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British Gas resume force-fitting prepayment meters months after £112m settlement
Regulators have lifted a block on the supplier, enabling it to install meters in the homes of people who cannot afford their energy billsBritish Gas has resumed force-fitting prep…
Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience
The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be ex…
Bitcoin risks drop below $76K as 7% oil slide fails to spark BTC price rally
Bitcoin fell around 1.7% on Monday as stocks pared early gains fueled by hopes of a diplomatic resolution to the US-Iran war.
Mercado Bitcoin wallets keep moving funds after $46M hack
Brazil’s exchange Mercado Bitcoin paused deposits and withdrawals after a security breach, saying customer funds and data were safe.
North Korea Is Laundering Binance Hack Loot at One New Wallet Every 25 Seconds
$2.85 billion of the $6.43 billion stolen from Binance has been frozen or seized, compared with about 3% in the Bybit hack, as North Korea’s automated laundering spans 12,000 wall…
Proton Users Revolt After CEO Calls Security Caution 'Loser Thinking' Amid AI Push
Proton customers say they are canceling subscriptions after reports of pressure to adopt AI coding, as the privacy company scraps employee re-interviews but defends its broader sh…
Bitcoin traders eye post-election rally as exchange outflows point to supply squeeze
Bulls are watching short positions, exchange withdrawals and key price levels for signs of a rebound after the midterms.
Control of Britain’s 39m smart meters passes to non-profit startup
The handover marks the end of a 13-year licence for Smart DCC, a subsidiary of Capita, after years of spiralling costs and delaysControl over Great Britain’s 39m smart meters has …
The AI boom is facing another supply crunch. This time it’s the amount of capital available to feed Silicon Valley’s endless need for cash
"Now, another concern is moving to the forefront: Does enough capital even exist to finance everyone's ambitious AI spending plans?"
Animoca Brands clears final hurdle for Abu Dhabi fund management
The regulatory approval marks another step in Animoca’s shift from blockchain gaming and venture investing toward regulated institutional financial services.
A prank meant to humiliate a Red Baron worker backfired—now strangers have given the dad of 4 more than $760,000
A viral stunt aimed at a Michigan father stocking frozen pizzas late at night has turned him into a symbol of America’s affordability squeeze, and made the prankster an online par…
Nvidia and Nike Lead Biggest Wave Yet of Tokenized Stock Objections
Nvidia, Costco, Nike and nine other companies objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 50.
'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack
Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack.
Brickmaker’s woes deepen the UK housebuilding gloom
Ibstock has issued a thumping profits warning, with sales 22% below expectations in the third quarterWith John Healey’s Your First Home scheme on the way, is the mood improving in…
EU entity suspected of losing $106 million from crypto exchange accounts, ZachXBT says
The unidentified attacker moved funds through ether, instant exchanges and Monero, but the victim and affected exchanges remain unknown.
Elon Musk Mocks Sam Altman Over Claim Home PCs Are Wasting RAM
The OpenAI CEO said it's "quite terrible" for DRAM to sit largely idle in personal computers while AI data centers face a supply crunch.
Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?
Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposalOn a Monday afternoon in late September, Donald Trump gathered Iowa Repu…
Brazil's Largest Exchange Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals After $40 Million Hack
Brazil's largest crypto exchange paused deposits and withdrawals after a security incident. Tether froze more than 4.5 million USDT tied to the attack.
NYSE tokenized stock plans take shape as four more transfer agents join
Broadridge, Computershare, Equiniti and Superstate join the exchange's planned blockchain market, bringing shareholder records and voting services onchain.
Bitmine Buys More Ethereum as Tom Lee Calls the Binance Hack Bullish
The chairman laid out six reasons the market’s “muted” 4% ETH drop after the record Binance theft shows crypto is “increasingly resilient,” as the firm’s stash neared its 5% suppl…
Bitcoin giant Strategy, unfazed by Binance hack, adds over $65 million BTC to its holdings
The corporate crypto bull’s latest buying run coincided with hackers draining $6.3 billion from Binance.
Following a sudden GOP slide, a top data scientist’s model gives Democrats 90% odds of taking the Senate as Kansas trends blue in major shock
In Kansas, Sen. Roger Marshall looked on track for easy re-election just two months ago at around 75%. His number's dipped to 43.9%, and suffered a 7.1% drop just in the past 24 h…
Shabana Mahmood softens immigration plans in face of cabinet backlash
Exception for care workers will allow up to 300,000 people to apply for indefinite leave to remain after five yearsUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood has softened pl…
As Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the ultra-rich flee California, one 34-year-old tech billionaire is ‘not running’—he ‘wants to fight’ for the state
Oculus VR and Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey, worth $5.9 billion, opposes the proposed tax hike but is opting to stay: “California is something special.”