-
Sycamore nears £7bn sale of Boots to Canadian Weston family
Sycamore Partners is reportedly in advanced talks to sell Boots to the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family for $9bn (£7bn), with a deal potentially due as soon as next week. The sale would return the family to the UK high street after it sold Selfridges for £4bn in 2022. Sycamore bought Walgreens Boots…
-
A third of Britons say life would improve without social media tomorrow
According to Opinium Research’s poll of 2,000 adults and 1,100 parents conducted in May, just 7 per cent of Britons believe social media is a force for good, and approximately one in three think life would improve if all these platforms disappeared tomorrow. This research reveals a significant crisis of confidence in social media’s value…
-
Zimbra flaw breaches email servers; Huawei overtakes Nvidia in China
A critical Zimbra vulnerability is being exploited to steal corporate emails and credentials. Huawei claims its Ascend processors have overtaken Nvidia in China’s chip market.
-
Recent borrowers with large mortgages face greatest negative equity risk
The Reserve Bank of Australia says most households are positioned to cope with higher interest rates and falling property prices, but recent borrowers with large loans face the greatest risk of owing more than their homes are worth. The warning comes amid a property downturn, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, and wider risks to global…
-
Singapore trials dating app to match single civil servants
Singapore’s government digital agency GovTech is piloting FirstDate, a dating app developed at an internal hackathon to help civil servants meet potential partners. It uses questionnaires and algorithmic matching, offering one suggested match at a time; the trial reflects official interest in supporting relationships and family formation. The app is for single Singapore civil servants…
-
UK PM Opens EU Membership Debate Amid Data Crisis and Political Backlash
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reignited discussion about Britain’s relationship with Europe, indicating the government would consider options from enhanced economic cooperation to European Union membership. The timing
-
Macron brands Brexit biggest lie; NHS engulfed in data privacy crisis
Emmanuel Macron condemned Brexit as the greatest deception in recent history. The NHS meanwhile faces unprecedented backlash with over 44,000 formal objections to its Palantir-powered data platform.
-
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design
Grokipedia, SpaceXAI’s AI-powered Wikipedia alternative, has released a v0.3 update featuring a redesigned interface with a new logo, refreshed homepage and improved live edits page. The update marks a significant development for the platform, which had appeared to stall entirely over the past several months, suggesting renewed commitment from SpaceXAI to the project. The redesigned…
-
Azure maintenance mess disrupts hybrid clouds, VPNs, cloudy VMware services
Microsoft has reported degraded or interrupted connectivity affecting Azure ExpressRoute Gateway, VPN Gateway and Azure VMware services, following an incident that began at 20:30 UTC on 30 September. The disruption may hinder customers linking on-premises systems to Azure, including those running hybrid cloud environments, and has also caused failures in some network management operations. The…
-
Forget ‘Sherlock,’ This 154-Episode Detective Series Did Sherlock Holmes Better
CBS’s *Elementary* recast Sherlock Holmes’s adventures as a modern New York crime drama, with Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson. Initially met with scepticism, the series became a lasting take on the characters, exploring Holmes’s addiction and Watson’s growth from his sober companion into a detective and partner. The article…