Israeli blockade fuels black market for tattered cash in Gaza
Black market traders in Gaza have developed a lucrative business selling cash as Israel’s siege creates a currency shortage ...
Crypto group backed by Donald Trump to launch stablecoin
World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency group backed by Donald Trump and his sons, will launch its own stablecoin to tap into a market the US president has made a policy to promote. The token, ...
UK looks at ways to soften impact of its digital tax on US tech groups
The UK is working on options to soften the impact of its digital services tax on US technology companies to help secure a ...
‘Keep pivoting’: Piyush Gupta hands over Singapore’s biggest bank after 16 years
In his 16 years in charge of Singapore’s biggest bank, DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta has had to steer through technological disruption, the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the overhaul ...
EU lawmakers warn against ‘dangerous’ moves to water down AI rules
Architects of the EU’s landmark artificial intelligence act have urged Brussels to halt “dangerous” moves to water down the rules, which would spare big US tech groups such as OpenAI and Google from ...
Ethereum faces ‘midlife crisis’ as rivals play catch-up
The token, which represents the Ethereum blockchain, the most widely used in financial markets, has fallen to $2,087 a token. The crypto market has also dropped sharply this year as a rally following ...
EU project launched to prepare health workers for a digital future
The initiative, Sustainable Healthcare with Digital Health Data Competence, or Susa for short, was launched in January with €12.4mn of funding from the EU’s Digital Europe programme. It covers the ...
Transcript: UK races to avoid Trump tariffs
The US and the UK are negotiating a trade deal, although it wasn’t exactly Britain’s choice. The idea is to strike an ...
Opinion
Letter: Europe must stand firm to defend its digital services
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) deplores the US threat of trade retaliation against Europe for its digital services legislation. This legislation, including the Digital Services Act and ...
Lego to bring video game-making in-house as profits rise
But Niels Christiansen, Lego’s chief executive, told the Financial Times that after a strong period of growth, in which its revenues doubled to $10bn since 2019, it was adding new digital capabilities ...
Microsoft teams up with AI start-up to simulate brain reasoning
Microsoft has joined forces with a Swiss start-up to deploy a new artificial intelligence model that simulates mammal brains’ reasoning powers to advance fields from financial trading to robotics.
AI can help cut time it takes to bring UK criminal cases, says review
UK prosecutors need a standardised approach to artificial intelligence in order to help cut the time it takes to bring ...