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A range of unusual events unfolded across the technology sector during 2025, spanning legal disputes over identity, employment controversies, executive behavior, experimental consumer products, and public reactions to artificial intelligence…

Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, said it will issue a new cryptocurrency token to its shareholders, extending the Trump family’s involvement in digital assets as…

Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, adopting the euro and replacing the lev, a move that places the European Union’s poorest member state ahead of larger economies…

China will begin charging a 13% value added tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while exempting childcare, marriage-related services, and elderly care from VAT, as authorities adjust fiscal policy alongside…

SoftBank has agreed to acquire data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion, positioning the deal as part of its efforts to expand infrastructure capacity needed for artificial intelligence development.…

TikTok has reached an agreement to divest part of its U.S. operations to a group of American investors, ending years of political uncertainty over the app’s future in the United…

Enterprise spending on artificial intelligence is expected to rise in 2026, but investors say the increase will be concentrated among fewer vendors as companies move away from broad experimentation and…

AI-powered dictation apps saw widespread adoption in 2025, as advances in large language models and speech-to-text systems addressed long-standing issues around speed, accuracy, and context that previously limited voice-based writing…

University spinouts across Europe have grown into a $398 billion startup pipeline, as venture capital increasingly flows toward deep tech and life sciences companies emerging from academic research, even while…

Taylor Swift dominated the UK music charts in 2025, as her latest release became the year’s best-selling album and women accounted for the majority of chart success, according to new…

Beyoncé has been declared a billionaire by Forbes, making her the fifth musician to reach a 10-figure net worth, according to the publication’s latest assessment. Entry Into Forbes’ Billionaire Ranks…

Octopus Energy is preparing to spin off its Kraken Technologies division as a standalone company after selling a $1 billion stake in the AI-based platform, a transaction that values the…

The Walt Disney Company will pay $10 million (£7.4 million) to settle claims that it violated US children’s privacy laws by failing to label certain YouTube videos as made for…

A Cardiff-based startup has switched on a working furnace inside a factory orbiting hundreds of kilometres above Earth, marking a step toward manufacturing semiconductor materials in space under conditions that…

AI-generated video content is increasingly dominating YouTube Shorts, with a significant share classified as low-quality “AI slop,” as tools such as OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo lower the barrier to…

Ubisoft shut down servers for Rainbow Six Siege and rolled back player transactions after a widespread breach caused severe in-game disruptions, including players receiving billions of credits, ultra-rare weapon skins,…

Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup, in a $2 billion deal after the company drew attention in Silicon Valley for its fast growth, viral…

As social media platforms rely more heavily on algorithmic feeds, creators are adjusting to a reality where publishing content no longer guarantees visibility among followers, according to executives and creators…

Rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence workloads has pushed the US electrical grid into public focus in 2025, as higher prices, capacity concerns, and environmental pressure converge with a…

The chief executive of Everyman Media Group has stepped down with immediate effect, less than three weeks after the company warned that trading had been weaker than expected and cut…