I just didn’t get Bitcoin until 2016 when a big Monty Python foot came out of the sky and crushed me May 1, 2023 Gaming legend Clem Chambers tells Crypto AM he believes that as digital economies grow, the real world will shrink.
Musk: Media publishers can start charging for one-off articles shared on Twitter May 1, 2023 Twitter will roll out a new feature allowing media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday. Musk said this would allow users who did not want to sign up for monthly subscriptions to pay a higher per article price to read one article. In a [...]
Mick Lynch warns at trade union rally against ‘ultra right’ causing division April 29, 2023 Trade unionist Mick Lynch has told a crowd of workers and activists that the “ultra right” is causing division during the cost-of-living crisis, and it should be resisted. He also praised unions across Northern Ireland that had taken industrial action in recent months, and called for the trade union movement to begin in every town [...]
VIP Bitcoin documentary screening to take centre stage at Monaco crypto event April 28, 2023 A new documentary about Bitcoin will be the climax of an exclusive crypto event being held in Monaco next month.
Gambling white paper: Betting firms forced to ‘step up’ checks in biggest industry overhaul since 2005 April 27, 2023 Gambling companies will be subject to tighter regulations including a statutory levy and stricter checks on losses, the government announced today in its long-awaited gambling white paper. The secretary of state for culture, media and sport Lucy Frazer announced on Thursday that the industry would be subject to “six key areas” of reform. Operators will [...]
Microsoft slams UK move blocking Activision takeover as ‘bad day for Britain’ April 27, 2023 Microsoft’s vice chair and president has slammed the UK competition watchdog’s decision to block the software company’s 68.7bn dollar (£55bn) takeover of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, calling it a “bad day for Britain”. Brad Smith said the UK regulatory environment compared unfavourably with the EU and warned the “English Channel has never seemed wider”. He [...]
Fans slam ‘disgraceful’ Coronation concert ticket chaos, leaving thousands disappointed April 26, 2023 Tickets for the Coronation concert went on sale yesterday but the ticketing system meant many people who thought they have bagged tickets were later told they actually hadn’t. The Coronation concert takes places on Sunday 7 May with Lionel Ritchie, Take That, Katy Perry and opera singer Andrea Bocelli some of the names performing. An [...]
Sunak arrived late to the business charm offensive and still can’t catch up April 26, 2023 Rishi Sunak spent Monday flirting with business leaders, but Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are still winning the battle to court corporates.
British American Tobacco to pay over £512m in North Korea sanctions case April 25, 2023 British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $635m (£512m) to US authorities after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate US sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea and commit bank fraud, a US court filing and the company said on Tuesday. The tobacco sales at the heart [...]
Is the CBI is “finished”? City grandee and AJ Bell chair Baroness Morrissey says so April 25, 2023 The crisis-hit CBI is “finished” after the organisation admitted it failed to sack workers who sexually harassed female colleagues, City boss Baroness Helena Morrissey has said. Firms have deserted the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in their droves after two rape allegations and a series of claims of a toxic work culture surfaced, reported by [...]