Royal Mail boss pay soars to £7m despite profit slip June 23, 2026 The boss of Royal Mail’s owner has seen his pay packet almost triple to £7m in the same year that profit at the firm fell by almost a fifth. Martin Seidenberg, chief executive of International Distribution Services (IDS), saw his total pay packet jump from £2.1m last year to £6.9m in the year to March. [...]
‘Act now’: AI models capable of attacks on governments months away, Five Eyes warn June 23, 2026 Powerful AI models capable of devastating cyber attacks on both governments and businesses are just months away, intelligence agencies for the coveted Five Eyes has warned in a rare joint statement. The cyber security agencies from Australia, the US, UK, New Zealand and Canada, urged leaders to “act now” in a rare public intervention after [...]
Oracle slashes 21,000 jobs amid AI embrace as tech sell-off rocks Asia June 23, 2026 Software giant Oracle axed around 21,000 roles in the last year as the US tech giant turbocharged its AI adoption plans – even as markets continue to question the rapid acceleration of the tech boom. The computing firm – which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange – said in its annual report the [...]
ustwo and University of Bristol Launch PRISM, a New Open-Source Tool That Helps Developers Understand the Carbon Impact of AI Usage During Development June 23, 2026 New plug-in gives developers real-time estimates of AI-related emissions directly inside their coding environment, helping teams make more informed decisions about AI usage
SpaceX kicks off bond sale as it looks to begin mass borrowing spree June 22, 2026 Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun selling investment grade bonds for the first time in what is anticipated to be a mass borrowing spree in order to fund the company’s ambitious AI plans following its blockbuster Nasdaq listing. Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley are arranging calls with investors [...]
Interactive Brokers Expands AI Integration Capabilities – Adding ChatGPT and Grok to Its Growing Suite of Agentic Trading Tools June 22, 2026 Additional Asset Classes Available Including Options and Futures
Cloudflare Collaborates With Leading Browsers to Develop a Privacy-First Protocol For the Global Internet June 22, 2026 New Private Access Control Tokens (PACT) technology, developed alongside Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify, pioneers a privacy architecture to secure interactions across the global Internet
‘Landmark moment’ – AI law firm wins its first-ever court battle June 22, 2026 In a global legal first, an AI-powered law firm that has regulatory approval has won its first court trial. Garfield AI, the world’s first AI law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), has just been successful in a small claim for a freelancer to win against a hospitality business. The case [...]
ICON selects Microsoft as a preferred technology partner to power AI-enabled clinical development June 22, 2026 ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) today announced that it has selected Microsoft as a preferred technology partner – further advancing ICON’s previously announced plan to invest in digital innovation and AI over the next three years. This partnership incorporates an enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot along with an enterprise-grade cloud, data and AI infrastructure to [...]
If the advice is free, who is really paying for it? June 22, 2026 There is an old line from Silicon Valley: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. It was originally used to describe the internet economy. Free search. Free social media. Free platforms. Free tools. Services that appeared to cost the user nothing, but were monetised elsewhere through advertising, data, attention or influence. [...]