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Richard Denning: One million new retirees, but the advice gap grows
More than one million workers are now accessing their pensions for the first time each year. For the advice sector, that should be good news. These are people who have increasingly saved into defined contribution (DC) pensions, pots of money that don’t come with the
‘David Beckham’ was briefly the world’s second-worst manga pirate
Publishers call for better verification of domain name registrants, and ICANN is on the job with a new policy
Europe’s cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good
Report warns that sovereignty is being used to favor selected national providers and could stifle pan-Europe clouds
Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI
Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days
ICANN testing tech to let law enforcement access non-public WHOIS info
Single sign-on to help address imminent threats to life, critical infrastructure, or kids
DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies
Order disallowing use of Chinese AI service is unhelpfully vague and broad
Amazon makes vague commitment to unproven nuclear tech to power Indiana datacenters
Partner X-energy has not built a single working reactor yet
Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-up
Finally, your hardware has its own agent
How Glean calculates ROI from AI developer tools
The best practices for using AI coding tools are evolving, and they'll probably vary across different roles on a software team.
Write bot-resistant code with KillSwitch, a programming language designed to confuse LLMs
Lies, lots of adverbs, and prosaic stories don't make for very machine-readable code, it turns out
Red Hat helps teach about tech writing
But learns tough lessons about AI in the process
Uber dodges £340M cabbie lawsuit after drivers miss legal deadline
Black cab drivers accused ride-hailing giant of misleading London's transport regulator, but judge says they left it too late to sue
PIMFA: Reform must protect consumers and enable innovation
Financial services are a key engine of UK growth, contributing £223.6bn to the economy last year. If the sector is to deliver on its potential, it must have a rulebook that is proportionate, supportive of growth and fit for a modern digital economy. The programme
SAP's Signavio hit with function injunction in Germany
Vendor says patent ruling only restricts one specific process, not the whole product, after legal challenge from Celonis
Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize confirms cyberattack forced US and European systems offline
Salmon raises funds to double down in the Philippines
Philippines-based banking and lending platform Salmon Group has raised $90 million in financing and another $50 million of bond proceeds.
Stifel invests in Meow; preps white label treasury platform
Stifel Financial has led a $31.6 million Series B finding round for business banking fintech Meow Technologies. The investment is part of a wider deal that will also see Stifel Bank offer a white-label version of Meow’s treasury management platform to its commercial banking…
Miniso to launch first Miniso Land UK store on Oxford Street
Miniso is opening its first Miniso Land store in the UK at 363 Oxford Street, London.
Loyalty membership is booming – but retailers must prove its value
Written by Dan Edelman, general manager, UK merchant services at American Express Loyalty schemes have never been easier to join. Yet widespread membership does not necessarily translate into meaningful loyalty.
JP Morgan brings JPM Coin to Ethereum
JP Morgan has brought its deposit token product, JPM Coin, to the Ethereum layer 1 blockchain network.
How the Philippines Approach Tackling Fraud and Accelerating Real-Time Payments
With both a global and Philippines lens on account-to-account payments, this interview provides insights and predictions for the instant economy and how to keep consumers, businesses and the ecosystem safe.
France riots expose retail’s new looting front as stolen goods flood Vinted
As French retailers count the cost of widespread looting, suspicious listings appearing on resale platforms have shown how quickly losses from the shopfloor can migrate online. The damage inflicted during a weekend of riots across France did not end when shop shutters came down.
How the Philippines Approached Tackling Fraud and Accelerating Real-Time Payments
Providing both a global and a Philippines -specific outlook on real-time payments, this interview provides context and predictions for the future of RTP and fraud.
EPC to create EU Digital Identity Wallet framework for PSPs
The European Payments Council (EPC) has greenlit work on a standardisation framework designed to support the consistent acceptance of EU Digital Identity Wallets by payment service providers.
B&Q’s sustainability chief on cutting emissions and changing how Britain shops
British home improvement retailer B&Q has been shortlisted in the sustainability category at the Retail Gazette Awards, following a year of work to cut emissions and encourage more sustainable home improvement.
Microsoft pulls out of Nscale UK datacentre plan
Tech giant Microsoft has abandoned plans to lease computing capacity from a datacentre planned to be the largest in the UK
Huntington Bank partners Google Cloud for AI-powered small business operating system
The Huntington National Bank has unveiled an AI-powered operating system built with Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise platform.
Sony updates the Walkman as a $5,900 gold-plated MP3 player
That price buys you an Android 16 device which can display an animated cassette
