The UK’s top data and AI regulator has quit, a first in the office’s 40-year history

The UK’s top data and AI regulator has resigned. It is the first time it has ever happened. John Edwards stepped down as information commissioner on Friday, with immediate effect. His exit followed [...]

The scam economy is now bigger than Denmark’s GDP, and it is accelerating

Global financial fraud cost victims an estimated $442 billion in 2025, roughly equivalent to the economic output of Denmark, according to Interpol’s 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment. Th [...]

Emergent hits a $1.5bn valuation as vibe coding mints another unicorn

Emergent’s vibe coding platform hit a $1.5bn valuation a year after launch. Its founder says most businesses do not need software, they need a way to turn how they work into it. “Most businesses d [...]

Primer secures $100M Series C to fuel US expansion and autonomous AI payments

Primer, a London-based payment startup, has announced a €86.2 million Series C funding round to expand its AI payments and finance platform. The capital will also support its market development in t [...]

Aachen’s amber raised €7mn to sell AI sovereignty to the Mittelstand

Aachen-based amber has closed a €7mn Series A. Ventech co-led it with NRW.Venture, the venture arm of NRW.BANK. NRW.BANK is the development bank owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. [...]

Anthropic is reportedly back in talks with the Defense Department

Anthropic is reportedly trying to reach a new deal with the US Defense Department, which could prevent the government from labeling it a supply chain risk. According to Financial Times and Bloomberg, [...]

Meta’s employee mouse-click tracking tool is collecting EU data it said it would not collect

Internal documents show the Model Capability Initiative captures emails and chats US employees exchange with European colleagues, putting the AI-agent training programme on a collision course with GDP [...]

Uber acquires rival Fly Taxi in Hong Kong, Sing Tao reports

Uber has acquired the main remaining alternative taxi-hailing app in the city. Acquired five months before Hong Kong’s new ride-hailing licences are expected to come into force, the move locks in Ub [...]

Google sues Chinese cybercrime ring that used Gemini to build phishing sites and send 2.5 million scam texts

Google filed a lawsuit on Friday to dismantle the infrastructure behind a Chinese cybercrime operation called Outsider Enterprise. The group used AI, including Google’s own Gemini, to generate phish [...]