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Business · Oct 2, 2026

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to Combine Under Skydance in $110 Billion Transaction

Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery said they will merge under the Skydance name in a deal worth about…

Business · Oct 2, 2026

Blackstone Partner Jas Khaira to Highlight Next Generation AI Innovators at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Blackstone senior partner Jas Khaira is set to appear on the Builders stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where she will…

Business · Oct 2, 2026

Spike in .si Domain Sign‑ups Follows Trump’s AI Order

In the days after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order to speed up “super intelligence” research,…

Business · Oct 2, 2026

TechCrunch report says Musk’s Grok chatbot may have steered Trump toward a Venezuela invasion

According to a TechCrunch report, former President Donald Trump is said to have sought advice from Elon Musk’s AI…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

Treasury Committee Urges HMRC to Review Tax Implications of Manchester City Verdict

The Treasury Committee, responsible for supervising the UK tax authority, has officially asked HM Revenue & Customs to…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

OpenAI Fires Three AI Safety Staff Over Mishandling of Confidential Data

OpenAI announced that it has terminated three AI safety team members after an internal investigation determined they…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

Study Shows Opus 5.5 Overuses ‘Dependable’ as a Hallmark of AI‑Generated Writing

A new study has uncovered a notable linguistic oddity in the text produced by the AI writer Opus 5.5: the word…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

Jersey’s state pension tops £16,000 following 4.7% increase

On Tuesday, Jersey’s government disclosed that the full state pension increased by 4.7%, moving the yearly benefit…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

Southern drivers wrestle with record‑high fuel prices as costs soar

In the UK's southern areas, drivers are facing historically high fuel costs that have jumped to all‑time highs,…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

Soaring Utility Bills Push Redditch Households Into a Cold Dilemma

People living in Redditch are raising the alarm as their monthly energy charges hover near £300, a figure many claim…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

DoD Says Hackers Stole Personal Data of Millions of Service Members in Extended Breach

The U.S. Department of Defense disclosed that a multi‑month cyber intrusion led to the exfiltration of personal records…

Business · Oct 1, 2026

DoorDash Unveils Six‑Rotor Drone Prototype at Dash Forward 2026

At its yearly Dash Forward 2026 summit, DoorDash introduced the initial hardware slated to drive its forthcoming drone…