Fifa charging World Cup fans £59 for ‘shoutouts’ in new money-making scheme June 9, 2026 Fifa is charging football fans £59 to have their name announced before matches at the 2026 World Cup, which starts this week. For $79 (£59), supporters can buy a “Super Shoutout” to have their name read out and appear on the stadium scoreboard before any fixture at the World Cup. It is the latest money-making [...]
Icon Solutions Showcases How Banks Can Accelerate Digital Asset Innovation with IPF June 9, 2026 Banks can now deploy digital asset payments faster, without risking fragmentation
Alumni Ventures Expands to UK with new London Office and Launches Global Alumni Syndicate June 9, 2026 Leading US venture capital firm opens first office outside North America in London, launches a new UK affiliate, and opens new community for internationally-minded qualified investors
Starmer’s social media restrictions will mean the government can spy on every phone June 9, 2026 In practice, the government is demanding that Apple install on-device AI nudity-detection software at the operating system level for iOS and that Google do the same for Android. This would involve constantly scanning the camera viewfinder, screen output, livestream, and stored files, and blocking or blurring nudity in real time. This amounts to surveillance technology on [...]
Starmer: Britain must ‘not stick its head in the sand’ on AI June 8, 2026 Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain must not “stick its head in the sand” on artificial intelligence, with the technology set to fundamentally reshape the UK economy. The Prime Minister used his speech at London Tech Week to unveil a major sovereign computing push, new AI skills programmes and a vision for keeping Britain’s fastest-growing [...]
Huge Acquires Rotate°, Adding Composable Commerce Expertise to Its AI-Native Design and Technology Practice June 8, 2026 London-based Shopify Plus specialists join Huge as the company formalizes composable commerce as a core capability
Expensify Launches MCP for AI-powered Expense Management June 8, 2026 New integration connects Expensify to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents through the Model Context Protocol, enabling natural language access to expense data and approvals
Octus Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire LevPro, Advancing Vision for a Market-Leading, Vertically Integrated Platform for CLO and Private Credit Managers June 8, 2026 Media Summary: Adding LevPro to Octus’ industry leading end-to-end platform unifies credit intelligence, research and portfolio management for CLO and private credit managers at every stage of growth.
Labour bets £1.1bn on Britain’s AI chip race June 8, 2026 Keir Starmer’s government has unveiled a £1.1bn package aimed at turning Britain into a global AI hardware powerhouse, with ministers backing domestic chipmakers and pouring capital into training the next generation of engineers. The new AI Hardware Plan, announced at London Tech Week by tech secretary Liz Kendall, includes £750m for a new national AI [...]
AB InBev Turns Bars into Stadiums During Biggest-Ever FIFA World Cup™ June 8, 2026 ‘Cheers to Bars’ Global Platform Calls for People to Gather and Celebrate at Bars Everywhere