What happens when Reddit runs the global financial system? September 18, 2025 40 per cent of AI answers are derived from Reddit – that could mean crypto Reddit bros potentially influencing how our most trusted financial institutions, says Lewis Liu I had the honor of spending most of last week at the BIS Innovation Summit in Basel, debating AI policy for the global financial system with central [...]
PwC UK profits edge up as headcount reductions take effect September 17, 2025 Big Four giant PwC UK has shown steady financial recovery, with revenue, profits, and profit per partner all increasing slightly compared to the previous year, largely due to the implementation of headcount cuts. For the year ended 30 June 2025, PwC UK generated £6.35bn in revenue, up 0.4 per cent on the previous year. Its [...]
The UK film industry isn’t ready for AI animation September 16, 2025 Critterz is a fully AI-generated animated film made for a fraction of what Disney or Dreamworks would spend on a comparable feature, says Paul Armstrong OpenAI has chosen film as the next showcase for what its models can do, backing Critterz, a fully AI-generated animated feature scheduled for release in 2026 and aiming for a [...]
NBA Europe working on salary cap solution, says boss Silver September 11, 2025 The NBA is working on how it can apply its salary cap and revenue-sharing model to NBA Europe, its planned pan-continental basketball competition, says commissioner Adam Silver. The basketball league operates a soft cap on teams’ salary spending and requires high-earning franchises to subsidise their poorer counterparts, part of a largely socialist model common to [...]
Kia EV9 review: electric SUV is a Range Rover rival September 8, 2025 Kia has traditionally been the automotive equivalent of Aldi: a brand that majors on no-nonsense value for money. The new EV9, however, is the size of a Range Rover and costs from £65,985. It pushes Kia into conflict with upmarket SUVs from Solihull and Stuttgart – not to mention Hyundai-Kia’s own premium marque, Genesis. Can [...]
Kemi is right: markets not ministers should determine energy policy September 2, 2025 The UK’s policy of using massive subsidies to support politically-favored green technologies has resulted in some of the highest energy prices in the developed world, and the government should instead foster a competitive, technology-neutral market to drive down costs and encourage innovation, says Matthew Bowles “We are in the absurd situation where our country is [...]
The best luxury cars to buy in 2025 August 20, 2025 Comfort, opulence, presence, performance and the latest technology. These are just some of the things we want, no expect, a luxury car to deliver. It should be as good to drive as to be driven in. The luxury car market is changing, however. Once upon a time, a luxury car meant a four-door saloon with [...]
Big Four PwC ramps up office attendance monitoring August 13, 2025 PwC has increased its monitoring of employees’ office attendance by tracking key card usage and WiFi connections to ensure staff comply with requirements
Canary Wharf Group tops 250,000 sq ft of office space leased this year August 6, 2025 Canary Wharf has announced two new major leasing deals, taking the total amount of space leased this year to 250,000sq ft. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) will extend their office footprint to 60,000 sq ft and extend its lease at One Canada Water until 2035. SmartestEnergy, which helps companies navigate the energy transition, will lease 20,000sq [...]
Cupra Terramar review: Golf GTI power in a sporting SUV August 6, 2025 My eagerness to test the new Cupra Terramar (‘Landsea’ if translated from Spanish) was curbed when I realised this mid-size SUV isn’t as amphibious as its name suggests. Still, after hastily cancelling a trip to the Lake District, I pressed the start button and my enthusiasm returned as the familiar – yet increasingly rare – [...]