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HPE to launch AI straight to the Moon
Mystery silicon and mirrored SSDs set to touch down before year's end
Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP address
IQ.Lvbs implies that rival Comma.ai isn't playing fair
Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage
Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC
Google Cloud outage disrupts multiple bank sites
HSBC, Revolut, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland are among some of the banks reported to have been affected by a major outage at Google Cloud
Nedgroup warns against replacing graduates with AI
Wealth firms risk creating a future skills gap if they use artificial intelligence to replace graduate recruitment rather than enhance productivity.
Financial advice veteran Don Wild dies after 45-year career
Don Wild, the former Standard Life executive who helped establish its 1825 financial advice business, has died unexpectedly aged 69. Wild, who spent more than 45 years in financial services, was a founding board member of Integrity365, where he continued to mentor and develop…
OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out
Microsoft keeps 'Ask Copilot' as dedicated actions disappear between mid-November and early December
Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June
Unit 42 investigates network compromises across numerous industries
Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure
And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model
Salesforce's AI spending spree continues with $5.7B Braze deal
The deal for the AI marketing software company values Braze at 50% more than its closing price on Monday.
Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'
From October 26, only high and critical cases stay private as project seeks help sharing the workload
Runtime: Evaluating developer productivity in the AI age, and securing the "agentic insider"
+ Anthropic takes fire over claims of "self-replicating" worms, and supply chain attacks hit ConnectWise and OVHCloud.
openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop
CentOS roots give way to homegrown containers, AI tools, and a workstation edition we took for a spin
Upgrade or power play? 28% of enterprise software budgets go on changes firms would not have chosen
"How... do we distinguish between the legitimate costs of maintaining enterprise software and those that result from an imbalance of power?"
Enterprises blow nearly a third of software budgets on upgrades they never asked for
Keeping vendors happy is costing businesses millions, even when everything was working fine in the first place
Fidelity: Government bonds look attractive, but we’re not buying yet
With government bond yields climbing, investors have increasingly been asking the same question: is now the right time to buy? It is an understandable question. Government bond yields have risen materially this year, with 10-year yields in both the UK and US now above 5%.
'Password1' and a forgotten test account land Welsh outfits in hot water
ICO reprimands Ogi Networks and Data Cymru after ransomware breach exposes info of 3,300 people, mostly children
Bullhorn sees red after cyberattack knocks recruitment platform offline
Staffing software giant calls in CrowdStrike as customers face login headaches and questions remain over possible data theft
UK sets out proposal to open up access to iPhone contactless payments
The UK's competition watchdog is consulting on proposals to unlock contactless technology on iPhones, making it easier for Apple Pay rivals to flourish by lowering fees and removing technical barriers.
NAB cuts 2,500 jobs citing "technological change"
National Australia Bank (NAB) is to axe 2,500 employees in its latest restructuring, equivalent to 6% of the workforce
Mynt IPO breaks records in Philippines
Philippines-based fintech Mynt has raised $967m from what is the country's biggest ever IPO.
NatWest orders 30,000 staff to spend more time in the office
UK banking giant NatWest has told tens of thousands of employees to spend more time in the office in a move described as a "kick in the teeth" by union Unite.
Ramp applies for national bank trust charter
Ramp has become the latest fintech to apply for a US national bank charter, enabling the expense management platform to offer fiduciary investment management and custody of digital assets.
How going dual-native means VM/container co-existence and sovereign security in the AI era
SPONSORED FEATURE: Nutanix says running VMs and containers within the same operating environment shouldn’t be a brake on AI ambitions
Modernising Core Banking Without Compromising Resilience
At Sibos 2026, Red Hat and Kyndryl reveal how banks can balance AI innovation with core system resilience and embedded trust.
Visa pilots AI agent payments between buyer and supplier platforms
Visa has joined forces with Bill and Billtrust to launch the first live pilot to enable trusted AI agents to initiate and complete approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals.
Sustainable Finance Live: Fighting food poverty and financing pensions
In the afternoon panel session at Finextra’s Sustainable Finance Live conference 2026, ‘From Field to Estate to Thriving Community’, speakers highlighted how community banking can empower local food vendors and fight food poverty.
Microsoft admits that Always On VPN problems were not fixed in the October Security Update
Let they who are without sin throw a stone and miss the greenhouse entirely
Sustainable Finance Live: How can we power regenerative finance?
At Sustainable Finance Live 2026, the afternoon sessions discussed strategies to place social purpose over profit, improve access to inclusive banking, and use open data and AI to build community-led business models.
Sustainable Finance Live: Nature-based solutions and social engagement to empower community hubs
Community organisations are often excluded from incumbent banking infrastructure. So, how should localities and social organisations manage and fund themselves? How can their sustainable operations be re-modelled and scaled?