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Weekend Essay: What happens when every client has a chatbot?
Over the past year, I have spoken to plenty of advisers about AI. Few seem worried about being replaced. More are beginning to wonder how it is changing their conversations with clients. A recent comment about AI from an adviser on the MM website stuck
Uncle Sam wants in on Musk's €120M fight with Brussels
Justice Department claims the EU overreached by pursuing X's owner and wider corporate empire
Which copy of that file is the real one? Dinner, off the record, in Midtown
Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner in New York on the file infrastructure nobody has got around to replacing, with nothing on the record.
Raspberry Pi surfs memory crunch to record first half
A well-timed RAM stockpile helped keep boards shipping while rivals struggled for memory
Dyfed-Powys Police cops to cyberattack, staff data potentially nicked
Force says public data appears untouched, but investigators looking into whether crims grabbed employee information
It's Hillary Clinton vs Hugging Face in the death match you never knew you needed
Reid Hoffman says "one-to-three people in their garage" could wreak havoc with a Chinese model
Amazon sellers watch as inventory vanishes into pending-order purgatory
High-value goods remain tied up as merchants debate attack or platform glitch
Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux on the M4 Mac mini
Coding agents helped two developers build an accelerated desktop and graphics driver in weeks
BOFH: The Helldesk opens its third eye and ascends to a higher plane of troubleshooting
Salesforce flaws spotlight agent governance problems
Two bugs patched in Agentforce are part of a wider problem, warn researchers.
Another week, another data breach for Revolut customers
DriveWealth coughs up historic customer info after attackers socially engineer their way inside
AI may increase demand for financial advice, study finds
Four in 10 financial advisers expect demand for advice to increase over the next five years as AI becomes more prevalent, a study by M&G has found. A further 39% expect demand to remain unchanged, meaning eight in 10 advisers believe demand will either increase
Ben Hammond: The fine art of innovation
“Innovation,” you mutter under your breath, exiting another product strategy meeting where everyone’s excited about what they will hopefully be developing next. It's perhaps one of the more overused words in financial services.
Morrisons opens winter flu jab service
Morrisons Pharmacy has launched its annual flu jab vaccination service, which offers free NHS jabs to eligible patients. Eligible individuals include those over 65, pregnant women and those with clinical health risks.
Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective!
Ohio man planted a device on a delivery van to follow scarce trading card stock and caught a year of probation
McDonald’s pilots retail media network in billion-dollar advertising push
McDonald’s has been trialling a new media network in the States, as the fast-food giant looks to turn its digital and physical customer touchpoints into a new advertising revenue stream.
Uniqlo set to open second Bath store next spring
Uniqlo is launching a new store at British Land’s Southgate shopping centre in Bath next spring/summer.
The Week in Brief – 21 Sept to 25 Sept
’s must-reads: Top 10 stories of the week Benchmark performance milestones and mounting tax scrutiny lead the agenda across the UK wealth management sector this week.
NatWest unveils AI-powered audio-visual spending insights tool
NatWest is set to trial a fully generative audio-visual AI spending insights tool that lets customers explore their finances through natural voice and text conversations.
British Garden Centre profits surge as estate reaches 80 sites
British Garden Centre's profits have soared in 2025, citing a year of investment, favourable spring weather and brick-and-mortar expansion.
Lidl looks to tackle food insecurity and child health in 2030 plan
Lidl GB has launched a new Better Futures commitment to support five million people across Great Britain by 2030, bringing its community initiatives together under a single measurable target.
Co-op Wholesale secures five-year deal with Pro Gro Supermarkets
Pro Gro Supermarkets has signed a further five-year contract with Co-op Wholesale, extending its partnership as a Nisa symbol across all 12 of its stores in Scotland.
US prosecutors seize Tether-linked payment firm's bank accounts - FT
US federal prosecutors have seized bank accounts belonging Capstone, a payments business working on behalf of stablecoin issuer Tether and its sister exchange Bitfinex, according to the Financial Times.
Liberal Democrat conference 2026: what stood out for small tech businesses
By Stephen Tulip, UK Country Manager, Association for Competitive Technology At this year’s Liberal Democrat conference, I was particularly interested in what the party had to say about the businesses I spend most of my time with — small technology companies trying to build and…
Darren Day on how Clarks’ latest campaign allows it to ‘remain true’
Clarks’ latest campaign asks consumers to reconsider what shoes they wore. Darren Day, Clarks’ chief marketing officer, explains that the basis of the campaign came from wanting to understand its consumers needs.
Online scams agreement signed between UK and Cambodian governments
The UK and Cambodia will work together to tackle networks of illegal scam centres, locations where sophisticated fraud techniques are deployed and scaled to target thousands of victims.
Mango appoints Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Majtas as chief retail officer role
Spanish fashion brand Mango has named Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Majtas as its new chief retail officer and member of the steering committee. She is taking over from César de Vicente, who is leaving the firm to pursue a new opportunity.
