UK Requires Crypto Buyers To Share Account Data As Tax Reporting Rules Take Effect
People buying and selling cryptocurrency in the UK must now share account and transaction details with tax authorities or risk penalties, following new reporting requirements that came into force on…
European University Spinouts Reach $398 Billion As Venture Funding Accelerates Despite Broader VC Slowdown
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 Leads UK Charts In 2025 As Female Artists And Streaming Drive Record Music Sales
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…
Octopus Energy Plans Kraken Spinoff After $8.65 Billion Valuation From Investor Deal
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…
Space Forge Demonstrates Orbital Factory Furnace As In-Space Semiconductor Manufacturing Advances
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…
French Insect Protein Startup Ynsect Enters Judicial Liquidation After Years Of Heavy Losses
French insect farming startup Ynsect has been placed into judicial liquidation after failing to overcome persistent revenue shortfalls and high capital costs, bringing an end to a company that raised…
Italy Orders Meta To Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Third-Party AI Chatbots
Italy’s competition authority has ordered Meta to suspend a policy that prevents companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to distribute their own AI chatbots, citing concerns that the restriction could…
Suspected DDoS Attack Knocks France’s La Poste And La Banque Postale Offline
France’s national postal and banking services were disrupted on Monday after a suspected distributed denial-of-service attack took key digital systems offline, according to statements from La Poste and its banking…
Chinese Robotaxis Could Begin UK Trials In 2026 Through Uber And Lyft Partnerships
Chinese-built robotaxis could begin operating on UK roads as early as 2026, after ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft announced plans to partner with Baidu to trial autonomous vehicles in London,…
Ousted Ben & Jerry’s Chair Accuses Owner Of Threatening Smear Campaign Amid Board Dispute
The former chair of Ben & Jerry’s independent board has accused the ice cream maker’s owner of threatening to publish defamatory statements about her, as a long-running dispute over board…
UK Report Finds Widespread Use Of AI For Emotional Support As Capability Risks Accelerate
A significant share of adults in the United Kingdom are using artificial intelligence for emotional support or social interaction, according to the first report published by the government-backed AI Security…
DXS International Discloses Cyberattack Affecting Internal Servers
DXS International, a U.K.-based healthcare technology provider that works with England’s National Health Service, disclosed that it experienced a cyberattack affecting its internal systems, according to a statement published Thursday.…
Paddy Power Betfair to pay £2m after regulator finds delayed responses to problem gambling
Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to pay £2m after the UK Gambling Commission found the company failed to intervene quickly enough when customers showed signs of harmful gambling behaviour. The…
