Business & Tech

FBI to ShinyHunters: 'We know how to find you'

Federal cops have 'a very particular set of skills'

UK rail cops' £320K face-scanning spree nets zero matches

British Transport Police’s six-month facial recognition pilot produced one alert, and it was a false positive

BrewDog launches new phase as CEO vows to ‘get the engine working again’

BrewDog's new owner Tilray, has unveiled its comeback plan for the craft beer company after its CEO revealed the brand was 'held hostage' by suppliers after its collapse earlier this year.

Financial planning for death is ‘love made practical’, says Zurich

The majority of UK adults are worried about how loved ones will cope after they die, and yet almost half haven’t put a will in place. This is according to new research from Zurich Insurance, which found many families are still avoiding conversations about inheritance

OpenAI's Dots are always-on AI agents that promise to run your life

Dots are cutesy agents designed for the classic AI marketing user: the always-on executive juggling work, kids, and social commitments.

Matt Storey: With the new IHT rules, is your provider providing?

April 2027 and the new IHT regime are about seven months out. Everyone is aware, but is everyone ready? My regular readers (all three of you) will know the drill by now. I moan (about platforms, usually), you groan, we all move on with our

Is Manchester poised to drive the Edge AI revolution?

Liz Scott MBE, Director, Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester The UK ranks in the top five across global AI indexes for its AI capabilities. To remain a global leader in this age of AI, compute capacity must be abundant and readily available to translate the UK’s science and…

Liontrust enters acquisition agreement with Hawksmoor Investment Management

Liontrust has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Hawksmoor Investment Management, a subsidiary of Shackleton Advisers. It intends to acquire the fund management and model portfolio services (MPS) business carried out by Hawksmoor Fund Management and Hawksmoor…

The Polycentral CISO and HMG’s cybersecurity

“Hi. I'm Breandán. I'm the Deputy CISO of the British government, which means I work at the center of one of the biggest federated messes in the country.”

Spectre bug is back, this time to haunt JIT engines

Researchers find a way to recover stale indirect branch prediction entries

Airbus gets a new freighter – and its giant door – into the air for the first time

The A350F is apparently good for carrying servers

OpenClaw slips on a suit to evade widespread business bans

Red Hat, Nvidia, OpenAI and friends are working on an enterprise edition they say is ‘Kubernetes for agents’

Trump launches America.gov with AI chatbots at its core

Gemini, Grok now serving as front door to federal resources on unfinished, poorly designed website

AMD's 192 GB Gorgon Halo prices might leave you petrified

Regular pricing starts at $6,799 - all that memory doesn't come cheap

Trump administration gets Big Tech to sign weak, non-binding, AI regulations

Also requires name change to 'Superintelligence'

OpenAI tries disarming AI angst with cute graphics and always-on agents

Custom malware used in Citrix 0-day attacks targeting govt, banks, professional services

Two questions remain: who is abusing the CVEs? And why did Citrix take so long to disclose?

Zumo launches UK Crypto Regulation Tracker

UK digital asset firm Zumo has launcheed a Crypto Regulation Tracker to help firms cut through red tape and conquer the complexities associated with the incoming comprehensive regulatory regime.

The Morning Briefing: Liontrust enters acquisition agreement with Hawksmoor Investment Management

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Wednesday 30 September 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning

Marks Electrical raises profit outlook despite “cost inflationary headwinds”

Marks Electrical has upgraded its full-year profit expectations, after delivering stronger-than-expected profitability in the first half of its financial year.

Zuckerberg touts enterprise AI push because Meta would never do anything to damage your reputation

New business unit to be led by former MongoDB CEO 'CJ' Desai

Elio Mortgage launches with $5.1m in pre-seed funding

AI-native startup Elio Mortgage has raised $5.1 million in pre-seed funding led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage.

Add one more AI worry to the nightmare scenario: self-replicating prompt injections

Circle and Volante partner to help banks integrate stablecoins into payment operations

Payments-as-a-Service specialist Volante Technologies is working with USDC-issuer Circle to help financial institutions integrate stablecoin payment and settlement capabilities into their existing operations.

Valley Bank to buy digital SME banking platform Bluevine

Regional lender Valley National Bank has agreed to buy SME digital banking platform Bluevine for around $340 million in cash and stock.

SMEs turn from banks to fintechs for cross-border payments

Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) trading internationally are set to switch their current cross-border payment provider in the next two years, according to a Mastercard report.

Sibos 2026: What does sovereignty look like in a multi-rail payments landscape?

A hot conversation topic at Sibos this year is interoperability with emerging payments rails, which begs the question of what monetary sovereignty means in a multi-rail digital financial system.

Close the observability gap with agentic observability

SPONSORED POST: How agentic AI, real-time visibility, and stronger governance can help enterprises protect critical services and manage increasingly complex IT environments.

Jeeves raises $110m for stablecoin banking platform

Corporate card and expense management platform Jeeves has raised $110 million to scale its stablecoin-native banking platform for global enterprises.

Sibos 2026: Google Cloud reveals banks are moving from AI copilots to autonomous workflows

Held at The National Hotel in Miami during Sibos 2026, Google Cloud hosted a breakfast roundtable that focussed on the future of purpose-built AI for financial institutions, welcoming Georgina Bulkeley, director of financial services solutions, Google Cloud; Kristin Reinke, VP of…