an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries…
A Fareham mum, a second-hand uniform bank and a Hampshire headteacher discuss the changes.
Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its equity facility to $2.5 billion, providing more capacity for share sales and potential HYPE purchases.
Every large-cap token fell over the past 24 hours, and the high-beta majors gave up roughly triple what bitcoin did.
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues Damn the electorate. They’re so impatient .
The AUD/USD pair drops to a one-and-a-half-week low during the Asian session on Wednesday and currently trades around the 0.7135 region, down for the second straight day.
Difficulty is lifting short-term capacity, but operating AI and HPC loads give converted power sites another reason to stay away.
The EUR/USD pair loses traction to near 1.1575 during the early European session on Wednesday. The US Dollar (USD) strengthens against the Euro (EUR) amid hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) stance and escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions.
ARK Invest and Glassnode found Bitcoin and Ethereum reach critical production thresholds with three entities, versus 19 for Solana.
BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold.
NZD/USD gains ground for the second consecutive day, trading around 0.5840 during the Asian hours on Wednesday.
Tether faces a New York lawsuit alleging it froze 42.4 million USDT before authorities obtained a warrant in a $61 million fraud probe.
The USD/JPY pair touches a fresh high since July 31 on Wednesday, though it lacks follow-through buying and remains below 160.50 through the Asian session.
Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.
A string of London locations can’t save Amazon’s overly familiar B-movie dragged down by another ineffective performance by the Wonder Woman star We’re propelled on to an extremely familiar journey in Amazon’s quickie action thriller The Runner, both in reheated premise and strategic aim. The film is yet another example of a…
He started in the Harry Potter films and has since become ubiquitous, playing every type of character: romcom leads, evil villains, comical idiots. He even starred in a Taylor Swift video.
The comedian’s new Friday night series will be set in a working pub, with his aunties working the bar and celebrities doing shifts as managers. Or it will be if he can only get his licence … Joe Lycett sits in a pub, an untouched pint in front of him.
Guy Ritchie’s crime caper is back with the usual hijinks, swearing and men shaking their fists. But its ridiculousness is strangely comforting – and Theo James’s beefcake Eddie is so bland that he is fascinating to observe He lives in a house, a very big house in the country.
Gold (XAU/USD) recovers early lost ground to a four-week low, touched earlier this Wednesday, and trades above $4,320 heading into the European session.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “US Open scores: Shelton, Medvedev and Jodar from 4pm on Wednesday”.
The GBP/USD pair declines to near 1.3500 during the early European trading hours on Wednesday. Ongoing tensions in the Middle East provide some support to a safe-haven currency such as the US Dollar (USD) against the British Pound (GBP).
Britain's Arthur Fery said he now knows what he has to work on after his US Open debut was cut short on Tuesday.
RBNZ chief says rate settings still accommodative despite hikes Asian stocks slide as Iran conflict fuels oil and bond yield worries Australia Q2 GDP beats at 0.4%, keeps September rate hike in play RBNZ lifts OCR to 2.75%, says gradual tightening reduces risk of bigger hikes later BOJ hawk Takata says nimble rate hikes needed…
Folarin Balogun pulled out of a move to Everton from AS Monaco after an on-again, off-again day ended without the United States striker making a transfer to the Premier League, according to multiple reports.
Gael Monfils, playing on his 40th birthday, beat Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in four sets Tuesday night to become the oldest man to win a US Open match since Jimmy Connors in 1992.
FIFA's intended investment partner, Josh Kushner, said he regrets getting involved in Gianni Infantino's failed World Cup sell-off plan.
French veteran Gael Monfils is treated to a rendition of Happy Birthday by the US Open crowd as he becomes the oldest man to win a match there since 1992.
Apps captured the headline revenue while Robinhood’s disclosed fee split offers no bridge to its corporate accounts.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is gaining ground for the second successive day and trading around 99.70 during the Asian hours on Wednesday.
At last year's US Open, Coco Gauff's serve left her practising in the rain and crying on court - now it is a potent weapon.
Silver price (XAG/USD) extends its losses for the second successive day, trading around $63.40 per troy ounce during the Asian hours on Wednesday. The non-yielding Silver declines as a global bond selloff drove the US 10-year Treasury yield up to 4.80%, hitting its highest point since early 2025.
Copied support records exposed varying combinations of identity, location and compliance data, while private keys and customer funds remained safe.
The stronger than expected GDP print has pushed market pricing for a September RBA hike to 57 percent, up from 48 percent beforehand, while a November move remains more than fully priced. AUD/USD ticked higher on the release, trading above 0.7150, as the beat on both quarterly and annual growth reinforced the case for further…
The AUD/NZD cross builds on the better-than-expected Australian data-inspired gains and rallies to the 1.2200 mark, or the highest since July 8, after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced its policy decision.
The NZD/USD pair tumbles to near 0.5855 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) faces some selling pressure against the US Dollar (USD) after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) interest rate decision.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – scales higher for the third straight day – also marking the fifth day of a positive move in the previous six – and climbs to a fresh high since July 24 during the Asian session on Wednesday.
AUD/USD inches higher after recovering its daily losses, trading around 0.7150 during the Asian hours on Wednesday.
Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Hajime Takata said on Wednesday that the central bank must conduct rate hikes nimbly after assessing accommodation in domestic financial conditions and developments.
Coco Gauff opened her US Open campaign with a straight-sets win over Zeynep Sonmez, while two-time women's doubles champions Serena and Venus Williams are set to face Maya Joint and Chan Hao-Ching after the draw on Tuesday.
The iPhone maker follows rival technology giant Google in relabelling the Great Lake.
Australia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 0.4% QoQ in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026 compared with the 0.3% growth in the first quarter (Q1), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed on Wednesday. This reading came in stronger than the expectations of 0.3% expansion.
Australian Q2 GDP 0.4% q/q for a beat expected 0.3%, prior 0.3% 2.1% y/y, beat expected 1.8%, prior 2.5% Just the numbers this post. I'll have more to come on this separately, details and implications.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Speech by Board Member TAKATA in Sapporo (Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy in Japan)”.
Booking.com said the "limited test" was "not a true reflection of the experience of millions of listings or reviews".
Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Bank of Japan Accounts (August 31)”.
The dog, a female Samoyed, starred alongside Kelce in an ad campaign for Tommy Hilfiger.
Coin Metrics found market plumbing drove much of the volume while reserve income supplied 95.2% of Q2 revenue.
Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit Trump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious deal giving the US control of a significant chunk of Venezuelan oil reserves, arguing that the sweeping agreement would help stabilize and rebuild…
Premier League clubs break their all-time summer transfer record after spending reaches £3.198bn.
The company told TechCrunch he is "pursuing new endeavors." Karklin will be replaced on an interim basis by Mike Ross, an aviation executive who joined Pivotal's board of directors in November 2025.
The U. S.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Monetary Base (Aug.)”.
Check out the significant signings and departures in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, EFL and Women's Super League.
USA forward changes his mind over £40m deal Club had sold Beto and Ndiaye to raise funds Everton’s £40m move for the USA international Folarin Balogun collapsed late on deadline day to leave the manager, David Moyes, with only one striker for the first half of the season. Everton had agreed a £40m deal for Balogun only for…
Here's what you need to know about the battles to reach October as teams try to lock up a postseason spot.
From current playoff matchups to league races to the postseason schedule, we have everything you need to know.
Lamine Camara is staying at Monaco after the Senegal midfielder's £47.1m move to Chelsea collapses.
Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.
The cost of dining out is getting increasingly hard to swallow - but clever planning can get you cheaper deals.
Benedict Andrews’ intense, interval-free mashup of ancient and modernist classics is a show of two halves The Electra bit of the title refers to the Sophoclean tragedy of a daughter trapped in a cycle of vengeance, the Persona part to Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film about an actor who suddenly stops speaking while performing…
333 miles of real-world range with uncompromised comfort and off-road ability.
Resolution Foundation argues that UK’s internationally low ‘tax wedge’ must rise to pay for defence ambitions The chancellor, John Healey, must be prepared to raise taxes for middle earners if he wants to fund significantly higher defence spending, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has said. Healey resigned from Keir…
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.
Cronos restored pre-exploit state, Ontology paused before a confirmed loss, and ICON halted after assets reached exchanges, exposing three different emergency powers and recovery risks.
The open-source agent framework that started the "autonomous AI" hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it's coming for the enterprise now.
Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) Governor Anna Breman presents the prepared remarks on the Monetary Policy Review (MPR) and responds to media questions at the press conference after the September monetary policy announcement.
Coinbase paused CORE sends and receives while LBank suspended deposits, but Core has not quantified the excess rewards.
The deal, part of MediaTek's record $3.9 billion bond offering, ties Nvidia's chip ecosystem to a Taiwanese rival building its own AI accelerator business.
A program called the Veggie Chop Shop enlists volunteers to gather extra produce from farmers' markets that would otherwise go to waste. They then cook meals for people facing food insecurity.
Bitcoin price has fallen below $77,000 as fresh U. S.
The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.
“We’re at an inflection point in cybersecurity,” Jensen Huang told a sold-out crowd at CrowdStrike’s Fal. Con 2026 in Las Vegas Tuesday.
Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr has backed a decisive interest rate increase if inflation fails to ease, as Polymarket traders place the chance of a 2026 hike at 72%. Barr supports a Fed rate hike if inflation stays high The…
Oil: Private survey of inventory shows a headline crude oil draw greater than expected Nasdaq indices close sharply lower as Iran war heats up All aboard!. The Bond Bears take the 10 year yield above 4.75% and up to 4.80% Here we go again.
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
Trading on the Ethereum Layer 2 climbed 61% in a matter of days as DeFi deposits and stablecoin holdings approached $800 million.
X has begun investigating a wave of unsolicited password-reset emails and confirmation codes, although its initial review has found no evidence that the platform’s systems were breached. X finds no breach in initial password-reset review X Product Engineering team member…
While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements.
X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.
Here are Google’s latest AI updates from August 2026
Kast has launched a stablecoin-based business platform offering accounts, cards, transfers in more than 20 currencies, and returns of up to 8% APY across over 170 countries. Kast said its new KAST Business platform gives companies a single service for…
The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.
Bitcoin has lost ground in eight of the last 13 Septembers. The stock market's had the same problem since 1928.
CEL Solicitors says it has traced more than 5,500 BTC that it believes belong to former users of Intersango, an early Bitcoin exchange that disappeared more than a decade ago. At Bitcoin’s current price near $78,824, those coins carry a value of roughly $433.5 million.
Australian GDP data is due, for the months of April, May and June. But, the focus today is on the RBNZ decision.
UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.
Attackers reportedly registered Lenovo IDs using victims’ email addresses, allowing them to sign into existing Dropbox accounts without their passwords.
Tobias Adrian, Domenico Giannone, Matteo Luciani , and Mike West Central banks monitor macroeconomic risk through two traditions: scenario analysis, regularly used since the mid-1990s, and distributional forecasting, practiced since the late 1960s. The two are complementary but separate: scenarios provide narratives without…
Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.
Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.
The U. S.
The star has denied allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace in a suit that has now been thrown out A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the remaining claims in a well-publicized lawsuit against Lizzo ’s production company, declaring that the case brought by her former wardrobe stylist could not proceed. The…
New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.
New postmortems estimate about 700 agents joined the intrusion, while OpenAI’s largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold.
Fable 5.1 and its restricted sibling Mythos 5.1 arrive three months after export controls forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 offline for 18 days
Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25m The top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, who reaped profits earlier this year of up to $24m selling his private investment in Elon…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for its Sept. 17, 2026, roundtable on preparations for 24-hour trading.
A fake Claude desktop application has distributed RevStealer malware designed to steal data from more than 50 cryptocurrency wallets, password managers, and web browsers on Windows computers. Fake Claude app conceals RevStealer payload Cybersecurity company Morphisec said in an Aug.…
"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized Paramount A collective of more than 170 prominent Jewish artists and academics – including Todd Haynes , Joel Coen , Miranda July , Hannah Einbinder , Wallace Shawn and Naomi Klein – have…
President Trump - on a call with Fox News - said that if Iran retaliates against the most US retaliation from Irans retailiation, that they will be "totally wiped out as a country". He says: If they do respond, they'll be hit much harder He characterized today's hit a being very big, and if they go a third time, they're going…
The Aug. 31 target keeps the stream parseable while forcing direct consumers and forwarding RPC providers to audit placeholder values.
Continuing resolution to approve government spending until 11 December passes 370-48 and will now go to Trump The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown through the midterms, as both parties opted to defuse a volatile dispute ahead of the November elections that will…
Bitcoin just had one its best months in years amid a price rally that broke the crypto winter pattern. But the charts tell a complicated story.
Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.
RedStone has said Tectonic’s estimated $75 million exploit resulted from weak collateral controls rather than an inaccurate oracle after TONIC’s reported price rose about 100-fold in 20 minutes. RedStone co-founder Marcin Kazmierczak told crypto.news that the oracle accurately reported TONIC’s…
Japan’s collision with Donald Trump reveals the dilemma facing Britain: economic independence is becoming more necessary – and more tricky to achieve “In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity” is an aphorism attributed to Albert Einstein . It seems to be taken to heart by this White House.
The publicly traded company recently bought 19,000 SOL, bringing its treasury to more than 2.33 million SOL and SOL equivalents.
Starting on September 1, Ternus will lead one of the world's most valuable companies, but if you're not a dedicated Apple enthusiast, you've probably never heard of this man, who has largely remained out of the spotlight until now.
New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.
Keep track of important items, reduce motion sickness during your ride, create and edit notes right from your chat, and more.
Chainlink has made six official U. S.
The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mark D. Hanf, the former CEO of Novato, California-based Pacific Private Money Group LLC (PPMG), and Hoai-Nam Chu Phan, the former COO of a PPMG subsidiary, with orchestrating an offering fraud that…
FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon."
Bitcoin traded near $77,500 on Sept. 1 as rising oil prices, higher bond yields and renewed US rate-hike concerns outweighed strong spot ETF inflows, while short-term technical indicators pointed to weakening momentum.
The Aug. 30 postmortem traces the replay flaw to mismatched serial-number checks and a 105-minute response gap.
The prediction platform permanently banned George Santos and issued a three-year suspension for Laurie Buckhout after investigations into using insider information on event contracts.
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
When the average car could only do 40 mph, this Bentley could break 100.
In his TruthSocial post Pres. Trump confirms the striking of Iranian targets saying: The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
Hardware engineering executive succeeding Tim Cook is a longtime Apple insider, indicating company will continue strategy that has led to record profits Tim Cook stepped down as CEO of Apple on 31 August. John Ternus, a longtime company veteran, succeeded him the next day as the company’s new chief executive.
Three Pulitzer winners, a Booker Prize winner, two Booker longlisted authors this year, and a number whose works have been adapted for the screen are among the authors with new books out this month.
AI datacentres are almost universally unpopular . They are loud, unsightly and drain environmental resources, with most of the profits generated flowing back to the US companies that build them – and the statistics against them are piling up.
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
We’re launching agentic video understanding across our latest Gemini models for improved accuracy and lower costs and token usage.
Bodycote is the latest FTSE 250 industrial company set to fall to an overseas bidder, despite the government’s talk of ‘reindustrialising’ The UK is in the business of “reindustrialising”, says the prime minister. If we are, an increasing portion of the activity will be under foreign ownership.
He upset Queen Elizabeth II, defied the developers and had to scrap for every inch of graffiti space in a gentrified, urban landscape • Prolific UK graffiti artist Helch dies You know you’ve made an impact when the headlines upon your death are filled with words like “iconic”, “infamous”, “world class” and “upset Queen…
Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough.
The planned venture will initially focus on a US dollar stablecoin before expanding to other G7 currencies, with a euro-denominated offering next.
All 12 systemically significant banks are ready, while the first retailer mandate applies only above a revenue threshold and with a qualifying bank agreement.
Simon Galbraith says Rupert Lowe’s party can ‘spark a British renaissance’ if it gets into power The hard-right Restore Britain party has got its first major donation of £500,000 from an IT entrepreneur in a sign it may continue to pose a threat to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Rupert Lowe, an MP who left Reform UK before…
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
The price of crude oil is moving higher and stocks are moving lower on reports of an American attack on Iran. There are sounds of explosions heard in Chabahar and Bandar Abbas according to local reports.
X engineers have acknowledged the issue, but have not confirmed a new data breach of its systems.
Predict.fun has launched a self-service developer dashboard that lets builders create applications, generate API keys, monitor usage and manage rate limits from one interface. Predict.fun developer dashboard centralizes API access Predict.fun said in a post on X that the new…
The investment firm bought 456,059 Block shares across three ETFs and added $3.4 million in Circle stock.
The self-custodial app brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers, with annualized rewards of up to 6%.
OKX has added 10 USDC spot margin pairs for European customers, offering up to 10x leverage as NEAR and ENA gained 7.2% and 5.6%, respectively, over the past 24 hours. According to a Sept.
Built on our latest Nano Banana model, Google Pics — our image creation and editing tool — is now available.
A Google DeepMind scientist explains how AI weather prediction works and how it can help warn communities earlier than ever.
GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.
Existing boards could be merged so there would be one for the west and another for the east of Scotland.
Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.
The effective interest rate on 10 years rose to 4.79%, its highest level since January 2025, as oil prices surged.
Canadian PM is set to retaliate against tariffs levied by Donald Trump and criticized US officials over insults US politics live – latest updates Mark Carney has rebuked Donald Trump’s administration and urged officials in Washington to “start being serious” amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada. Days…
Burnham said his government's first moves were designed to give people 'breathing space'.
RedStone has announced plans to give holders of Centrifuge’s tokenized NYLIM U. S.
AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behavior.
The group will focus first on a U. S.
Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000.
Revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of $1.9 million, driving a 30% rally in ARB as traders chased downstream gains.
Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates.
US owner of Claude chatbot previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testing The US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking incidents involving its models reflected a “failure of operational security” and said it has tightened its testing procedures. Anthropic revealed in July…
The levy on "ultra-fast fashion" items could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030.
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie has revealed its much anticipated official nominations for this year's edition and world tour and here are eight models you should be watching out for.
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English, is to retranslate the ancient Greek epic poem from scratch less than a decade after the…
Ethena has launched Ethena Pay in beta for 400 early users, bringing USDe payments, Avalanche settlement and annual reward rates of up to 6% to a self-custodial mobile app. Ethena Pay connects USDe balances with daily payments Ethena said in…
From the G20, US Treas Sec. Bessent is saying: I think that Japan is taking right steps for economy.
Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
Flock's searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U. S.
University’s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and loss of ‘everything that makes the job worth doing’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian university has offered students classes…
Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda
Multiple crypto industry figures and CoinDesk staff received unexpected password reset emails on Tuesday, though there is no evidence yet that X itself has been breached.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed to update the rules and forms that apply to registered transfer agents. Transfer agents are a key component of the national clearance and settlement system.
Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.
Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.
Canada's Carney is standing his ground. Says: Asked about US officials insulting Canada, says "It's beneath their office" We can start having trade discussions with the US when Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious.
The actor’s lawyers spent six months negotiating the contract for “Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi” in order to “protect” her performance.
James Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50 It is the live stream you never wanted to see but may find impossible to resist: rolling footage beamed live from inside your mouth while you are cleaning your teeth. Dyson, the home appliance maker that made its name…
Prior month 0.0% revised from -0.1% Construction spending for July -0.5% versus 0.0% expected Details from the US Census: Total construction spending fell -0.5% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,157.6 billion, from June’s revised $2,167.7 billion. Spending was down 3.8% from July 2025.
Yield on 30-year gilts highest since 1998 as rout triggered by global factors underlines tricky backdrop John Healey faces Business live – latest updates The chancellor’s headroom against Labour’s fiscal rules could be almost halved at his first budget if the current global bond sell-off persists into the autumn, economists…
Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.
Just after Jo Hooper landed her dream role at 30, she struggled with burnout and had to take time off work.
From ceramic goblin feet to furry disembodied legs, Korean-Chinese artist Woo Jin Joo is using London junk to inject the art world with a spirit of playfulness Woo Jin Joo’s studio is full of magic. Ceramic green goblin feet line the windowsill, disembodied furry legs jut out of one white wall and, on the table behind where…
Prior month 55.6 ISM manufacturing PMI for August 54.6 versus 55.2 estimate. Employment index 51.2 versus 53.0 estimate.
ETF inflows have broken the historical record of $1.66 billion, while XRP prices continue to decline amid market volatility. UE Crypto has launched a new cloud mining smart contract, and its return mechanism has attracted significant attention from XRP holders.…
A new season celebrates Contemporary Films and its founder Charles Cooper, who bet on Britain taking to Ingmar Bergman, Yasujiro Ozu, Satyajit Ray – and a young Mike Leigh Occasionally, vital pieces of the cultural jigsaw disappear without anyone really noticing. This, sadly, was the fate of Contemporary Films, the British…
Prior month 7.182 million JOLTs job openings for July 7.271M vs 7.300M estimate. Details from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job openings: Little changed at 7.3 million in July, with the openings rate steady at 4.4%.
TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you.
From wedding ceremonies to sunsets with pumpkins, even in urinals, Kusama’s work brought joy, mischief and inspiration to so many I have always loved Yayoi Kusama’s work, and when I visited an exhibition of hers on a gap year in Sydney I was spellbound by her infinity mirror rooms. I immediately thought, despite being single…
Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.1% in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.1% in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: -23,000(p) in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.02(p) in Jul 2026 News Release Historical Data Producer Price Index - Final Demand…
RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents.
Solana price held above the key $100 level on Sept. 1 after its late-August rally stalled near $110, with weakening trend strength pointing to consolidation before the next major move.
"We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that," Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. "I'm not going to dress these facts up."
The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by backing that protection.
September has historically been a poor month for risk assets in general, and bitcoin, in particular.
Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’ A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake Ontario has become the most in-demand navigation tool in the US. MapQuest, which was openly dismissive of the president’s 27 August…
Prior month 53.9 Preliminary estimate for manufacturing PMI 53.2 S&P global manufacturing PMI final 53.9 Details from S&P Global on the survey report: S&P Global US manufacturing PMI held at 53.9 in August, signaling another solid expansion in operating conditions. Production increased for the 15th consecutive month, but growth…
There's still plenty of cinematic goodness to look forward to in the last four months of 2026. Here are our picks for the hotly awaited movies you won't want to miss.
Cardano and Blockforce launched a dual-ledger traceability system that has anchored over 500,000 Brazilian supply chain records.
Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it?
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement.
European stock markets fall and Brent crude jumps above $92 a barrel amid renewed fighting in Middle East The FTSE 100 index is down just over 1%, driven by sharp falls in mining and manufacturing shares. Endeavour Mining is leading the index lower, down 8%, while fellow miners Fresnillo and Antofagasta have also fallen…
Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.
The infamous Japanese noise artist has a vast and forbidding catalogue that commands a cult fandom. Sam Andrews, 18, is vlogging his way through the lot – and taking a stand for deep listening An Instagram Reel that looks like an 80s coming-of-age movie pops up on your feed.
Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.
Ethereum price remained trapped between $2,400 support and $2,500 resistance on Sept. 1, with weak trend strength and fading momentum raising the risk of another liquidity-driven pullback.
Could we get more cache space with the same hardware? We prototyped compression inside Cloudflare's cache to find out.
Authorities targeted funds from a $140 million sponsorship deal with crypto firm Sorare, though law enforcement confirmed no wrongdoing by the Premier League.
The Swedish retailer has seen revenue decline as the rising cost of living reduces people's ability to buy new furniture.
Strategy somehow threaded the needle of buying Bitcoin and STRC while also raising cash. Now how will the market respond?
Most provisions took effect Sept. 1, but draft rules and a July 2027 transition limit what can operate now.
Police say the ringleader also took crypto from the group and sent back 11 used cars and two excavators, a first for Korean investigators.
The company's Texas campus has two long-term leases worth $19.6 billion, more than 260 times its latest quarterly revenue, as AI companies race to secure power and data-center capacity.
Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets.
A bill proposing a cap on donations is up for debate this week. We must seize this chance to keep big money out of our politics Christopher Harborne gave Reform £9m in one day – more than double the amount all trade unions combined gave Labour nationally and its MPs directly for the entirety of the last general election.
Bitcoin price traded just below $78,000 on Sept. 1 after retreating from the $81,000 area, as fading trend strength, Federal Reserve rate concerns and nearby liquidation clusters kept the cryptocurrency inside a narrow range.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet proved that opposites really do attract in the smash hit sitcom. But beyond the bickering and and pranks, there was a romance so special that it changed many fans’ lives Opposites attract.
Artist rose to prominence in 2018 by painting his eponymous tag in public spots across southern England The graffiti artist who left an indelible mark on high-rise Britain The street artist Helch, known for murals and tags across England, has died, his gallery has said. He rose to prominence in 2018 by painting his eponymous…
S&P 500 analysis (with video) shows bears are back but where is the next bounce? Bitcoin at crossroads after hawkish Warsh: traders waiting for 77K-80K range break Euro area inflation climbs above 3% in August on higher energy prices UK mortgage borrowing slows in July, though consumer borrowing continues to hold up Euro area…
The proposed screen would cut three companies from MSCI's global indexes in November, with Strategy the largest by some distance.
Competitors have plunged into a Welsh peat bog for the 40th World Bog Snorkelling Championships. The unusual event in Llanwrtyd Wells combines snorkels, flippers and doggy paddling, attracting participants and spectators to the rural town.
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026
As The Story – inspired by a scandal that ended a young Black reporter’s career – makes its London debut, its author explains why, two decades on, it’s more relevant than ever If our ability to discern fake news from fact is a hot topic today, Tracey Scott Wilson was on to it more than two decades ago. As a child, the…
Crypto added roughly $500 billion in market value in a matter of days as Bitcoin ran from about $63,500 toward $80,000 last week. A liquidation squeeze powered much of the first phase, and regulated investment products then supplied fresh capital once forced buying began to fade.
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack in 2001 are explored Twenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born after 11 September 2001 or were too young to remember the day that…
The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings.
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn Three more London-listed companies are set to be taken over as the value of deals removing firms from the capital’s under-pressure stock market so far this year passes $100bn (£74bn). On Tuesday, Bodycote, the FTSE 250 industrials group…
The firm's Hong Kong listing on Tuesday comes after a years-long quest to sell shares in New York and London.
"We could really be facing the great filter."
The team behind Starcloud's orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri.
Prior +2.9% HICP +3.2% vs +3.4% y/y expected Prior +2.9% Italy's inflation rate accelerated in August 2026, driven primarily by a sharp increase in energy costs. The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.5% compared with July and increased by 3.3% on an annual basis, up from 2.9% in the previous month.
Eurozone August preliminary CPI +3.3% vs +3.3% y/y expected Prior +2.9% Eurozone August preliminary core CPI +2.4% vs +2.5% y/y expected Prior +2.5% No surprises there as headline annual inflation jumps back up above the 3% mark again - the first time since May. This is largely led by a surge in energy price inflation, which…
Last month, Microsoft’s gaming division told its workforce it was cutting 3,200 jobs, which some say will have big ramifications for game development – as well as taking a huge personal toll On the morning of 6 July, an email went out from Asha Sharma, the chief executive of Xbox, to all of the division’s employees around the…
Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areas Fizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending machines were known as a place to grab a quick snack. Now one family of farmers is trying to change that by bringing vending machines offering…
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 3.3% in August 2026, up from 2.9% in July according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Why the drivers of inflation matter for monetary policy”.
GE Appliances is leaning heavily into artificial intelligence to improve quality and efficiency on the factory floor.
UK July mortgage approvals 56.05k vs 59.50k expected Prior 58.20k; revised to 58.21k UK July net consumer credit £2.0 billion vs £1.8 billion expected Prior £1.81 billion; revised to £1.86 billion Net mortgage approvals were seen falling in July to 56,100, and that is well below the previous 6-month average of 60,800. Adding to…
Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate vote Houses near top state secondary schools ‘cost £40,000 more’ UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remained in a “holding pattern” before…
Prior 51.9 Key findings: Output and new order growth slow Job creation at two-year high Comment: Rob Dobson, Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence said: “The rate of expansion in the UK manufacturing sector cooled in August, with output and new order growth losing traction. There are still signs for continued optimism…
The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain’s Costa Brava In the polluted waters of Marina Palamós on Spain’s Costa Brava, Manuel Maldonado, a sponge biologist, noticed something unusual last month: red starfish had started settling in the area. Nearly two years…
Eurozone August final manufacturing PMI 52.7 vs 52.8 prelim Prior 51.9 The final estimate reaffirms a solid showing in euro area industrial activity in August, with both factory output and new orders rising at their quickest rates since early-2022. The added good news is that inflation pressures also continued to ease, although…
Prior was 52.2 Key findings: Production posts strongest growth since January 2022, supported by jump in orders Supply chain pressures intensify further, contributing to steep rise in purchasing Business expectations brightest since just before the outbreak of the Middle East war in February Comment: Phil Smith, Economics…
France August final manufacturing PMI 51.1 vs 51.5 prelim Prior 49.8 This reaffirms a mild rebound in French manufacturing activity in August, bolstered by better production growth. That being said, new orders continued to shrink further and that's a signal that demand conditions remain rather subdued.
Prior 51.3 Key findings: Renewed decline in output amid faltering demand conditions Steepest drop in new orders in almost a year-anda-half First fall in production volumes in seven months Cost pressures ease as purchasing activity drops sharply Comment: Eleanor Dennison, Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: "The…
FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allege The boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with “adverse consequences” if it blocked a £9.1bn compensation scheme meant to settle the motor finance scandal . Legal documents…
Spain August manufacturing PMI 49.5 vs 50.3 expected Prior 50.2 It's not a good look in August for Spain manufacturing activity, with both output and new orders declining. The worsening business activity reflected some concerns over rising prices, especially for energy, with latest data showing a noticeable acceleration in…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Bond Market Survey (August 2026)”.
A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa A year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself “Why us?” I have come to the conclusion that the American public…
Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis finds Households in Great Britain’s cloudiest regions could still save more than £400 a year on their energy bills by installing rooftop solar panels, research has found. Rising wholesale energy prices mean the potential savings…
UK August Nationwide house prices +0.2% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.1%; revised to -0.1% UK August Nationwide house prices +1.6% vs +2.0% y/y expected Prior +1.8%; revised to +1.4% UK house prices moved up slightly in August but overall remains steady after a negative revision to the July figure. Overall, it still points…
Germany July retail sales -3.4% vs +0.4% m/m expected Prior -0.7%; revised to 0.0% Death, taxes, and German economic data disappointing on estimates. What else is new.
In-store inflation rises to an annual 1.5% in August, according to a survey for the British Retail Consortium The pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows, with higher energy costs pushing up the price of food and AI chip demand making technology more expensive…
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage into rivers and seas by water companies during dry weather increased significantly during the first five months of 2026. Dumping raw sewage into waterways during dry spells…
Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.
Let's get right into it. Headline annual inflation is expected to move up to 3.3% (previously 2.9%) while core annual inflation is expected at 2.5% (previouly 2.5%).
Bessent is in North Carolina for the G20 finance leaders' gathering but he has met BOJ governor Ueda and Japan finance minister Suzuki on the sidelines already. And it seems like he has made it clear to them, that Japan has to do its part to take more action after the US agreed to help intervene in the market at the end of…
While many young people have found jobs and built careers, some have struggled to complete their courses The crisis in the youth employment market, with almost a million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) across the UK, has placed fresh emphasis on ways of getting employees into the workforce. The…
An EU export ban on Dutch tech giant ASML’s machines could force the pause we all need At this point, it should be clear that AI is a choose-your-own-adventure book where every option ends in disaster. Exploding carbon emissions and ecological collapse?
Exclusive: FCA pressures firms to do more to sort 760,000 accounts as watchdog urges families to use free tracking service Child trust fund providers are being put under the spotlight to check they are treating savers fairly and doing all they can to reunite young people with lost accounts. The Financial Conduct Authority…
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now.
A yes to membership would have given Brussels a boost but Icelanders have not voted to isolate themselves Iceland’s 52.8% to 47.2% vote against reopening EU accession talks is, undeniably, a blow for Brussels. But claiming it as a Brexit-style victory for “national sovereignty” or evidence of broad rejection of the EU…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances and Market Operations (Aug.)”.
Preview: Westpac sees RBNZ hiking OCR to 2.75% tomorrow, data dependent from there MOF official: Katayama, Bessent talks covered FX intervention, fiscal policy Japan finmin Katayama and Bessent affirm need for orderly yen moves China private PMI beats forecast, longest upturn in five years. AUD support.
This print beats the roughly 51.0 consensus flagged ahead of the release and lands the day after the NBS official PMI also improved, giving AUD traders confirmation from both the state weighted and export weighted surveys in the same week, a combination that tends to build conviction faster than either gauge moving alone. The…
RatingDog Manufacturing PMI pushing AUD higher. Just the data this post.
The strength of this reading, particularly the sharpest new orders growth in over eight and a half years, reinforces the case that Japan's export-oriented, semiconductor and AI-linked manufacturing base is running considerably hotter than the broader economy, a distinction worth keeping in mind alongside the weaker domestic…
Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.
Key Takeaways for Traders Today Oil and rates: Brent settled above $90, while the US 10-year yield reached 4.768%. This strengthens the higher-inflation, higher-rate market regime.
Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.
The firm, 1789 Capital, led the funding round that reportedly will total around $1 billion.
Going back to work after a summer holiday can be tricky - here are a few tips to make it easier.
The acceleration adds a modestly hawkish data point for the Bank of England, coming alongside the Office for National Statistics' own CPI measure, which already showed inflation at a four-month high in July. With the BoE forecasting CPI to peak at 3.2 percent in October and November and food inflation to reach 3.5 percent in…
Andreessen Horowitz held out its hand and returned with billions more in new funds to invest in startups.
It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.
Company is offering cash reward for 40,000lb stolen cargo, and turns theft into lighthearted social media promotion Pabst is offering a reward after tens of thousands of cans of its Blue Ribbon beer were stolen from the company’s southern California warehouse two weeks ago – if it is all safely returned. In Instagram posts…
Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on ads.
Personnel turnover at the Pentagon is not typically a market moving event on its own, but this one is worth flagging given the pattern it extends. The Army now has no Senate confirmed civilian or military leader at all, with an acting chief of staff already in place after the prior officeholder's firing.
Japanese companies are doubling down on India amid a shrinking domestic market and rising risks in China.
Gemini 3.7 Flash powers autonomous agent teams in Antigravity to solve open math problems, build CPU emulators, and optimize OSS.
Amazon responded to the lawsuit, arguing the US Federal Trade Commission "misunderstands" their ad market.
The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
You've read the stories. Now check out our forums.
US broader indices close lower on the day. Nasdaq 100 closes marginally higher Trump to announce new drug pricing agreement.
A print at or above the 51.0 consensus would reinforce the narrative building since yesterday's NBS beat , that China's export-facing manufacturers are stabilising even as the broader economy struggles. The private survey's greater weighting toward smaller, export-oriented firms makes it a cleaner read on external demand than…
Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.
Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states for allegedly secretly charging businesses more for advertising.
Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform.
Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.
Yesterday we had the official PMIs from China: China factory activity beats forecasts but stays in contraction in August China official August Manufacturing PMI 49.8 (expected 49.7, prior 49.2) Today we get the privately surveyed manufacturing PMI from Rating Dog / S&P Global. I'll get a preview of this postd soon.
Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons.
FTC alleges in lawsuit that online retailer ‘secretly and systematically overcharged’ advertisers for years The US’s main trade regulator and 22 states sued Amazon on Monday, alleging the online retailer “secretly and systematically overcharged” advertisers on Amazon.com. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said these…
Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.
As frustration over AI influencers has been growing, Instagram is limiting the reach of undisclosed AI profiles.
The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring.
Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures.
The disciplinary action comes two months after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges against Santos.
Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.
Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.
Santos was accused of profiting from bets tied to his attendance at Trump’s State of the Union address George Santos, the former Republican congressman whose political career collapsed under a mountain of lies, has become the first person ever handed a lifetime ban by the prediction-market platform Kalshi. The company…
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration today announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to assist the agencies in carrying out their respective missions of ensuring the…
Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.
The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U. S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.
Three-quarters of Americans said in a recent poll that they oppose datacenters being built next to their homes Donald Trump has criticized communities pushing back against datacenter projects across the US amid a growing backlash, warning those that reject them risk becoming “backwards and poor”. As controversy surrounding…
Hie Joo Ahn and Jeremy Rudd This paper estimates state-level trend unemployment rates (trend U-star) based on the trend components of unemployment inflows and outflows across unemployment durations. The estimated trend U-stars, particularly the portions attributable to long-termunemployment, have levels and dynamics that vary…
Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.
Paul S. Atkins, Chairman
Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.
Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and other major hardware lines.
In exchange for free stuff, devices make home connections part of a proxy network.
In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.
“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”
Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment Doctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds. The groundbreaking technology has been trained on millions of patients and works by extracting more information from a routine…
The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips.
Exclusive : Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s government inquiry…
The request comes after Google made the switch for US-based users over the weekend. MapQuest, another US map provider, said it will not change the name.
MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.
Build a home office you’ll actually enjoying working from with tried-and-true upgrades – from inexpensive speakers to a stand that can turn an iPad into a second monitor The best wireless earbuds in the US – tested
Explosive growth comes with a new regulatory burden in the European Union.
"We would need over half a million 4K TVs to fully display the single Roman image from our largest survey."
Bot operators have historically had the economic advantage, bypassing static, deterministic detection rules with cheap proxies and retooling. Cloudflare's new Adaptive Intelligence engine flips this dynamic by autonomously learning from the meta-signals of live traffic and deploying disposable rules, making automated attacks…
Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.
AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot. Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music…
Amelia Dimoldenberg says publicists ignored her interview show for years but she can now be picky over A-list guests Just a decade ago, Amelia Dimoldenberg found it impossible to drum up any mainstream celebrities to come on her mock date YouTube show, in which she chats awkwardly with guests over chicken and chips. Even…
FTC and 22 state attorneys general allege Amazon concealed unfair charges in its digital advertising auction pricing Today, 22 states joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that secretly inflated prices in its online search…
More than 20 organisations have written a joint letter to John Swinney urging him to scrap his plan for a legal cap on some food and drink prices.
Interactive mobile "gizmos" are easy to make, hard to share outside Meta's platform.
Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international…
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Big tech, big debt: when US tech giants tap the euro area bond market”.
Exclusive: Patients identify errors in consultation transcripts that are missed by GPs, Healthwatch England finds AI technology that listens to and transcribes patients’ consultations with doctors can put them at risk by getting the names of drugs and illnesses wrong, an NHS watchdog has warned. In one case a woman was left…
The U. S.
George Arison is done letting Wall Street's "Grindr discount" go unchallenged — in a wide-ranging Q&A, the CEO walks us through how AI, a controversial $350-plus EDGE tier, and a bet on healthcare and long-distance matchmaking are turning Grindr into the "gayborhood in your pocket" he's been promising since 2022.
The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border.
So-called financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood. Here is how experts say you can avoid it
Cut content from Portal 2 , hints of Half Life 2: Episode 3 , and so much more.
The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.
A free initiative which started with one school four years ago now has more than 200 involved.
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gone in.
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives Bryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.
This no-frills pizza oven gets the basics right and is more than good enough for most people • The best pizza ovens – tested • Ooni Koda 2 review The market for pizza ovens tends to be dominated by a handful of specialist brands, so it can feel like a gamble to buy from a lesser-known manufacturer or a retailer that offers a…
The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.
Tariffs continue to rile all kinds of American businesses more than a year after Trump unveiled his first set of tariffs — including a comic book store owner in Ohio.
Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexism Women working in the arts believe they do not have equal opportunities for roles, especially as they get older, according to a report saying that the industry is fixated with “young and emerging” talent.…
Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy.
This latest lawsuit is particularly broad and homes in on accusations of illegal piracy.
"We don't want to give up, we want to keep making this work," say the owners.
Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.
Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones)…
Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.
The Theragun Sense, which retails for $299, is a wellness-focused massage gun that’s designed for everyday aches, muscle tension, relaxation, and soreness.
Guildford barber Sid Gumbrell says he wants to give back and help parents with the cost of living.
Testing 100 companies found privacy requests often led to confusion and dead ends.
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is…
Planning delays and slow 5G upgrades could leave the UK unable to cope with a surge in AI-related traffic The UK risks becoming a laggard in the global AI race as crucial telecoms upgrades to harness the technology fall behind rival nations, according to senior industry executives. The infrastructure AI race has centred on the…
We've heard from adults about the new Facebook and Instagram rules, but what are kids saying? Teenage social media users talk about whether the proposed restrictions will have any effect on them.
Lawyers for Linda Kitchen say her husband was "fatally injured" after the flight dropped 6,000 ft.
SES Water says it has repaired a burst main which was affecting supply to the airport.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to Rule 3a12-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to add the debt obligations of the European Union (EU) to the list of foreign government debt obligations designated as "exempted…
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.
The annual gas bill of a typical household in the greater Belfast and west gas network areas will increase by almost £172.
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his commitment to fighting inflation in a major speech — raising expectations that rate hikes may be coming, though he did not clearly spell out a path going forward.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Isabel Schnabel: Central banks on-chain”.
Kevin Warsh remarks suggest interest rates could be increased if policymakers think inflation is running too high.
A database of trusted tradespeople and a system to protect customers' money is being launched by the government next month.
The sale comes before a proposed merger between parent company Unilever and McCormick.
Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets.