Trainees ‘exploiting’ aspiring lawyers by monetising advice on social media August 20, 2026 Trainee lawyers are taking to social media to monetise their “advice” and offer “mentorship” to aspiring candidates looking to land training contracts and apprenticeships, sparking backlash from industry veterans who claim the practice is exploitative. Paul Leamy, a solicitor at Temple Bright and former Winston Taylor partner of ten years, told City AM there is [...]
Monzo faces outage as thousands of users unable to make payments or transfers August 19, 2026 UK fintech Monzo has suffered an outage that has left thousands of its users unable to use its banking services. The digital bank said it had “identified some issues” and initiated a stand-in backup service, which would allow users to still complete card payments and receive transfers. But some users have continued to raise concerns [...]
Kore.ai Named a Leader by Gartner, Forrester, and Everest Group Across Five Major Enterprise AI Evaluations August 19, 2026 Recognition Spans Agentic AI Products, Conversational AI Platforms for Customer Service and Employee Services, and Enterprise Search Kore.ai Has Been Named a Leader in Every Edition of the Gartner Magic Quadrant Covering Conversational AI Platforms Since the Report Launched in 2022
Xsolla Introduces Integrated Backend and Global Payment Solutions for Games, With Founding Partner AccelByte August 19, 2026 Game Developers Can Now Apply For Early Access To The Integrated Solution Ahead Of Launch
Mary Kay Accelerates Beauty Innovation and Digital Transformation August 19, 2026 Celebrating Milestone Initiatives Positioning Mary Kay For Consumers Today and Tomorrow
KBRA Releases Research – The End of the RRF: Trade Adjustment and Financing Challenge August 19, 2026 KBRA releases research examining how the end of the European Union’s (EU) Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) could affect trade balances and investment financing, as the policy challenge shifts from deploying EU funds to sustaining investment beyond the programme. Since 2021, RRF-backed activity has likely increased demand for imported capital goods and specialist inputs, widening [...]
Amentum to Support Critical Infrastructure and Platforms Under New Engineering Services Framework August 19, 2026 Award from Babcock enables support across nuclear, marine, land and aviation domains
Mbappe-backed brand set for London store in Harrods August 19, 2026 A firm which counts Kylian Mbappe as one of its shareholders will this week open a store at London shopping stalwart Harrods. German technology firm Loewe – which counts Mbappe’s family office as minority stakeholder – will have a space at the Brompton Road department store as the firm looks to expand its footprint. Chief [...]
I built my career on social media as a teen. I still think banning under-16s is right August 19, 2026 George Bacon arguably makes a living from young people scrolling. But he says a social media ban for under-16s is logical and responsible.
Even Claude says AI watermarking is no ‘silver bullet’ August 18, 2026 Claude has questioned whether watermarking AI-generated text can ever provide a foolproof way to identify machine-written material, just days after its maker, Anthropic, began embedding invisible marks into the chatbot’s own output. Asked by City AM whether AI-generated content should be watermarked, Claude warned that simple marks can be “cropped, screenshotted, or edited out”, while [...]