Soaring cost of Halloween treats spooks shoppers
Halloween shoppers in the US seeking sweet relief this spooky season have instead been shocked by the high price of seasonal treats, as cost of living pressures continue to bite. Demetrio Beltres, a 33-year-old financial adviser searching for Halloween bargains for trick or treaters said he was spending more than his usual $15 (£11) to […]
Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a “complex” hack, after $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was accessed in what is believed to be a record heist. The firm said $3bn of its stolen digital assets had been secured – but many were still in the hands of […]
US tech stocks see sharp falls as AI spending nears $1tn
Tech stocks tumbled for the second day in a row as concerns rise over the hundreds of billions of dollars firms are investing in artificial intelligence (AI). Shares in Intel plummeted by 28% on Friday, while Google owner Alphabet saw its stock price continue to fall another 1.4% after a 12% plunge on Thursday. Other […]
City of London chief tops UK Black Powerlist
Ian Thomas, chief executive of the City of London Corporation, has been named the UK’s most influential Black Briton in this year’s Black Powerlist awards. The 57-year old is the first Black person to oversee the Square Mile’s governing body in its more than 900-year history. The City of London Corporation is an administrative body […]
Binance’s $6.3bn crypto hack biggest in history
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Yorkshire Water boss resigns after firm downgraded
Yorkshire Water’s chief executive has announced she is to step down, just 24 hours after the company was given the lowest possible environmental rating by the Environment Agency. Nicola Shaw, who has led the firm since 2022, will leave the role on 1 January to be replaced by Nicola Medalova, a chartered environmental health officer […]
What we know about Binance’s $6.3bn hack
Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has been hit by a $6.3bn (£4.7bn) hack – thought to be the biggest in history. Half of the assets have been frozen but many remain in the hands of the hackers, the cryptocurrency giant said. It later added that it has “begun recovering” some funds. Two analytics firms […]
Streeting denies ‘kicking can down the road’ in defence spending row
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has denied “kicking the can down the road” over how much the UK spends on defence. The government has faced criticism for not setting out a pathway at Wednesday’s Budget to hit its target of spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030. Streeting is at odds with MPs on the […]
How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
The moment she saw footage from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Kacey Doran picked up her phone. She had to tell her sister. “Have you seen this?” messaged Doran, excitedly. Nearly 30 years ago, a 10-year-old Doran had sat in front of her family’s TV, reading out the dialogue on […]
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