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United Overseas Bank (UOB) analysts Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann see USD/CNH confined to tight ranges in different time frames. For the next 24 hours, they expect the Dollar to trade between 6.7130 and 6.7230.
The governing bodies have traded blows since Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
The USD/CHF tumbles nearly 0.80% on Thursday as the Greenback weakens on rumours of a potential intervention in the FX markets to boost the Japanese Yen. Consequently, the pair fell from around daily highs of 0.8131, extending its losses to the current exchange rate near 0.8065.
Bitcoin rallied 5% to reclaim $80,000 as the US dollar weakened amid a suspected Bank of Japan currency intervention, though analysts remain split on the impact.
The latest updates from Flushing Meadows on day five You can mail Daniel and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky It feels rather odd saying this, given that Osaka is a two-time former US Open champion, but she’s something of a wildcard contender this fortnight, having not won a title since 2021. But over the past year she’s been…
The three AI platforms restored service Thursday after users said the simultaneous disruptions brought their work to a halt.
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Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio is acquitted of alleged involvement in distributing a sexually explicit video involving a minor.
Astra’s arrival comes days after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, described AGI as an ‘irrelevant marketing term’ The president of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, has claimed the world has entered a new era of artificial general intelligence after the release of his company’s latest model, Astra, which it described as the “world’s…
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against a basket of six major currencies, slides below 99.00 to its lowest level in over a week on Thursday. At the time of writing, DXY trades around 98.90, down 0.67% on the day, after reaching 99.86 on Wednesday.
Gold (XAU/USD) rallies more than 2% on Thursday following dovish comments by Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Christopher Waller, who advocated holding rates steady if inflation data shows the disinflation process continues.
Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompson has agreed to a five-year, $208 million rookie-scale contract extension with the franchise, sources told ESPN.
Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin said he feels good and is hopeful of being activated off the 60-day IL on Friday when Pittsburgh opens a 3-game series against the Angels.
Former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini's relationship with Mike Vrabel violated newsroom standards but showed no clear bias toward the Patriots head coach, the Athletic said Thursday.
The Cardinals and wide receiver Michael Wilson have reached an agreement on a three-year, $75 million extension, sources told ESPN and NFL Network.
Jerry Sandusky has instructed his attorneys to seek cancellation of a Sept. 8 hearing in which one of his accusers was expected to recant his sexual assault accusation, opting instead to take his appeal for a new trial to federal court.
Following an investigation into a Kawhi Leonard sponsorship, the NBA docked the Clippers five first-round picks, fined them $30 million and suspended owner Steve Ballmer for a year. The Clippers plan to challenge the findings "through every avenue."
Anthony Richardson will be the Colts' backup quarterback entering the 2026 season, coach Shane Steichen said Thursday.
Notre Dame, a favorite for the national title for the first time in two decades, and Ohio State are 6-1 to win the College Football Playoff, followed closely by Texas at 13-2, according to DraftKings.
No matter which type of league you play in, Mike Clay gives you keys to being a savvy, title-winning manager.
Ethereum funds broke a 12-day winning run and XRP snapped an 11-session streak on Wednesday, while Bitcoin ETFs bounced back with $101.15 million in one day after their worst outflow since July.
ING’s Warren Patterson says European gas prices have climbed above EUR70/MWh as lower Persian Gulf LNG supply and strong Asian spot buying cut EU LNG imports by about 16% year-on-year between April and July.
FIFA has accused European football’s governing body of launching a “smear campaign” against Gianni Infantino in a challenge to legal action over the aborted attempt to sell part of the World Cup to private investors.
After being punished for cap circumvention in 2000, Minnesota went nearly two decades without any playoff success. Is the same in store for Steve Ballmer's franchise?
Filings show at least $763.7 million raised, leaving at most $236.3 million before discounted share sales face a Nasdaq cap.
An incredible 23 wickets fall on day two between Surrey and Yorkshire at The Oval, with Surrey chasing 185 to win.
Slovenian wins stage 12 as Mas strengthens position Tim Merlier claims stage two in Tour of Britain Spain’s Enric Mas extended his overall lead in the Vuelta a España with a late attack on his rivals as Slovenia’s Jakob Omrzel won stage 12 to Calar Alto on Thursday. Movistar rider Mas burst out of a chasing group including red…
Sussex seamer Henry Crocombe took his second hat-trick in eight days to help condemn Essex to 177 all out having been 171-3 just 26 balls before.
College football is back! Previewing Week 1's top games and which teams are on upset watch.
Ole Miss is trying some new places and tried-and-true plans to promote it's stars, adding to unique part of the trophy's lore.
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What's expected: Consensus estimate +56K (range -25K to +121K) July -23K June +63K Private consensus estimate +45K Unemployment rate consensus estimate: 4.1% vs 4.1% prior Participation rate consensus 61.4% prior Prior underemployment U6 prior 7.9% Avg hourly earnings y/y exp +3.0% y/y vs +3.2% prior Avg hourly earnings m/m exp…
HSBC’s Willem Sels highlights that accelerating AI adoption, resilient growth and broadening earnings are supporting global equities into Q4 2026. The bank has recently added exposure to global stocks, favouring the US and Asia, while keeping sector diversification.
England seal a series win, thrashing Ireland by six wickets with 27 overs to spare in the second One Day International in Derby.
Richarlison is left out of Tottenham's Premier League squad as he does not figure in the club's plans this season.
The US Dollar (USD) has added to Wednesday’s pullback, receding to multi-day lows and breaching below its key 200-day SMA.
Marking its 20th edition, the festival stretches over more days and more venues, packed with new discoveries and cult favourites at Portugal's scariest film event.
BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights strong Japanese Yen flows and a declining USD/JPY as markets hesitate to challenge Japanese and U. S.
Issy Wong’s five for 33 sets up win with 27 overs to spare Victory seals series with a match still to play England sealed victory in their one-day international series against Ireland with a straightforward six-wicket win at Derby on Thursday, after seamer Issy Wong took a career-best five for 33. Wong, once again handed the…
Here's how all 30 teams have scored -- or struck out -- so far.
Venice film festival: Two men, some violence, much freewheeling chat: so far, so standard fare from the Oscar-winning writer-director. But this time the comedy and charm can feel diluted by blood and machismo It isn’t a Martin McDonagh movie unless you’ve got two morose guys – one old, one not so old – who do nothing all the…
Arsenal poised to land PSG’s Élisa De Almeida New United coach Olid promises attacking style Manchester City could be without Vivianne Miedema for at least the rest of 2026, the Guardian understands, after the Netherlands forward sustained a knee injury. According to multiple sources the injury is not an anterior cruciate…
Issy Wong's first international five-wicket haul leads England to a six-wicket win over Ireland and seals the three-match series with a game to spare.
The best of the action from Derby as England raced to a target of 166 in just 23 overs to clinch a series win over Ireland with a game to spare.
Sussex paceman Henry Crocombe takes a second hat-trick in consecutive games as Essex lose their last seven wickets for six runs.
Swap rates rise to three-year high as increase in oil prices leads to fears of higher inflation Business live – latest updates Homeowners in the UK are braced for a jump in mortgage rates, driven by higher inflation and interest rate increase expectations amid turmoil in the global bond markets. UK swap rates, which lenders use…
Spain's Enric Mas extends his overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana with a late attack as Slovenia's Jakob Omrzel wins stage 12 to Calar Alto.
Issy Wong's maiden international five-wicket haul inspired England to a comprehensive victory over Ireland in the second ODI as they clinched the three-match series with a game to spare in Derby.
The integration lets Bybit users spend digital assets directly from their exchange balances across Mesh-powered platforms.
Live updates, 1pm BST start, from the ODI in Derby Sign up to get The Spin newsletter | And email Rob 3rd over: Ireland 10-1 (Hunter 0, Lewis 5) MacDonald-Gay starts off tight before going too short and too wide: Lewis puts everything into her cut shot, granting her a boundary. 2nd over: Ireland 5-1 (Hunter 0, Lewis 1) Amy…
Willy Woo sees a possible 6-to-8-year macro rhythm, while recent research says the old pattern still survives.
Morgan Gibbs-White was left out of England's World Cup squad - will his continued good form be impossible for Thomas Tuchel to ignore?
The UK political party and its leader, Nigel Farage, have accepted contributions from figures tied to the crypto industry, raising questions about potential influence on policies.
Scuderia bring upgraded engine to their home race Winning at Monza would be ‘new territory’ Lewis Hamilton believes a win for Ferrari at the team’s home race in the Italian Grand Prix would be a phenomenal moment in an already storied career for the seven-time champion. The British driver, who would make history if he takes the…
The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.
An overview of upcoming training sessions from the Google AI Educator Series (GES), and how teachers are putting these tools to work.
Ultrahuman is targeting a $200 million annual revenue run rate by January 2027 as it builds a new Qualcomm-powered smart ring.
Semi-conductor giant bets that support for open AI models could offset potential slowdown in demand for chips Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips. Shares in Nvidia…
Revolut filed with the OCC and FDIC on March 4 to establish Revolut Bank US, an insured national bank that would take deposits, issue credit cards, make loans, and connect directly to Fedwire and ACH. Nearly six months later, that application remains pending, while federal regulators have spent the same stretch conditionally…
Welcome to the stretch run! Some top teams are cruising, while others are making final pushes for October.
Jameson Williams leading the Lions' receivers? We have 32 outside-the-box things to watch.
Early in every season, Bill Connelly makes some bold predictions ... and he's often right.
Welcome to our transfer alternative awards, where we hand out eight off-beat trophies to those who didn't quite make the spotlight.
The Circular Ring 3 series announcement comes amid a year of heightened competition in the smart ring market, following the launches of the Oura Ring 5 and RingConn Gen 3.
Carlos Alcaraz has taken a swipe at the hectic tennis calendar and said he will skip tournaments from now on.
Stocks and crypto rallied together after Governor Christopher Waller said he could back holding rates steady, with short sellers absorbing the brunt of the squeeze.
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September rate-hike odds have fallen to 38% on Polymarket after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said cooling August inflation could persuade him to support holding rates steady. Waller makes August CPI the Fed rate hike test The Federal Reserve said…
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The deal gives Nvidia control of a leading open-source AI platform and developer community.
Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli has joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal for £60m.
Gabriel Martinelli has joined Al Hilal in a club-record £60m sale for Arsenal.
The company raised PlayStation prices for a second time in March, five weeks after the tariffs were struck down.
NFL reporter resigned after fallout from photo scandal Patriots coach, Russini were pictured at Arizona resort Investigation unable to find ‘exact nature’ of relationship The Athletic’s internal investigation found that the relationship between former NFL reporter Dianna Russini and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel was in…
Kiffin chose LSU as the path of least resistance to win a title. Anything short of that will bring a legion of critics.
Naomi Osaka overcame a mid-match wobble to beat Katerina Siniakova 6-2 5-7 6-1 and reach the third round of the US Open.
Chelsea are believed to have recouped more than £500m this summer by either selling or loaning out a staggering 39 players.
Bitcoin price extended its recovery above $80,000 on Sept. 3 after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller cooled expectations for a September rate hike, while the charts showed strong momentum approaching a critical resistance zone.
Opposition leader says interim government lacking democratic mandate to negotiate on natural resources The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has questioned Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela’s interim government, saying the country’s natural resources do not belong to “an illegitimate regime”. In her first…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) trades on Thursday near 53,750, up 1.3% and on track for its strongest session since early August, after a Federal Reserve (Fed) governor said he would be inclined to support holding rates at the September 15-16 meeting if the inflation data due over the next
From hiding in a truck to playing in a war zone, new Rangers striker Kevin Kelsy has had an eventful career already.
The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others.
England's Todd Clements is one shot behind course leader Ashun Wu after posting a six-under 64 in the first round of the Omega European Masters at Crans Montana.
Rangers confirm they have bought Venezuela striker Kevin Kelsy from Portland Timbers and taken Algeria winger Badredine Bouanani on loan from Stuttgart.
The deal will bring SoFiUSD to Kraken, connect Payward to SoFi’s 24/7 dollar settlement network and give SoFi access to digital asset liquidity through Kraken Prime.
Frontier intelligence is going local. At IFA 2026, NVIDIA, Microsoft and its partners are teaming up to provide faster inference and new tools that make agents easier to set up and run locally on NVIDIA hardware.
At the end of a busy transfer window which spanned the World Cup, here are some of the subplots of the summer The World Cup is always a good shop window. Yan Diomande was already a rising star at RB Leipzig but shining for Côte d’Ivoire in the US helped push up his price tag before a £115.7m move to Real Madrid.
The reported contract could eliminate expiry while leaving traders exposed to an oil market that still closes.
Three new voice-activated features will change the way you use Google Workspace products.
Rangers have signed Kevin Kelsy from Portland Timbers in a deal worth £9m with winger Badredine Bouanani joining on loan from Stuttgart.
Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.
The bank is now offering institutional crypto spot trading in the region, bringing BTC and ETH onto the same eFX rails that institutions use to trade dollars and euros.
Privacy coins are gaining a place in regulated investment markets even as direct access to their underlying assets becomes harder. Grayscale’s Zcash ETF now trades on NYSE Arca, while major centralized exchanges have reduced support for Monero and other privacy-focused…
How Julian Alvarez must convince supporters his focus is firmly on Atletico Madrid, after his dream move to Barcelona did not happen.
Bank of England (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill reiterated on Thursday his support for raising the Bank Rate to 4%, arguing that policymakers cannot wait for uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict and energy prices to resolve before acting.
The Pound Sterling (GBP) rises against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday as Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Christopher Waller favors holding rates unchanged, shifting to a more neutral stance regarding monetary policy, while data showed that the US labor market is solid and that business activity impr
Kraken will list SoFiUSD and gain access to SoFi’s round-the-clock dollar settlement network, while Kraken Prime will execute trades for SoFi’s crypto customers.
The US Mint special edition is stamped with a portrait of Trump alongside the words "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST"
Former official says he ‘tried to stay in the centre circle’ Referees’ group thought to be puzzled by remarks The former Premier League referee Mike Dean claims he used to take part in secret challenges while officiating, including trying to stay in the centre circle for as long as possible, as he confessed to “just joking…
Kimi Antonelli played down suggestions that he could drive for Ferrari in the future as he claimed he could spend his entire career with Mercedes.
Much of the last week in the Premier League has bordered on the ridiculous. Spending in the transfer window went stratospheric.
An excellent performance from Issy Wong sees her get a five-wicket haul - her first for England in ODI cricket - during the second One Day International in Derby.
USD/CAD extends its decline for the second consecutive day on Thursday as broad US Dollar (USD) weakness and the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) hawkish message at its September policy meeting support the Canadian Dollar (CAD).
London City Lionesses owner Michele Kang says they have signed the biggest shirt sponsorship deal in the women's game.
Crystal Palace forward Ismaila Sarr will need time to process the collapse of his proposed move to Liverpool, says Eagles head coach Pierre Sage.
HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.
Scotiabank’s Global FX Strategy team reports the British Pound (GBP) is flat versus the US Dollar (USD) but softer on crosses, with UK PMI data offering little new insight. Markets price minimal tightening for the September Bank of England (BoE) meeting and modest moves for November.
A hernia may mean his screaming days are over, but the Napalm Death alum’s influence on metal echoes on in unexpected places – and with ‘heavy, ugly’ experiments in the pipeline, his passion for ‘outsider music’ remains strong On 4 October 2024, Justin Broadrick felt a pop. The singer and guitarist of pioneering industrial…
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Weather Next 3, our most advanced global weather AI model, is now in Search, Gemini, Maps, Google Maps Platform, and Cloud.
Nasser Hussain has criticised Pakistan's dramatic changes ahead of the final Test against England and feels the cricket board's decisions have made the team a "laughing stock."
Erin Troland , Isabella Agnes, Jessica Liu , Fatimah Shalaan, Michelle Tran, and Douglas Webber In the pandemic era, people moved from high-density, expensive areas to more affordable areas, putting upward pressure on local housing prices. We examine the geographic distribution of rent growth during this time and its effects on…
Weather Next 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start feeding into weather information users see in search, Google Maps, and Gemini.
St Helens' centre Mark Percival has announced he will retire at the end of the 2026 Super League season.
Hyperliquid has introduced a preliminary HIP-3 testnet upgrade that lets independent deployment teams control access to perpetual futures markets through deployer-managed on-chain allowlists. Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan said in a testnet proposal that deployers will be able to create permissioned…
Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.
British Museum, London The greatest battle ever depicted in art is here at last – and it hurtles along, making your heart pound with its sense of doom and destiny, culminating in fires and corpses on a battlefield full of pathos It should not work. It should not even exist.
A $70.1 million outflow ended the two-session divide, but one day cannot settle whether demand is retreating.
The global popularity of cryptocurrency continues to rise; statistics indicate that over 52% of adults in the United States have purchased cryptocurrency, however, the market is fraught with uncertainty, characterized by shifting economic cycles and persistent high price volatility. Whether…
Gracy Chen highlighted the world's largest asset manager as one example of such a firm seeking to expand distribution of their tokenized ETFs in the region.
ING economists Bert Colijn and Carsten Brzeski argue that the Eurozone’s long-standing export-led growth model is being structurally eroded by higher energy costs, rising Chinese competition and a changing global trade environment.
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Jump lifts currency to highest level against dollar in a month, while global markets remain jittery Business live – latest updates The Japanese yen has soared by more than 2% against the dollar amid speculation the Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates. The latest jump on Thursday lifted the yen to its highest level…
Royal Albert Hall, London Elgar’s Enigma Variations sounded fresh and striking in the German orchestra’s reading, while Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony was thrilling and monumental Is the Berlin Philharmonic the best orchestra in the world ? Quite possibly.
(Polydor) The 22-year-old is impressively frank about indulging industry sleaze in her pursuit of fame on a debut that puts a distinctive spin on the best of 00s hedonism There’s something very striking about hearing a pop star in 2026, their voice larded with Auto-Tune, opening a song with the line “I can’t really sing”. We…
Societe Generale strategists highlight heavy USD/JPY turnover as the pair slid below its 200-day moving average, with leveraged accounts forced to cover shorts.
USD/JPY extends its decline for a second consecutive day and trades around 155.40 on Thursday at the time of writing, down 2.07% on the day.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D. C.
The deal for Colorado's franchise defenseman set a new high benchmark for NHL players, with impacts around the league.
Introduction: Why AI trading is becoming a major market trend in 2026 The way traders analyze markets is changing. In 2026, artificial intelligence is moving from experimental technology into practical trading workflows used by investors, fintech companies, and market participants…
McDonagh’s new film, Wild Horse Nine, stars John Malkovich as an agent in 1970s Chile who feels ‘guilt and regret’ over his role in global interventions The US’s history of intervening in democratic processes around the world deserves more attention in the light of current political developments, playwright and film-maker…
The activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life Gloria Steinem was due to speak at a women’s lunch in New York at the end of this month and at more events in October, illustrating the central theme of An Unexpected Life, her new memoir, which, when it’s…
Scotiabank’s Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret highlight that the Euro (EUR) is higher against the US Dollar (USD), supported by strong euro area Producer Price Index (PPI) and firmer European Central Bank (ECB) rate expectations. Markets now price more than one 25bp hike by year-end.
EUR/USD attracts buyers on Thursday as a sharp rally in the Japanese Yen (JPY), softer United States labour-market data and a pullback in US Treasury yields weigh on the US Dollar (USD). At the time of writing, EUR/USD trades around 1.1622, up roughly 0.30% on the day.
Argentina’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has trained prosecutors, officials and staff to trace, analyse and seize virtual assets as cryptocurrency plays a larger role in criminal investigations across the country. The Ministerio Público Fiscal, or MPF, said it held a specialised…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports the Swiss Franc (CHF) is the second-best performer today after the Japanese Yen as Swiss inflation surprised to the upside in August, reinforcing Swiss National Bank (SNB) hike expectations.
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The Canadian singer-songwriter answers your questions about her trailblazing career, her spirituality, and collaborations with the likes of Neko Case, Laura Veirs and Pee-wee Herman I left the Canadian prairies many years ago, but they remain my home. How do you feel about that part of western Canada, where the prairies meet…
Nonmanufacturing PMI prior month 54.1 Nonmanufacturing PMI for August 55.4 versus 54.2 estimate nonmanufacturing business activity 61.7 versus 59.1 last month Employment index 47.8 versus 47.4 last month New orders index 60.9 versus 57 42 last month Prices paid 72.6 versus 70.3 last month The US ISM nonmanufacturing PMI rose to…
Lewis Hamilton says he has been considering the magnitude of potentially becoming the first black Ferrari Formula 1 driver to win a home race for the team, ahead of this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
Zcash price rebounded toward $847 on Sept. 3 after buyers defended the $780–$800 liquidity zone, but overbought momentum and heavy leverage leave ZEC exposed to another sharp swing.
TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek note that speculation of currency intervention and less hawkish Federal Reserve commentary have supported precious metals, with Gold moving away from nearby CTA selling triggers.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode is charged in Nigeria with offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
Lewis Hamilton says an upgraded Ferrari engine for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix is a "step forward but not the whole amount we need".
DOJ says three 2025 warrants seized more than $560,000 before captured systems enabled agents to obtain additional donations.
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is modestly outperforming after a slightly hawkish Bank of Canada (BoC). Policy was left unchanged, but inflation risks were highlighted and December tightening is fully priced.
Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.
Crypto recovery specialists reveal how lost wallets, passwords and seed phrases can sometimes be recovered — but that’s of no help if the money was never there in the first place.
Experts warn low storage levels could push up gas prices further, leaving households with higher bills.
MUFG’s Derek Halpenny highlights renewed Japanese Yen strength as markets price in more Bank of Japan hikes following recent comments from Takata and Ueda.
As of September 3, 2026, XRP experienced a strong rebound in August, briefly approaching $1.70 before retreating to around $1.36 with the rally mainly driven by continued accumulation by whales, inflows into spot XRP ETFs, and increased institutional investment demand.…
Department store chain’s Gift List ‘vodcast’ will be hosted by TV presenter Angela Scanlon Business live – latest updates John Lewis is launching an online chatshow and social media studio to help make itself and its products more visible to chatbots and more prominent in AI search results. The department store chain’s Gift…
September is here with 28 more games streaming on GeForce NOW this month, led by a slam dunk: NBA 2K27 with the NVIDIA DLSS 5 3D-Guided Neural Rendering feature. Through NVIDIA’s close collaboration with Visual Concepts and 2K, DLSS 5 brings a new level of lifelike lighting and material detail to the court — tuned […]
ING’s Warren Patterson revises Oil forecasts higher, highlighting tight Brent and refined product markets as Persian Gulf exports remain around half of pre-war levels.
VARA and Securitize signed an MoU to foster more tokenization innovation in Dubai and explore how tokenized financial innovation should be regulated in the region.
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With the additions, the app is borrowing features from messaging apps as it looks to deepen engagement on its platform.
Ethereum price recovered above $2,400 on Sept. 3 after falling to $2,370, but weakening short-term momentum and nearby liquidation clusters leave the breakout vulnerable.
More than 600 companies underpaid staff, with £4m returned to workers, according to the government.
Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm.
Nvidia said Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by over 18 million developers.
Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, gaining a platform used by more than 18 million developers to share and deploy AI models.
The US trade deficit widened significantly in July, with a sharp increase in imports and a decline in exports that could weigh on economic growth in the third quarter. The goods and services deficit rose to $88.6 billion in July from $71.2 billion in June.
Centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg admits he "probably would have loved to" play for his native South Africa, but denies Rassie Erasmus' claims he was in talks over a Springboks call-up.
Gloria Steinem, the feminist trailblazer, writer and activist who helped define the modern women’s movement in the US, has died at 92. Here are some of her most memorable quotes.
Prior week 204K initial jobless claims 206K versus 205K estimate 4 week moving average 207.25K versus 205.75K continuing claims 1.779 million versus 1.790 million estimate. Prior week 1.7719 The claims data continues to show steady employment in the US.
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…
The France forward took his time to develop but his attacking verve and ability to exploit spaces can endear him to Liverpool fans “As a kid, he always spoke to me about Liverpool,” says Amaury Barlet, one of Bradley Barcola’s youth coaches. No wonder that when the Merseyside club came knocking, the forward “didn’t ask any…
Bitcoin trades near $77,381, and Glassnode says 68% of circulating supply now sits in profit at this level, up from 65% when BTC traded here in May. That three-point gap works out to roughly 600,000 additional BTC, an estimate worth about $47 billion at current prices, that could be sold for a gain before Bitcoin […]
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Party confident money from Ben Delo will not be caught in new overseas donor cap Reform UK has been given a further £4m from the British crypto billionaire Ben Delo, with the party saying it is confident the businessman – who was formerly based in Hong Kong – will not be caught by the new overseas donor cap. Delo, who was…
A competitive postseason and buzzy offseason have elevated some of the league's feistiest conflicts.
With the Trae Young era in the past, how do the Hawks move forward? We're looking back at the offseason and taking an early look at the 2026-27 season.
The league is awash with ultra-wealthy owners. Adam Silver is hoping a hefty punishment for the Clippers will send them a message about who is in charge When Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2bn in 2014, it was widely regarded as a coup for the NBA.
Venice film festival: Mohsen Gharaei’s powerfully acted domestic drama watches as the failing patriarch attempts to contain family rebellion Iran is a prison and everybody is inside: cons and non-cons; parents and their children. That’s the message hammered home, never subtly but with terrific force and conviction, throughout…
Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides.
Headlines: USD/JPY extends fall today in drop back below 158, what's next? Bond yields pull back from the highs as focus turns to US jobs report next WTI Crude Oil Price Analysis: Bears Favored Below $90 Gold upside remains limited by Fed rate hike risks and Iran war; traders await US CPI for next direction Nasdaq's fate hinges…
The trillions in tax cuts going to the rich and corporations could have instead been used to address the affordability crisis Dear reader, I recognize that your eyes might glaze over at any mention of the nation’s $40tn federal debt . But your reaction to this mind-boggling number shouldn’t be ennui; it should be outrage and…
Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country Dozens of protesters converged on Peter Thiel’s mansion in Buenos Aires this week after a congressional session raised questions about the billionaire’s presence in the country. In white masks, they held signs…
On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage Not a first-person-shooter BFG , alas, but one of Steven Spielberg’s worst films, reducing Roald Dahl’s story to digital pap. Mo-cap Mark Rylance…
From Maynor Figueroa’s son Keyrol at Wigan to Spurs’s Irish forward Melia at Lincoln and Stockport keeper Whatmuff, we look at nine to keep an eye on Goalkeepers are supposed to peak at about 30, which makes one wonder how good the 18-year-old Whatmuff will be at that point. He spent last season playing professionally, earning…
Kraken is joining SoFi's settlement network and list SoFiUSD as the companies link traditional banking with crypto markets.
The Federal Trade Commission extended by seven days the public comment period on the proposed enforcement policy statement regarding personalized pricing View Press Release
Bitcoin price held near $77,700 on Sept. 3 after recovering from an intraday low around $76,264, but weakening spot demand and $236.5 million in US ETF outflows kept the rebound under pressure.
Daniel Dubois claims he is 'not friends' with Fabio Wardley ahead of their rematch on October 17 at The O2.
I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide.
Commerzbank’s Michael Pfister highlights renewed weakness in the Japanese Yen as USD/JPY repeatedly breaks above 160 despite record FX interventions.
Carlos Queiroz is reappointed as head coach of Ghana's men's national team, two months after he appeared to step down following their exit from the World Cup.
The Euro (EUR) is up 0.2% to near 1.1610 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Thursday.
Former Premier League referee Mike Dean says he would stay in the centre circle for as long as he could during a match.
Strategy sold millions in Bitcoin in the low $60k range and just rebought at $80k. Now they’re sharing the rationale behind the moves.
The US Dollar (USD), as measured by the US Dollar Index (DXY), is showing signs of floor-building following a volatile month, as the heavy hedging pressure triggered by a dovish reading of the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting subsides.
Nearly 600,000 students lose access to generative AI tools, while five named vendors keep metered pilots running in high schools.
ING’s James Knightley argues Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech has shifted the Federal Reserve’s reaction function toward a September rate hike, even though ING’s macro projections suggest the Fed could wait.
According to the latest Reuters poll, the 65 economists surveyed have favored that the European Central Bank (ECB) will raise the deposit rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.50%.
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The affidavit must explain legal-payment sources, while any penalty would still require a further Techteryx application.
Crude prices resumed their upside trend on Thursday after some hesitation on Wednesday, with the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate reaching session highs a few cents below $91.00 per barrel, almost 10% up on the week so far.
Yen's rise has led to a broad-based USD weakness, driving the Dollar Index lower. BTC and gold are loving it, for now.
Magistrates in Hereford withdraw case against London mayor over untaxed Nissan Micra that is not his UK politics live – latest updates A car tax conviction against the mayor of London has been withdrawn after it transpired that he was targeted by a “scam” that led to him being fined for failing to tax a car that was not his.…
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad notes the US Dollar (USD) is softer mainly against the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc, with Brent Oil nearing $100.
Rolling coverage of the latet economic and financial news Other European government borrowing costs are dipping this morning too. The yield on 10-year German bunds is down 1.5bps to 3.36%, while French 10-year bond yields are 1.5bps lower at 4.23%.
The old adage used to be that English players came at a premium. Now that appears to simply apply to a player already in the Premier League.
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its rebound on Thursday after slipping below $4,300 to a nearly four-week low on the previous day. A sharp rally in the Japanese Yen (JPY) weighs on the US Dollar (USD), while a pullback in US Treasury yields provides additional support to the precious metal.
Kimi Antonelli is ready to help Mercedes team-mate and title rival George Russell in qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix for a race the world championship leader will start at the back of the grid due to an engine penalty.
The festival, which includes workshops, takes place from 11 to 13 September and is in its 32nd year.
The ex-marketing manager’s win, for his spoof Sycamore Gap-inspired whodunnit Rewilding, arrives just as he’s gearing up for a new season of hit sketch show SNL UK – which he calls ‘the hardest job of my life’ For the last month, Chris Cantrill has been performing his fringe show Rewilding daily in a lunchtime slot. And yet…
Pencil Finance said that its first-of-a-kind loan offered financing to 6,600 students in Southeast Asia who were underserved by traditional lenders.
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The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is up 0.16% at around 0.5860 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Thursday.
EUR/JPY falls sharply on Thursday and trades around 181.40 at the time of writing, down 1.37% on the day. The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens significantly against the Euro (EUR), supported by renewed warnings from Japanese authorities over foreign exchange market moves.
Could the vain pursuit of ‘dream’ signings such as Vinícius Júnior at the expense of all-round strengthening come to haunt the champions? When Mikel Arteta revealed before Arsenal’s win at Aston Villa that he had pleaded with the Premier League to introduce bigger matchday squads, the final 24 hours of the transfer window was…
Are you dealing with subsidence or other issues caused by the hot weather? During a dry spell, such as the successive heatwaves that affected some parts of the UK this year, houses built on clay-rich soil suffer as moisture is sucked away by trees and bushes.
Gloria Steinem, the feminist trailblazer, writer and activist who helped define the modern women’s movement in the US, has died at 92.
The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy.
Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 outcome volume tripled after outside deployment opened, but incentives and U. S.
BTC rose 0.76% since midnight as a softer dollar lifted equities and metals alongside crypto, while ARB and PONS pushed higher for a third session.
At the top end, the title race is wide open from the outset, with Manchester City bidding to retain their crown It has been a summer of change for women’s football in England, with expansion of the Women’s Super League to 14 teams bringing three new sides into the fold, huge transfers hitting the headlines, changes to the…
Ukraine has dismantled a network of fake crypto investment platforms that allegedly drained wallets belonging to people in more than 20 countries, with investigators identifying 62 victims so far. The National Police of Ukraine said investigators from its Main Investigation…
Memecoins paired against Robinhood's tokenized stocks generated $217 million of trading volume on Robinhood Chain on Sept. 2, according to data compiled by on-chain researcher Adam Tehc.
Gold (XAU/USD) is trading higher on Thursday, returning to levels above $4.400 after bouncing from three-week lows near $4,280 on Wednesday.
A Coldcard attacker moved about 10% of stolen Bitcoin through THORChain into ETH as researchers traced a new Ethereum destination.
Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discrimination Gloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped push through greater rights for women around the world has died, aged 92. Steinem “passed away peacefully at her home…
Standard Chartered said it is the first major global bank to offer institutional access to spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE region.
Welcome to Dev's Digest, the agenda-setting Sky Sports column where Dev Trehan delivers exclusive news and reflects some of the key developments for British South Asians in Football.
Firms that miss the deadline could breach financial services law from Oct. 1 and face civil or criminal penalties.
The 29-week scheme for those aged five to 18 will run from February and is expected to cost £7.6m.
Societe Generale strategists note Swiss August Consumer Price Index (CPI) and second-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) surprised to the upside, triggering profit-taking in EUR/CHF and USD/CHF but leaving Swiss National Bank (SNB) policy expectations unchanged.
The Euro (EUR) extends gains against a weaker British Pound (GBP) for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, following downward revisions of both the Eurozone and UK Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figures.
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Firm will complete fewer homes than expected in year to 31 October – between 1,350 and 1,400 The British housebuilder Crest Nicholson has warned of a surprise loss this year as it bemoaned difficult trading in a “subdued” property market. In an unscheduled trading update, the company said it would complete fewer homes than…
Fake investment ads on Telegram channels funneled EU victims to a lookalike exchange that emptied their wallets.
Echo Base formed a BitMart claimholder committee after saying the exchange ignored its $10 million proposal for a funded bankruptcy process.
Derek Halpenny at MUFG notes the Canadian Dollar’s (CAD) immediate advance after the Bank of Canada left rates unchanged at 2.25% but signalled greater concern over inflation.
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has said nine supporting regulations for its new Virtual Asset Service Act, including detailed stablecoin rules, could be formally introduced as early as the first quarter of 2027. Financial Supervisory Commission Chairman Peng Jinlong said at…
Silver prices (XAG/USD) rose on Thursday, according to FXStreet data. Silver trades at $65.88 per troy ounce, up 0.87% from the $65.31 it cost on Wednesday.
Wyoming adopted Chainlink Proof of Reserve for FRNT, adding near-real-time onchain data to its daily reserve attestations.
The third-wave Coldcard exploiter moved about 10% of stolen funds through THORChain as researchers traced the assets to a new Ethereum address.
Kalshi reportedly plans to file for approval of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract that would trade around the clock five days a week without an expiration date.
Japan’s top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura reiterates on Thursday that authorities remain ready to act in the foreign exchange market, as Tokyo continues to closely monitor currency moves.
Commerzbank’s Tatha Ghose notes that NBP Governor Adam Glapinski used G20 remarks to shift towards a more neutral, flexible stance, avoiding earlier dovish hints of imminent rate cuts. With August CPI surprising hawkishly and the Zloty underperforming CE3 peers, the bank is seen on the back foot.
Bitcoin is testing a roughly $68 billion breakeven wall that has repeatedly stalled its push back above $80,000. About 880,000 BTC carry a cost basis between roughly $77,500 and $80,300, leaving a large group of holders close to where they originally bought, Bitfinex Alpha data shows.
The regulator claims the dispute is "much ado about nothing," noting that the order allows any designated contract market, including CME, to list these products.
Standard Chartered has expanded institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading to the UAE through its DIFC branch, giving eligible clients access to deliverable crypto trades through the bank’s existing electronic trading systems. Standard Chartered said on Sept.
XRP drew the most questions at a Bitwise presentation to 400 wealth managers, while 60% said they planned crypto allocations.
USD/JPY extends its losses for the second consecutive day, trading around 156.80 during the European hours on Thursday.
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann report AUD/USD dipped to 0.7122 before a strong rebound to 0.7176, leaving intraday price action in a 0.7140–0.7180 range. Downward momentum is fading and a break above 0.7190 would confirm 0.7120 is out of reach.
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’ A survivor of child sexual abuse has sued Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company, alleging that its chatbot used pictures of her abuse to generate new illegal pornographic images that depict her. “Using real images of Plaintiff and class members, Grok…
As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go together On a bitingly cold night in Lapalala Wilderness nature reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province, Duncan Kanyakera watches as instructor Jacques Viljoen deploys a thermal drone in…
As FromSoftware’s new multiplayer game The Duskbloods nears release, the legendary game director behind Dark Souls talks connection, pessimism and of course, feet Since 2009’s Demon’s Souls, Japanese video game director Hidetaka Miyazaki has shown the world a different way to think about game design. His games defy convention…
Like Johnny Depp and Chris Brown before him, Homme has got past his chequered history to retain an adoring fanbase. Almost a decade post-#MeToo, audiences no longer seem to care As part of the promo for Queens of the Stone Age’s new album Perfecth, the band has set up a novelty complaints hotline for fans to call.
Fresh data from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed the Services PMI improving to 55.4 in August from 54.1 in the previous month, coming in above prior estimates at 54.3 and signalling further pickup of momentum in the sector.
Term Labs has recovered all fixed-rate loan positions held in vaults affected by its August governance exploit, with the final position moved on Aug. 25 as Meta Vaults and affected strategies remain shut down.
Chris Turner at ING notes that a near 1% drop in USD/JPY within minutes, followed by another slide, sparked talk of renewed Japanese intervention after the Bank of Japan’s earlier $96 billion sales.
Binance Alpha added PONS and FLORK as Pons recorded $5.95 million in daily fees and its token reached a record price.
The order calls the prediction market platform a sports betting operation "masquerading as an investment opportunity."
Silver price (XAG/USD) struggles to extend Wednesday’s strong recovery move above $66.25 during the European trading session on Thursday. The white metal could remain sideways as investors await the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for August, which will be released on Friday.
Dow Jones futures gain by 0.18% to trade near 53,220 during European hours on Thursday. Meanwhile, S&P 500 futures advance by 0.16% to trade near 7,690, while Nasdaq 100 futures inch higher by 0.03% to trade around 29,200.
BNY’s Geoff Yu notes that the July FOMC-driven Dollar hedging impulse has largely run its course, with early signs of USD buying returning against EUR, MXN and CAD.
A law firm and a tokenization platform say their proposed structure would give investors legal ownership of cat bonds onchain and could lower the minimum investment.
ASIC says Australian crypto firms must enter licensing by Sept. 30 or risk penalties reaching 10% of their annual turnover.
A quick catch-up of the PMI prints that we got for today: Spain August services PMI: 57.8 (previously 58.3) Spain August composite PMI: 55.8 (previously 56.5) Italy August services PMI: 55.2 (previously 52.5) Italy August composite PMI: 53.6 (previously 52.5) France August final services PMI: 48.0 (previously 49.6) France…
Ledger has been hit with a proposed class action seeking at least $500 million over allegations that poor security and disclosure failures tied to a December 2023 incident exposed customers to cryptocurrency theft and other financial losses. The complaint, filed…
USDT0 has launched on Stellar through LayerZero, connecting wallets, exchanges and applications to Tether-backed cross-chain liquidity.
Gretsch Synchromatic 160 acoustic guitar expected to sell for as much as £120,000, as star lot in auction of items owned by late personal assistant Siobhan Bailey One of the most iconic items in George Michael’s career, the acoustic guitar he energetically strummed in the video for 1987’s Faith, is going up for auction. The…
Our heroes travel back through time to San Francisco in 1986 so they can commune with aliens threatening future Earth – it’s preposterously good fun Here is the fourth and silliest movie in the Star Trek franchise, now on rerelease for its 40th anniversary. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, it’s a film of pure shark-jumping or rather…
BIS researchers tested an XRP Ledger prototype that verifies whether official statistical datasets were altered after publication.
ASIC has recorded more than 45 digital asset-related license applications as its temporary enforcement relief approaches Sept. 30 expiration.
FTmining offers cloud mining contracts for cryptocurrency holders, with automated operations and support for multiple digital assets.
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A two-month-old Layer 2 built by a stock brokerage is now processing more daily decentralized exchange volume than chains that have existed for years, and the market is only beginning to pay attention. Robinhood Chain processed roughly $945 million in…
CME FedWatch odds for a September rate hike have surged past 66% after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech and oil prices driven above $90 by the Iran conflict. Bitcoin is holding $78,000 after a 25% August rally,…
Cronos validators erased 10,000 blocks to reverse the Tectonic exploit, saving $69 million in frozen assets while sparking a fierce debate about whether a blockchain that can be rewound on command deserves to call itself one. Cronos did something on…
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ARK researcher Lorenzo Valente compared Ethereum, Solana and Hyperliquid with three restaurant models to assess their value capture.
Ether ETFs posted $48 million in outflows after attracting $1.62 billion over 12 trading days, while XRP funds ended an 11-session inflow run.
We ask workers in London how much they'd contribute.
Cassandra Wilson, known for her deep, moody and genre-bending contralto, was one of the most influential American jazz vocalists of the last 40 years. She redefined the boundaries of contemporary blues, jazz and folk.
BTC is nearing a bullish golden cross, a widely tracked signal with a mixed record of success in crypto markets. But this time, USDT is supporting the bullish read.
Temi Adegbayibi started out taking pictures of the Ezra Collective and other British musicians as a hobby, then found his work exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall. He discusses Black joy and the movement and stillness of jazz When I speak to Temi Adegbayibi on the phone, the 26-year-old photographer is on the move.
Free AI models that are as good as the investment-hungry US versions will disrupt global markets, and offer Britain a lesson Almost from the moment it began, the end of the Chinese economic miracle has been much anticipated. Thick and fast, the books have come explaining how it will end badly.
Misfits Together, by Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill a King’s Ralph Pelleymounter, is set amid the 1950s’ ‘red scare’ It was lampooned as the union of the “hourglass” and the “egghead” – the marriage, in the summer of 1956, between Hollywood superstar Marilyn Monroe and Pulitzer-winning playwright Arthur Miller. Now, a new…
Switzerland August CPI +0.4% vs 0.0% m/m expected (Prior -0.1%) Switzerland August CPI +0.8% vs +0.5% y/y expected (Prior +0.4%) Switzerland August core CPI +0.4% y/y (Prior +0.3%) The surge in petrol prices was the key factor driving up Swiss inflation in August, with that seen 25% higher compared to the same month a year ago.…
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules requiring digital asset operators to collect, verify and retain information tied to crypto transfers under its planned Travel Rule framework. According to Thailand’s SEC, the draft notification would require operators to…
EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we get the final PMIs for the major Eurozone economies and the UK, as well as the Eurozone PPI report. None of the data will change anything for the respective central banks, so the market reaction will likely be muted.
Nomura’s digital asset unit Laser Digital has partnered with Keyring Network to build institutional fixed income markets on decentralized finance infrastructure, with the first lending and borrowing products prepared for Euler Finance. According to a Sept.
The DOJ said the FBI seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency and took control of domains and servers allegedly used by Hamas to collect donations.
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Actor will play 15th-century hero in sweeping production about Welsh rebellion against English crown There are myriad films, plays and books focusing on heroes of English, Scottish and Irish history but far fewer that tell the stories of the great figures of Wales. A major new play about the Welsh nobleman Owain Glyndŵr’s early…
Securitize and Socios.com have partnered to develop regulated tokenized equity offerings that would represent minority ownership stakes in professional sports teams. The companies said the planned offerings will operate under the Socios Equity Token brand, combining Socios.com’s sports relationships and…
For more than a decade Caleb Stein has been photographing a communal swimming creek in Poughkeepsie, New York. Returning every summer, he documented the community at a timeless spot.
His destructive pace and power changed the game for ever, but behind the fame and impassive exterior of this gentle giant was a life of chaos and emotional discord There’s an inevitable air of melancholy overhanging this profile of New Zealand rugby star Jonah Lomu; we all know how the story ended for this magnificent human…
A Michigan court has ordered Kalshi to keep sports event contracts unavailable in the state under a preliminary injunction that carries fines of $500,000 per day for violations. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday that Ingham County Circuit Court…
Analysis has found a "stark" gap in the spending power of households in the north and south of England on average.
The Euro (EUR) trades slightly higher against the US Dollar (USD) at around 1.1600 during the early European trading session on Thursday.
Licensed operators must add recipient data to transfers, collect extra details above 30,000 baht and verify some self-hosted wallets.
Hyperscale Data ended Bitcoin mining in Michigan and cut its BTC holdings 79% while preparing the facility for an AI computing customer.
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades strongly against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, extending the rally to near 94.28.
USD/IDR loses ground for the second successive day, trading around 17,730 during the Asian hours on Thursday. The currency pair experiences downward pressure as a sharp rally in the Japanese Yen (JPY) weighed heavily on the US Dollar (USD).
As we get into the second half of the week, the bond market continues to be a key spot to watch. The big story this week is how bond yields have surged to multi-year highs globally, with some even hitting multi-decade highs.
Backpack US appointed Multicoin cofounder Kyle Samani to its board as the company expands its regulated financial services.
The CFTC asked a federal court to dismiss CME’s challenge to its classification of Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual contract as futures.
Workers should weigh no more than 19.5st fully clothed so that they can be winched to safety in an emergency.
Visitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece A spectacular, internationally important painting of Thomas More and his family is to have its secrets explored as the public look on. The open heritage science project, scheduled to…
Wayve robotaxis added to Uber app and will have human in front ready to take over if needed – but only 15 cars licensed Londoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve’s autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday. The chances of landing a robotaxi on request immediately…
Remixpoint booked gains on ether, solana and XRP, but sold DOGE below its fiscal-year opening value as it concentrated its crypto holdings in bitcoin.
Hyperscale Data’s Bitcoin holdings have fallen about 79% since late July to 215 BTC as it redirects capital toward its Michigan AI data center.
Sir Sadiq Khan is repeating his opposition to a third runway in response to a government consultation.
Kalshi reportedly plans to seek CFTC approval for a WTI perpetual futures contract offering continuous weekday oil trading in the U. S.
An outdated Rain Solana contract exposed Avici, Tria and other card programs to a $1.1 million exploit affecting thousands of accounts.
Every major token is green over 24 hours, though only zcash and hyperliquid are holding gains on the week.
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
Instagrammers have upended the British restaurant scene, and amassed followings in the millions. But has their moment already passed?
He is famed for creating a golden loo that was stolen and a $6m banana that was eaten. But, says the sculptor ahead of a major new show in Germany, there’s more to his work than pranks and provocation Maurizio Cattelan, the art world’s merriest prankster, pauses when asked which object in his sprawling new Berlin show is most…
From 3 to 5 September, Granada hosts Neorama, a travelling festival for young talent, with 40 concerts in jazz, classical, rock, punk and electronic music.
Yen extends gains below 157.80 as BOJ hawks and less hawkish Fed voices collide WSJ reports Trump privately weighs declaring Iran war over (50,000 troops to keep options open) China's RatingDog services PMI beats strongly as domestic demand offsets soft export growth Oil popping higher as Kuwait reports missile and drone…
Primavera is reportedly negotiating for three fields, but no signed agreement or transfer has been announced.
Dollar tokens can expand private use and Treasury-bill demand without deciding how central banks allocate reserves.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Notice of the "Meeting on Market Operations"”.
Today's RatingDog services beat completes the week's China data set and reinforces the pattern already seen in the manufacturing PMIs, private and export oriented surveys running hotter than the state weighted official readings. This divergence is worth tracking rather than resolving in either direction, since it likely…
The Ethereum layer 2 stopped deposits and warned that exit routes differ before its network and explorer shut down.
The combination of stronger growth and near record cost pass through is the key signal here for BOJ policy watchers, and Fiddes explicitly linked the data to a strengthening case for another rate hike. This is a yen supportive data point on its face, since it reinforces the narrative of accelerating domestic inflation pressure…
The 46-year-old figure of international intrigue has an apparent knack for being in the right place at the right time.
Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Sources of Changes in Current Account Balances (Projections for Sept.)”.
Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a ‘crisis situation’ The Dutch central bank says it has moved 86 tonnes of its gold reserves out of the US and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”. De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said gold…
After Claude models accessed real systems during cyber tests, Anthropic tightened its safeguards and warned that flawed training can encourage dangerous behavior.
CryptoSlate's 90-day model maps nearly 59% upside in its bullish Nov. 30 scenario, while the central estimate and downside range remain far lower.
The ride-hailing app has launched 15 self-driving taxis, but they will have safety drivers inside.
Office whip-rounds are a staple of working life but they can raise a lot of awkward questions.
The pop star formerly known as Posh Spice has taken nearly two decades to turn a profit.
Afterquery's valuation jumped more than tenfold in five months, making it Y Combinator's fastest unicorn ever.
Impatient to be the boss of an established company they are borrowing money to fund their purchases.
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award The Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins joins American investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and bestselling historian Ben Macintyre on this year’s Baillie Gifford prize…
Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price falls China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, thanks to a sharp reduction in oil consumption and a steady rise in the use of electric vehicles and public transport…
Investigation comes amid growing calls for an end to ‘obscene’ profit-making in care sector Private equity companies and sovereign wealth funds now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children’s homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene” profit-making in children’s care grow. An investigation by…
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.
Agents seized digital assets, domains, and servers allegedly used by Hamas’ military wing to collect donations and recruit supporters.
The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.
On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.
IBIT’s 1.60-point lead masked a maximum decline nearly three times as deep as the S&P 500 fund’s.
Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70.
Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust its business to benefit competitors.
The Japanese company booked a ¥117.8 million profit after selling its ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, leaving roughly 1,506 BTC as its only cryptocurrency holding.
Federal authorities and private-sector partners were part of an operation to disrupt malware that redirected about $150,000 in crypto over the last eight years.
FBI agents took control of domains and servers, specifically Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations and prevent further fundraising for the Al-Qassam Brigades.
Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.
Fairshake has entered the final stage of the 2026 U. S.
Tech company submits to controversial Trump order to rename body of water amid US trade spat with Canada Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada. The Apple Maps app now displays…
The 813-logical-qubit record is not a Q-day clock, but it shows why host chains, wallets, custodians, bridges and users must move with Circle.
Kraken parent Payward has postponed its planned initial public offering until as early as the second quarter of 2027 after market conditions disrupted its previous listing schedule. Kraken IPO timeline moves into 2027 As per reports on Wednesday, citing two…
For many long-term XRP holders, waiting for market prices to rise has been a common strategy, however, the cryptocurrency market is highly volatile, and relying solely on price fluctuations for profit means facing market uncertainty. With the continuous development of…
Coinbase is offering eligible Canadian traders perpetual and dated futures with up to 10x leverage as major US trading platforms expand their crypto presence in Canada.
Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom's Andrew Henderson went to an auction of items belonged by Harland Sanders, known as Colonel Sanders, to understand why people are so fascinated by the founder of KFC.
New Jersey has asked the U. S.
Emil Michael's latest financial filings show a summer exit from Perplexity, months after a January sale of xAI stock that reportedly netted him up to $24 million.
The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensation The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in a lawsuit against the New York Times, arguing in favor of the use of copyrighted writing to train artificial intelligence. The Times accuses OpenAI and its…
SEC Chair Paul Atkins has said the CLARITY Act could advance through the Senate within two weeks as lawmakers prepare for a key procedural vote on Sept. 15.
US stocks rise as small caps lead the gains EURUSD Technicals: Traders have done their ABCs in trading the EURUSD today. What do I mean?
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
The data release of note due today, Thursday, September 3, 2026, from the Asian timezone is the private sector services PMI survey from Rating Dog / S&P. Look back recap: this week's China PMI data Monday brought the official NBS releases for August.
OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models.
Cornell University has found that Bitcoin ownership is highest in El Salvador, Venezuela, and Nigeria after surveying 25,880 people across 25 countries. Cornell University’s Bitcoin Adoption Index found that people in countries with unstable currencies, limited banking access, or difficulty…
The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U. S.
The crypto exchange operator, which confidentially filed for a U. S.
August activity reached a new high after the memecoin fee boom that inflated revenue a year earlier had faded.
The bank-led consortium wants a U. S.
The IRS slashed its auditing staff last year — but the move may have backfired as tax collections from enforcement efforts plummeted, an Inspector General report shows.
Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.
Bitcoin has gained roughly 22% over the past month, but Nansen analyst Nicolai Søndergaard has warned that weak spot flows, divided whale positions, and ETF withdrawals have yet to confirm a new bull market. Bitcoin’s 22% recovery lacks spot confirmation…
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An identity theft search site claimed to have more than 150 million driver's license photos stolen from an ID verification service. The crime site has now shut down.
If approved, the combined company would become one of the largest food delivery platforms in the world.
Phong Le said Strategy’s cost of capital—not Bitcoin’s price—drove its decision to sell nearly 7,000 BTC before resuming purchases above $80,000.
More than 7 million daily swaps fit the record pace, while public data cannot show what share reached fee-enabled pools.
New Jersey’s Attorney General and gaming authorities filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court over Kalshi offering sporting event contracts to residents.
Wyoming is using Chainlink to bring near-real-time reserve verification onchain for FRNT as the oracle provider expands its footprint across tokenized financial markets.
Judge declines to make Google sell AdX in win for firm against US antitrust enforcers’ attempts to break up big tech Alphabet’s Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected US antitrust enforcers’ attempt to force a sale of Google’s online advertising exchange.…
Bitcoin traders are calling August's spike-and-fade a Bart Simpson hairline. Here's what separates an actual flash crash from an ordinary correction.
Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’ Andy Burnham moved to calm volatile bond markets on Wednesday as surging borrowing costs threatened to wreck plans for his government’s crucial first budget next month. After a days-long sell-off of government bonds – and with the…
Venice film festival Jack O’Connell is terrific as editor Larry Lamb in James Graham’s tale of Rupert Murdoch, Page 3 and the newspaper that transformed Fleet Street Danny Boyle presents us with a lurid, violent and thumpingly unsubtle movie full of Dutch angles, cartoony shocks and gargoyle closeups. It’s a chapter in the…
Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.
There is a slew of headlines coming out of Washington as the Trump administration fights fires on multiple fronts. From beef prices to Chinese subsidies, Venezuelan oil, AI data centers and the bond market, officials are offering explanations, defending policies and touting hopes for what comes next.
One transaction emptied 28.6% of supply from the bonded pool, while 1.66 billion attacker-held TAC remains unresolved.
Over 40% of films in LFF programme are female-made, but only two of 21 gala films are directed by women Female film-makers are still being squeezed out of the industry as they progress beyond their debut films, the director of the London film festival has said, adding that “the dial does not seem to be moving”. Kristy…
Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.
Groups including The Crypto Council for Innovation, Grayscale, and a16z urged the regulator to preserve existing fund classifications and streamline reviews for new exchange-traded products.
Adding Massachusetts incumbent Auchincloss to the list of winning primary candidates Fairshake supported, the industry's influence moves on to November.
The Conservative leader’s choice of a new shadow chancellor shows a lack of insight into the reasons why the party was defeated at the last election To outlast a prime minister always counts as some kind of achievement for an opposition leader, although Kemi Badenoch cannot claim credit for Sir Keir Starmer’s downfall . Sir…
After multiple appeals courts ruled differently about whether states can crack down on prediction markets' sports products, New Jersey asked SCOTUS to step in.
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews, and even insurance claims, leaving platforms and users alike scrambling to figure out what’s real.
Fair to say the current sell-off is international, but the PM has said little yet to make investors rethink the UK’s status It’s too soon to say the bond markets have turned on Andy Burnham. Tuesday’s spike in gilt yields, taking the UK’s 30-year borrowing costs to their highest level since 1998 , was part of an international…
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The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling up with AI slop. AI-generated text and images are now making their way into job applications, product reviews, and even insurance claims, leaving platforms and users alike scrambling to figure out what’s real.
"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally," the brief reads.
London mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in seconds 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 mayor was found guilty last…
One transfer agent would retain control, while physical addresses remain the minimum in the drafted rule.
In this Ads Decoded episode, we discuss how to assess marketing campaigns with attribution, incrementality, and media mix models.
Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.
The company says cutting roles would make its operations "simpler and faster".
Various laws and 250 years of tradition prevent the likeness of living people from appearing on currency. Donald Trump and Scott Bessent don’t want you to worry about that This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland.
Company says it is slashing 10% of its workforce to make operations ‘simpler and faster’ • Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm Uber plans to cut its global workforce by about 10% as part of a major restructuring, slashing about 3,300 corporate jobs. The boss of the US-based…
The unreleased model can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits without a human walking it through each step, and access to that capability is starting with a small group of testers.
Ondo says existing US securities laws can accommodate perpetual futures tied to individual stocks as regulators look to bring more derivatives activity onshore.
The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.
Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. The New York Times' Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.
Actor says the press baron’s daughter Elisabeth told him her father was pleased, ‘but he hadn’t seen the film at that point’ Rupert Murdoch is “very happy” that he’s being portrayed by Guy Pearce in a new film about the origins of British tabloid the Sun, the Australian actor has said. Speaking at the Venice film festival ahead…
Wonderful said it will use its $550 million Series C funding to develop products faster, expand its FDE teams, and meet demand for its products.
Jio is betting it can turn an aging computer into an AI-ready PC for as little as about $11 for two months.
An American fighter pilot teams up with a retired KGB officer for hijinks and hilarity in Soviet Russia Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in this goofy but entertaining action-comedy bromance set in the cold war 80s, when it seemed every red-blooded young guy in America adored Top Gun and wanted to be a US Navy fighter…
We're donating our open-source Longfellow Zero-Knowledge Proof library to the Linux Foundation.
Book insights in Google Play Books is now in over a million ebooks, including top bestsellers, and available on the iOS app.
Ukraine president says aviation industry needs to take account of growing number of Ukrainian drones in Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that Russia’s airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as Vladimir Putin promised to increase strikes against Ukraine’s energy facilities in the run-up to winter. The…
The Fairwind Program is a limited access program for governments and trusted partners to use our cyber defense tools.
Landmark lawsuit claims tech company’s pay-setting system has breached privacy laws and pushed down earnings Uber drivers have launched a landmark legal action against the ride-hailing company claiming they live in “constant fear” of a “soulless” algorithm it uses to set pay and allocate jobs. Drivers from the UK, the…
Just a little satire....; ) Trump on Truth Social is now posting: Now that we have it under U. S.
Rehim Kilic This paper examines which representations of persistence and nonlinearity are most useful for forecasting realized volatility and whether machine learning adds value beyond econometric models designed for long memory and regime dependence. We compare HAR, ARFIMA, threshold HAR, smooth-transition HAR, and…
Teachers and parents have warned against AI use in schools over concerns of ‘cognitive surrender’ New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday and will go into effect next week.
‘I worry whenever big companies are consolidating,’ Clooney said at Venice film festival, supporting Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal amid antisemitism accusations George Clooney has defended Mark Ruffalo’s right to criticise the proposed $111bn Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery , saying he is concerned about the…
Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.
Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber deliver next-generation intelligence for agentic workflows and cybersecurity.
Ian Tyler, already in role on an interim basis, is tasked with shifting strategy to refocus on fossil fuel extraction BP has appointed a new chair after a months-long search triggered by the controversial ousting of Albert Manifold , seeking to draw a line under years of boardroom turmoil at the UK oil and gas company. Ian…
For years some have claimed a key part of the thriller was excised after the director’s sudden death – and that it provided clues to the real-life behaviour of rich predators. Now, his daughter has spoken out Name: The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy Age: The erotic psychological thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and…
Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.
He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.
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 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 Ternus on Tuesday, will be…
Its backers say it would provide a "vital safety net" against runaway AI systems such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
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?
Looking up at this 18th century building, it became clear the British didn't only bring their architectural style to India. They also took some of India's style home.
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…
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.
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.
The docuseries debuts on Netflix on 27 October and promises "never-before-heard testimonies" from the actor's family and friends.
Chevron is the largest foreign oil operator in Venezuela. The deal will expand its footprint at a time of political and economic uncertainty for Venezuela.
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…
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…
‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo.
Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom 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 largest sites and what for, the…
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…
Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
Users will be able to access Express, Premiere, and Acrobat in Slack
The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones.
Google is kicking off a multi-year partnership with Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, across Gemini and Google Health.
Ex-Commonwealth lightweight champion Tommy Coyle is running the event in Hull for the seventh year.
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.
The suits say that recommendations to alert police about the alleged shooter were nixed by OpenAI's global affairs team, led by veteran political strategist Chris Lehane. OpenAI denies the claims.
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…
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 ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.
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.
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 clean up 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…
Google is collaborating with MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises on a new clean energy project on the PJM grid.
On Sept. 1, 2026, Adena Health announced its acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC), a hospital system in southeastern Ohio.
On Sept. 1, 2026, Adena Health announced its acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC), a hospital system in southeastern Ohio.
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…
At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.
Some government borrowing costs have hit their highest level for 28 years - what does it mean for you?
What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.
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.
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…
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…
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Budget carrier says airlines could go bust as it cuts passenger targets to reduce exposure to ‘unhedged winter oil’ 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 target for the year to 31 March…
UK borrowing costs driven up, adding to challenges facing John Healey as he prepares for first budget The global government bond sell-off resumed on Wednesday, driving up the UK’s borrowing costs and exacerbating the challenges facing John Healey as he prepares his first budget. The yield – effectively the interest rate – on…
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.
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Read the original report for the full details and source context behind “Collateral Accepted by the Bank of Japan (End of Aug.)”.
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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.
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.
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…
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.
An Oxfordshire animal welfare charity says its Burford site is taking in 20 to 30 horses a month.
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…
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.
New government rules limit the number of branded items schools can ask students to wear.
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.
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 .
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…
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 iPhone maker follows rival technology giant Google in relabelling the Great Lake.
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.
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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.
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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…
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
“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.
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.
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
Australian GDP data is due, for the months of April, May and June. But, the focus today is on the RBNZ decision.
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.
New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.
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…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for its Sept. 17, 2026, roundtable on preparations for 24-hour trading.
"Black hole stars," making cookies from plastic, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.
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…
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…
Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
We’re launching agentic video understanding across our latest Gemini models for improved accuracy and lower costs and token usage.
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Burnham said his government's first moves were designed to give people 'breathing space'.
AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behavior.
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.
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.
From the G20, US Treas Sec. Bessent is saying: I think that Japan is taking right steps for economy.
Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
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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…
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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.
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.
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.
Prior month 55.6 ISM manufacturing PMI for August 54.6 versus 55.2 estimate. Employment index 51.2 versus 53.0 estimate.
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%.
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"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."
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…
Could we get more cache space with the same hardware? We prototyped compression inside Cloudflare's cache to find out.
The Swedish retailer has seen revenue decline as the rising cost of living reduces people's ability to buy new furniture.
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…
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
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…
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.
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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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months.
Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.
Going back to work after a summer holiday can be tricky - here are a few tips to make it easier.
Japanese companies are doubling down on India amid a shrinking domestic market and rising risks in China.
Amazon responded to the lawsuit, arguing the US Federal Trade Commission "misunderstands" their ad market.
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.
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.
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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.
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…
