Month: July 2026
Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines
EV owners were sent hefty PCNs but say some signs in private car parks fail…
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about…
Bitcoin nears $65,000 as cooling U.S. inflation guts the Fed rate-hike trade
The June CPI print pulled hike odds from 43% to 13%, with analysts now watching…
The scary rise of locksmith scams: ‘I was shut out with my baby – and charged £2,200 to get back in’
In the UK, these scams have become an epidemic, rising 147% between January and March,…
Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were…
UK 16- and 17-year-olds to be encouraged to follow midnight social media curfew
Midnight to 6am block on some apps is latest stage of Labour’s bid to protect…
U.S. CFTC moves to stop Kalshi from canceling trades as ordered by Michigan court
The federal derivatives regulator, which oversees trading at Kalshi, argued it was inappropriate for Michigan…
Global cooperation needed to tackle AI threats, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey warns that US will not be able to achieve its ambitions alone The…
Some U.S. Senate Democrats come out against Clarity Act, calling it a ‘corrupt’ bill
Certain Democrats are taking an increasingly rigorous stand against the crypto market structure bill, which…
Binance bets on becoming a crypto ‘super app’ as stablecoins reshape growth
Shunyet Jan, Binance’s head of spot trading and derivatives, said the exchange is focusing more…