Make the OBR boring again November 21, 2025 The OBR should be independent, trusted and uncontroversial – so it needs a rules-based framework in which to operate, otherwise it will continue to come under attack, says David Aikman The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is preparing to cut its estimate of trend productivity growth. On the face of it, this seems sensible. Productivity [...]
Labour hopes AI will save UK economy from jobs crisis November 20, 2025 The government has announced a sweeping package of AI investment intended to create thousands of new jobs across the UK, at a time when businesses warn that rising employment costs and rapid advances in AI are already driving workforce reductions. Ministers have confirmed billions of pounds of private and public AI investment, including a new [...]
EMVCo Working on How Global Specifications Can Support Agentic Payments November 20, 2025 EMVCo – the technical body that creates and manages EMV® Specifications and programmes that enable seamless and secure card-based payments worldwide – has announced that it is working on how global specifications can support innovation in agentic payment solutions by increasing trust and interoperability across the ecosystem. Agentic commerce is rapidly reshaping the shopping experience [...]
Nvidia’s golden quarter dares markets to call AI a bubble November 20, 2025 Nvidia’s latest earnings blew straight through Wall Street expectations, delivering the kind of numbers that force investors to park away thoughts of an AI bubble. The notorious chip maker’s latest results, a blockbuster $57bn quarter that tore through Wall Street expectations, injected a jolt of confidence into rattled global markets, pulling the FTSE 100 and [...]
Overture Life Receives CE Mark Approval to Commercialize Fertility Automation in Europe November 20, 2025 DaVitri becomes the first automated device cleared in the EU or U.S. for the vitrification of unfertilized eggs and the first freezing system approved with a blastocyst-rate performance claim
“All Genetic Diseases Could be Cured within a Decade”, Hears Dubai Future Forum November 20, 2025 All known genetic diseases could be cured within the next decade thanks to major advances in gene editing, a leading scientist told the Dubai Future Forum 2025. Discussing his company’s research, Dr. Trevor Martin, Co-founder and CEO of Mammoth Biosciences, described “a one-time cure that will reshape the healthcare system as we know it.” This [...]
OCC Enhances Operational Efficiency with AWS GenAI Solutions November 20, 2025 Generative AI implementation improves software development operations while maintaining rigorous security standards
Options Expands Microsoft Cloud Solution Partner (CSP) Direct Bill Capabilities to Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Marking Sixth Global Region of Coverage November 20, 2025 Options Technology (Options), a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services for the financial markets, today announced the expansion of its Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Direct Bill capabilities to the Latin America and Caribbean market, marking the company’s sixth global region of Microsoft CSP coverage. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: [...]
Robots set to replace couriers at Uber Eats November 20, 2025 Uber Eats and Starship Technologies have announced a partnership to deploy autonomous delivery robots across the UK, Europe, and the US, starting in Leeds this December. While the pair have argued the move promises faster, cheaper, AI-powered deliveries, it may also reignite fears over the future of human couriers. Starship, which operates the world’s largest [...]
Royal London: AI set to take key roles in asset management November 20, 2025 AI is poised to take on some of the traditional roles in asset management, and the sector can no longer ignore it. Royal London Asset Management’s chief data officer, Rob Middleton said firms need to stop skirting the conversation and accept that the shift is already reshaping how teams work. “We have to attempt to [...]