Month: August 2026

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Why Sandisk and Western Digital crashed 10% and what it means for bitcoin

Strong earnings from SanDisk and Western Digital were not enough to satisfy investors, raising questions…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

JPYC raises $38 million Series B led by major Japanese logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa

The investment brings the company’s total raised to $106 million across seven funding rounds since…

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Technology

Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears

Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now…

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Technology

AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?

The UK’s AI Security Institute test revealed AI models indulging in unprecedented hacking attempts AI…

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Technology

‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have…

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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil…

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