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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…

London Ends Congestion Charge Exemption For Electric Vehicles As Fees Rise

Electric vehicle drivers entering central London are now required to pay the congestion charge, ending a long-standing exemption as changes to the scheme take effect at the start of the…

Bulgaria Joins Eurozone As Public Opinion Remains Divided

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…

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…

Everyman Chief Executive Steps Down After Profit Warning And Share Price Drop

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…

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…

BP Sells Majority Stake In Castrol For $6bn As Part Of Asset Sale Drive

BP has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Castrol motor oil business for $6bn (£4.4bn), marking a significant step in its effort to reduce debt and refocus on…

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 Moves To Ban AI Nudification Apps Under New Online Safety Laws

The UK government said it will ban so-called nudification apps that use artificial intelligence to digitally remove clothing from images, as part of a broader strategy aimed at reducing violence…

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…

Ghost job listings draw scrutiny as lawmakers and regulators move to respond

Job vacancies that are advertised but never intended to be filled, often referred to as “ghost jobs,” are becoming a documented and persistent issue in the US, UK, and parts…

BP appoints Meg O’Neill as chief executive, the first woman to lead a global oil major

BP has named Meg O’Neill as its next chief executive, making her the first woman to run a major global oil company. The London-based energy group said O’Neill will take…