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Houthi attacks close Saudi pipeline as crude oil prices jump above $108
Oil prices surged past $108 a barrel after Saudi Arabia was forced to shut a key east-west crude pipeline following drone attacks, part of a broader escalation in the Middle East that also pushed global bond yields sharply higher and stoked fears of renewed inflation. Brent crude jumped 3.7% to more than $108.5 on Monday…
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What happens after a town de-Flocks
Local governments across the United States, from Florida to Washington state, are cancelling contracts with Flock Safety, the company behind AI-enabled licence plate readers, following mounting public pressure over privacy and surveillance concerns. However, ending a contract does not necessarily mean the cameras come down immediately or that previously collected data is deleted, leaving significant…
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AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on the US government to help slow the pace of AI development through regulation, a proposal notably endorsed by rival executives Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk, along with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. The unusual show of unity among competing tech leaders came after a week of heightened…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 14 Sep 2026 10:39
The NSPCC has dropped its same-sex supervision guidance for children changing, sparking backlash, while Australia faces calls to ditch coal and petrol cars. A deadly North Carolina shooting ended in an Ohio manhunt, Google brings Gemini to Android Auto, Celine Dion returned to the stage, and punk guitarist Cheetah C…
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‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
A small six-room bed and breakfast on the Isle of Portland, called bnb-side, is fighting a legal challenge from Airbnb over its use of the letters “bnb” in its name. bnb-side was set up in 2024 to raise funds for the long-running local arts festival b-side, but Airbnb argues the name threatens its global brand…
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Oil prices rise after drone attacks shut down Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline
Oil prices surged above $108 a barrel on Monday after drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its east-west crude pipeline, with Houthi rebels in Yemen also seizing the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait. The escalation matters because it threatens key energy and shipping routes at a time when Gulf states…
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Ministry of Defence denies military aircraft caused air traffic control meltdown that grounded thousands of planes – after claims ‘spurious’ flight data entry led system to crash
The Ministry of Defence has rejected claims that a military aircraft caused the technical failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) that led to around 2,000 flight cancellations and disrupted more than 330,000 passengers last Tuesday. Reports had suggested that a UK military flight plan containing “spurious” data triggered a glitch that took hours to…
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AI-linked stocks fall after call for development slowdown worries investors – business live
AI-linked stocks fell sharply across global markets after leading industry figures backed Anthropic’s call for a slowdown in AI development, though Donald Trump dismissed the concerns as a “sick conspiracy” against the sector. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.8% on Monday as investors sold off US chip and memory stocks, in a sign that market jitters…
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Hundreds of workers to lose their jobs as South Australian steelworks shuts down
Up to 500 workers are set to lose their jobs at South Australia’s Whyalla steelworks after administrators and the state government decided to permanently close the site’s blast furnace. The closure marks a significant setback for the plant, which has received more than $1 billion (AUD) in state and federal support since being placed into…