Business & Tech

American datacenters might be getting dirtier, but at least they'll be efficient

US power emissions restrictions are being wiped out, but hey – datacenters running Nvidia kit are getting better at extracting ever bit of compute they can from a megawatt, for what it's worth

Inside TikTok Shop’s push to make ecommerce more human

TikTok Shop UK boss Jan Wilk says live selling, founder-led content and discovery are reshaping how brands reach shoppers. With 300,000 UK small businesses now on the platform and LIVE sales up 55 per cent in a year, what can retailers learn from the businesses getting it right?

Amazon shows Meta's Muse AI shopping agent the door

Retailer cites credentials and transparency concerns while guarding its lucrative customer journey

NASA gives SpaceX a billion reasons to keep flying Crew Dragon

Crew-15 through Crew-17 shore up astronaut access to ISS while Starliner's future remains uncertain

Mark Glover: How the ‘advice continuum’ is changing the game

Three or four years ago, clients had two options: execution only; or full service financial advice. Things are changing and we’re facing what I like to call the ‘advice continuum’; a term used to describe the spectrum of advice from a straightforward, execution only transaction

Clop gets a taste of its own medicine after ShinyHunters hijack leak site

Rival crew demands eight figures and threatens to expose companies that paid to keep quiet

Kevin Carr: The FCA’s protection study is an endorsement and a challenge

The FCA’s final findings in its Pure Protection Market Study should be welcomed by financial advisers. Far from signalling a new wave of regulatory intervention, the regulator has largely concluded that the distribution of pure protection products is working well.

FCA joins industry and consumer groups to boost protection take-up

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is joining forces with industry, government and consumer groups to encourage more people to consider protection insurance, after finding millions remain without cover.

At the Helm: Protecting your brand when a key employee leaves

It is often said that people buy from people, so it makes sense for advice firms to differentiate themselves using the personal brands of their key staff. Clients, and potential clients, are more likely to gravitate towards advisers they have something in common with. Long-term

Rustaceans warned of job interviews with a malicious payload

Attackers are courting crate owners with plausible company profiles and booby-trapped recruitment calls

Salesforce wants to charge for AI outcomes, but first it needs to figure out how

Seats, Flex Credits, and all-you-can-eat contracts make for an 'anxiety-filled architecture'

Cathi Harrison: The cutting edge of AI is a moving target

I started to write this article a couple of days ago. And then Dario Amodei from Anthropic came out and said we should be slowing down some of the development of AI and was, surprisingly, backed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Then Trump piped

VMware has quietly walked back its SmartNIC ambitions

Virtzilla’s bet on hyperscale hardware going mainstream didn’t excite customers, but may live on

Boss bought cheap 'printer' from a catalog and was left without a leg to stand on

Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust

STACKUP: The Stack's weekly tech startups and funding wrap

Paymob garners $35 million in pre-Series C

Egypt-based fintech Paymob, has finalised a $35 million pre-Series C funding round co-led by Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Your cloud survived everything except the real world

War damage, air traffic chaos, and a storage shortage expose the cost of treating resilience as someone else's problem

AI-driven cashback-to-mortgage app Sprive raises $10 million

Mortgage overpayment app Sprive has closed a $10m Series A funding round.

It's raining, the transport isn't working, and now an Android app wants to walk out in solidarity

Loeffler Randall opens first international store in London

Loeffler Randall has opened its first store outside the US in London as the New York fashion brand steps up its international expansion. The luxury womenswear and accessories label has opened at 44 Chiltern Street in Marylebone, taking its global store estate to five.

The Morning Briefing: Wealthy taxpayers underpaid £392m in IHT; AI is a moving target

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Is the supermarket fashion arms race moving from aisles to online?

Once a convenient add-on to the weekly food shop, supermarket fashion has become one of UK retail’s more competitive battlegrounds. Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are no longer relying solely on footfall through their aisles to sell affordable clothing.

Eurosystem brings central bank money to tokenised finance

The European Central Bank has launched Pontes, a solution that enables wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled in central bank money.

John Lewis head of retail media: “It’s vital that anything we do builds on trust with customers”

Tom Langley, head of retail media for the John Lewis Partnership, says the next phase of growth will depend on retailers proving they can deliver measurable value for brands without compromising the customer trust that underpins their businesses.

Watch: Dunelm puts ‘autumn glow-ups’ at the heart of latest campaign

Dunelm’s newly launched autumn campaign positions the home as a space for easy seasonal refreshes, as consumers prepare for the colder months.

Halfords targets £8bn ‘Do It For Me’ market with new brand platform

Halfords is stepping up its push into motoring services as it targets an £8bn “Do It For Me” market made up of motorists increasingly reliant on expert help.

JD Sports to enter Mexico with 140-store Grupo Axo partnership

JD Sports is set to enter Mexico through a long-term franchise partnership with retail giant Grupo Axo. The deal will see Grupo Axo operate more than 140 JD locations across Mexico from 2027, using its existing estate of sneaker stores to establish the brand in the market.

Mulberry makes runway comeback as Christopher Kane spearheads fashion revival

Mulberry has returned to the runway for the first time in six years as Christopher Kane unveiled his debut collection for the British luxury brand at London Fashion Week.

Asda pushes ahead with standalone George store plans with new openings

Asda is set to open a new standalone George store in Rotherham next month as it continues to turn its Asda Living estate into dedicated fashion and home destinations.

Holland & Barrett appoints Michelle Boothroyd as chief people officer

Holland & Barrett has appointed Michelle Boothroyd as chief people officer.. She joins Holland & Barrett from FTSE 250 residential landlord Grainger, where she also served as chief people officer for more than four years.