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Fraudsters who blew millions on supercars and property after conning investors into £70m eco-Ponzi scheme face years in jail
Three company directors behind a £70million eco-Ponzi scheme are facing years in jail after admitting fraud, having spent investors’ money on supercars, mansions and luxury holidays. Stephen Greenaway, Paul Laver and Matthew Pickard ran Bournemouth-based Ethical Forestry Limited, which persuaded more than 3,000 people to invest their savings and pensions in tree-planting schemes in Costa…
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Alexa can verify suspected Amazon scam messages
Amazon has expanded its Alexa for Shopping assistant so it can verify whether an email, text message or phone call claiming to be from the company is genuine, in an effort to counter impersonation scams. Users can ask the AI assistant about a suspicious message and it will check it against Amazon’s own records of…
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Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh lead Apple TV+ Cold War comedy
Apple TV+ is releasing “Mayday,” a Cold War-inspired action-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, from Friday. Directed by John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein, the film draws comparisons to “Top Gun” and “Midnight Run,” and the review argues it is strong enough that it deserved a cinema release rather than going straight to streaming,…
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Spectrum COO Nick Jeffery Touts “The Great Cable Comeback” As He Assumes Charter Exec Post
Nick Jeffery has begun his role as chief operating officer of Spectrum, the consumer-facing brand of Charter Communications, marking his move from the top job at Frontier Communications following its acquisition by Verizon earlier this year. In a LinkedIn post on his first day, Jeffery declared “the Great Cable Comeback” was under way, pledging to…
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Empire of the Sun Bring the Crowd “Alive” at Jones Beach: Photos + Setlist
Empire of the Sun brought their “Ask That God Tour” to the Northwell at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Sunday night, delivering a 19-song career-spanning performance. Fronted by Luke Steele, the Australian electropop duo played against striking visual backdrops, drawing on both their back catalogue and their 2024 album Ask That God,…
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‘Mayday’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Steals The Show From Top Gun Ryan Reynolds In Skydance & Apple’s Wild Buddy Action Comedy That Should Have Been In Theaters
Deadline’s review of “Mayday” praises the Skydance and Apple TV action comedy for its old-school, big-scale entertainment value, but laments that it was released only for streaming rather than in cinemas. The film, directed by John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein, is described as a Top Gun-meets-Midnight Run throwback in which a downed US Navy…
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Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm
Uber drivers from the UK, the Netherlands and other European countries have launched a landmark legal action against Uber, alleging that the AI-powered algorithm the company uses to set pay and allocate jobs breaches data protection law and unfairly depresses their earnings. Drivers describe the system as a “black box” that learns their individual willingness…
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Uber is cutting around 3,000 jobs in the name of efficiency
Uber has cut around 3,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as part of a company-wide restructuring aimed at simplifying management and speeding up decision-making. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told staff in a memo that removing layers of management and merging fragmented teams would give the company “clearer ownership, faster decisions and more time spent building…
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Podiums Signs Creator-Led Podcasts From Abbey Sharp, Lex P & More
Podium, the podcast company owned by Night that recently relaunched from The Roost, has signed four new creator-led shows: Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, Commander at Home, Stan Wars and Love, Lex P. The deal expands Podium’s roster of creator-driven programming, which already includes hits such as This Past Weekend with Theo Von and Just…
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Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer
Tado has launched the second generation of its Smart Thermostat X, positioning the device as a direct successor to Google’s Nest thermostats in Europe following Google’s withdrawal from the market last year. Google’s decision to shut down servers for its first- and second-generation Nest thermostats has already driven “significant” sales towards Tado, according to cofounder…