While rivals scramble to merge, the world’s biggest law firm is playing the long game July 30, 2026 While rival law firms grapple with mergers and headline tie‑ups, Dentons, the world’s largest law firm by size, is quietly betting that an ‘already there’ strategy will play in its favour. Dentons’ global chief executive Kate Barton told City AM the firm, like much of Big Law, is focused on globalised client relationships: “We have [...]
It’s hard to picture a more nightmarish vision of our AI future than this July 30, 2026 The optimistic case for AI is clear: incredible scientific breakthroughs, life-enhancing productivity gains and universal access to knowledge. What’s not to like? But items on the other side of the ledger weigh a little heavier: the erosion of jobs, the flattening of knowledge, unstoppable cyber attacks and social rupture. Elon Musk still thinks there’s a [...]
Michael Dell, Lord Johnson and the ‘gun to the head’ meeting that ended a £15bn AI project July 30, 2026 In December, billionaire Michael Dell opened an alarming email. “My trust in Mr Bellamy has been undermined by the way he has operated”, the email read, “and I cannot be certain the information he shared with you is accurate or complete”. The mysterious missive was sent by Patrick Hughes, the co-founder of a major new [...]
Here’s the right way to criticise the media July 30, 2026 Did you catch Elon Musk’s blockbuster 90-minute interview with the Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes? It starts off with Musk’s predictions about the future of AI, which are interesting and alarming in equal measure. A lot of them sound far-fetched – will we really never need to work again in 10 years’ time? – but [...]
Arm Holdings plc Reports Results for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending 2027 July 29, 2026 Arm Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARM), the company that is building the future of computing, has today published a letter to its shareholders containing the company’s results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2027, which ended June 30, 2026. The letter is available on its investor relations website (https://investors.arm.com/financials/quarterly-annual-results). The shareholder letter will also be [...]
AI firms targeting London’s rare book shops in ‘dystopian’ hunt for training data July 29, 2026 London’s rare book shops appear to have been targeted by AI companies searching for books to train their models, after court documents revealed Anthropic bought, scanned and destroyed millions of physical books as part of a controversial project to feed an insatiable demand for training data. One London-based seller of rare books told City AM [...]
Ofgem data centre crackdown risks ‘driving AI investors away’ from UK July 29, 2026 Ofgem’s plans to crack down on speculative data centre projects have prompted warnings that new grid connection fees could make Britain a less attractive destination for AI investment, even as the industry backs efforts to clear stalled schemes from the queue. The regulator has launched a consultation on proposals to free up electricity grid capacity [...]
Carta Rearchitects Private Capital Operations with Plugins for Claude July 29, 2026 Firms managing billions in assets are cutting days of manual fund and portfolio work down to a single prompt — a shift now available to all Carta customers through Anthropic's official plugin directory.
WP Engine Partners with Commerce to Help High-Growth Brands Scale Without Starting Over July 29, 2026 New strategic partnership will help growing brands modernize their eCommerce storefronts while preserving the WordPress content, SEO, and customer experiences they've already built
Tipalti’s New Payout Infrastructure Gap Report Reveals Outdated Payout Infrastructure Is Slowing Business Growth July 29, 2026 Nearly half of businesses have delayed strategic initiatives because their legacy payment system can’t keep pace with growing global operations and partner ecosystems