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IPTF launches value-added services matrix for advisers
The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) has launched a free tool to help advisers compare the health and wellness services offered alongside individual protection policies.
Guardian pays £31.7m in individual protection claims in 2025
Guardian Financial Services paid almost £31.7m in individual protection claims in 2025 for life insurance, critical illness (CI), children’s cover and terminal illness.
Cisco email security boxes can be rooted by... an email
Attackers already exploiting the critical flaw, and Cisco warns they may be able to cover their tracks once they're in
Bring on the AI swarms. They’re the only thing that can defend us now that AI is free
Frontier-level AI runs everywhere, so attacks will never stop
Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze
Gartner sees huge amounts of technical debt paid down, and better scanning that could make software safer sooner
Java 27 grows up, makes better choices
Improvements in JDK garbage collection, header sizes, data security and quantum key support all should minimize developer friction
Your AI agents' reports and questions have a new inbox, courtesy of AWS
Pizza Bot runs locally and lets users interact with AI agents in an email-like interface. Perfect for blowing them off just like your human colleagues!
TypeSafe AI debuts model for machines that plays Doom
'Jev' doesn't chat. It produces typed probabilistic decisions
threesixty: Can you prove the Consumer Duty is working?
When the Consumer Duty was first introduced, adviser firms understandably focused on implementation. Policies were reviewed, governance structures were strengthened, Consumer Duty champions were appointed, and boards spent countless hours considering annual assessments, fair…
Benioff: Europe is slipping behind China and US in AI
Salesforce's CEO also talked up the headless software movement and the need for AI regulation with Jensen Huang and Dario Amodei.
AWS: Cloud instances in Bahrain, UAE might be lost for good
Several availability zones in the two regions have been down since March, when they were attacked by Iranian drones.
AI networking startups race to replace Nvidia's NVLink
Intel spin-off Cornelis and newcomer Delos Data pitch open alternatives for scaling AI beyond the rack
Low-quality casino sites conceal highly dangerous threat actors
Security firm Infoblox shines light on malicious infrastructure lurking beneath illegal gambling sites
ETFBook raises $13m for US and Apac expansion
Swiss exchange-traded fund data and analytics platform ETFBook has raised $13 million in a financing round led by Expedition Growth Capital, with participation from BlackFin Capital Partners.
Circle, Ripple and Visa join $10 million funding round for stablecoin platform Velocity
UK stablecoin startup Velocity has raised $10 million in an extension of its Series A round, with investment from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun Ventures, Translink Capital and Mirana Ventures.
Higher-enriched uranium for datacenters has DoE all aglow
HALEU is still being produced at a snail's pace; Nusano says its federal backing could speed things up – eventually
America is building datacenters faster than the grid can power them
Meeting expected energy consumption through 2030 will require $110 billion in new generation resources
Runtime: The AI giants call for the pace car
+ China's cybersecurity agency also thinks AI could be real bad, security researchers urge GitLab on-prem users to patch a nasty flaw.
The vulnpocalypse rains iBugs down on Apple with record-setting number of patches
ConnectPay spins off core banking technology as independent product
Lithuanian fintech ConnectPay has spun off its inhouse AWS-native core banking platform, Serdis, as an independent commercial offering for EMIs and financial institutions.
Payments infrastructure startup Fin.com emerges from stealth with $20m funding
Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building an orchestration layer that lets businesses collect, convert, and move money across borders through local payment rails, USD virtual accounts, Swift and stablecoin settlement, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in…
Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware
Citing political pressure, Enova pulls Grasshopper deal
American online lending company Enova has pulled the plug on its application to acquire digital business bank Grasshopper, claiming the process is "susceptible to political pressure and outside advocacy".
Twitter workaround worked around again: X's lawyers cancel XCancel again
Guess deploys 127 warehouse robots to ramp up fulfilment
Fashion retailer Guess has bolstered its automated fulfilment system with the deployment of 127 warehouse robots at its GXO Logistics Venlo, Netherlands facility.
Nike names After Dark Tour’s official performance fuel and hydration partner
Nike has named Science in Sport as the official performance fuel and hydration partner of it’s After Dark Tour, a series of seven night-time running experiences taking place globally.
Debenhams Group sells Nasty Gal brand to Von Dutch owner
Debenhams Group has today (15 September) completed the sale of the Nasty Gal brand, including its global intellectual property rights, to WSG Brands for £12m ($16m).
