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Station F is preparing the second batch of its F/ai accelerator, as the Paris startup hub looks to strengthen its role as a launchpad for European AI companies. The programme…

Sky is expected to buy ITV’s television and streaming business in one of the largest British media deals in recent years. The proposed takeover would give the Comcast-owned company control…

Wimbledon’s strawberries and cream are prepared through a daily supply chain that begins at a family farm in Kent and ends at kiosks across the All England Lawn Tennis Club.…

More than 250 major UK employers have joined Sir Charlie Mayfield’s workplace health taskforce, which aims to stop people leaving jobs because of long-term illness and help others return to…

EasyJet has reached an agreement in principle with U.S. investment firm Castlelake on a possible cash takeover worth about £5.5 billion. The proposal values the airline at 690 pence per…

The Internet Watch Foundation and the UK’s National Crime Agency are urging parents to reconsider publicly sharing photographs of their children as AI tools make it easier to create realistic…

Citizen Lab has confirmed that former European Parliament member Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware while serving on a committee investigating surveillance abuses. Researchers said the…

TG Jones has secured High Court approval for a restructuring plan that could close up to 150 stores and impose substantial rent reductions across much of its remaining estate. The…

Flipper Devices, the company behind the Flipper Zero electronic multitool, is moving into workplace productivity with a new device designed to block distracting apps, run focus timers and show when…

UK air passengers are being reminded to keep power banks, vapes and spare lithium batteries out of checked luggage as airports prepare for the busy summer holiday period. The warning…

A German court case could determine whether hundreds of thousands of disabled people working in sheltered workshops should receive the country’s legal minimum wage. The action was brought on behalf…

A blue plaque has been unveiled in Cambridge to commemorate EDSAC, an early computer that helped establish principles still used in modern computing. The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator was…

A proposed cap on essential food prices in Scotland has intensified debate over how to make healthy diets affordable without weakening farmers and small producers. The SNP pledged during the…

Families across the UK can access free tennis, cricket, running and disability-inclusive sports programmes as the cost of organised activity becomes a growing concern. While football is often considered inexpensive…

Russian authorities used Cellebrite technology to access the iPhone of opposition politician and human rights activist Andrey Pivovarov months after the company said it had stopped serving government customers in…

Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma travelled to Washington this week to oppose proposed US legislation that could sharply restrict ASML’s ability to sell and service semiconductor manufacturing equipment in China.…

A £3 billion collective lawsuit accusing Apple of overcharging UK consumers for iCloud storage is set to proceed toward trial after receiving approval from the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Consumer group…

Half of London businesses say their existing workforce lacks some of the skills and capacity needed to meet current organisational requirements, as artificial intelligence changes roles across the capital. A…

Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer behind VLC Media Player, has raised $5 million for Kyber, a Paris-based startup developing real-time infrastructure for remotely controlling robots, drones, and other connected machines.…

ASML has denied claims that one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems, or any component specifically designed for those machines, was shipped to China. The response followed reports that US…