AI disputes are turning into deals July 1, 2026 Lawyer by day, rapper by night, Nick Eziefula has seen both sides of the coin when it comes to disputes over AI and art.
Half time: London market lags as rivals across the Atlantic hit fresh highs July 1, 2026 London’s main stock market index ended the first half of 2026 within touching distance of a record high set earlier in the year, but remained off the pace set by its rival in New York. The FTSE 100’s positive-but-relatively-limited run for the period summed up a feeling of measured optimism. While it made overall gains, [...]
Winners and losers: Billionaires boom but Brits suffer largest fall in wealth since pandemic July 1, 2026 The artificial intelligence boom fuelled a 13 per cent surge in global billionaire wealth last year, according to a fresh study which also found the UK has suffered the biggest fall in overall wealth levels of any developed nation since the pandemic. According to the UBS temperature check of high-net-worth individuals, nearly 400 billionaires were [...]
New WorkJam Research Reveals Manufacturers Navigate Cost Pressures and Workforce Challenges While AI Maturity Remains Limited July 1, 2026 Survey Finds More Than Half Have Slowed Hiring as Sector Grapples with Financial Pressures
Cardo AI Emerges as the Defining ABF Specialist in Chartis Research’s 2026 Global Rankings July 1, 2026 Cardo AI, the technology platform purpose-built for asset-backed finance and private credit, today announced it has been recognised in two Chartis Research STORM reports, ranking 19th in BuySideRisk 50 and 25th in QuantTech 50, among the most authoritative independent assessments of risk technology vendors globally. In the BuySideRisk 50, Cardo AI climbed 13 places from [...]
Hated World Cup hydration breaks here to stay for even hotter 2030 and 2034 July 1, 2026 Hydration breaks are expected to remain a feature of future World Cups despite attracting widespread criticism, City AM understands. The divisive three-minute pauses, taken midway through each half, have become one of the tournament’s hottest talking points. They have effectively turned football into a game of four quarters and head coaches have said they are [...]
Ignore the green gloomsters, climate change is a huge opportunity for Britain July 1, 2026 We do not solve a warming planet by lowering our standard of living, raising taxes and making ordinary people poorer. We solve it with engineering, enterprise, adaptation and abundance, says Albie Amankona For decades, the British national pastime has been complaining about the weather. We have endured centuries of grey, damp, drizzling misery, huddled around [...]
Britain must speed up to survive the AI era July 1, 2026 The AI era will reward the small number of countries that can adapt and build quickly enough and it will punish those that can’t, says Sam Richards “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else – if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve [...]
Steve Rigby: Burnham has a chance bring confidence back to British business July 1, 2026 If Andy Burnham focuses on AI, devolution and regional development, he has a chance to turn British stagnation around – and his record in Manchester is cause for cautious optimism, says Steve Rigby The transition to our seventh prime minister in a decade is now well underway. Since 1721, we have had only 58 Prime [...]
Yubico Joins European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) July 1, 2026 New membership enables Yubico to continue advancing phishing-resistant authentication and modern digital identity standards across Europe, strengthening cyber resilience and digital sovereignty amid rising identity-based cyber threats