Month: December 2024

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin Lightning Fintech ZBD Approved to Receive EU MiCA License by Dutch Regulator

ZBD, a payment platform powered by the Bitcoin Lightning network, said the Dutch Authority for…

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Chinese AI chip firms blacklisted over weapons concerns gained access to UK technology

Imagination Technologies had licences with two Chinese firms – but said it had not ‘implemented…

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Rachel Reeves: improving services more important than Waspi women payout

Chancellor says high cost of compensation cannot be justified because most of women affected had…

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Amazon workers across US gear up to strike this week

Move comes after company fails to meet deadline to begin contract talks with workers in…

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Britain’s bumper pay rises show inflation is tricky to shift

Labour market figures do not yet show effects of Rachel Reeves’s tax rises on employers…

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Anger greets UK government decision not to compensate ‘Waspi women’

Minister says flat-rate compensation scheme for women affected by rising state pension age would have…

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Will the future of transportation be robotaxis – or your own self-driving car?

GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own –…

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Amazon-hosted AI tool for UK military recruitment ‘carries risk of data breach’

Ministry of Defence says risk is low and ‘robust safeguards’ have been put in place…

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UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI

Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI…

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Thousands of affordable homes ‘held up by lack of money from providers’

New homes in England and Wales not being built as housing associations face financing issues,…

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