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Derailed Essex train leads to travel chaos - Published Railway services were plunged into chaos after a train derailed in Essex. The Greater Anglia service from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street came off the tracks in Wickford at 14:12 BST on Friday, leading to all the

(Bloomberg) -- Oil edged higher as traders weighed a US threat to impose unprecedented economic measures on Iran, with the war that snarled the Strait of Hormuz in its sixth month. Brent settled above $88 a barrel, notching a roughly 6% gain for the week. Treasury Secretary Scott

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in New York federal court to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson before fatally shooting him on a midtown Manhattan street in December 2024. Mangione's lawyers immediately afterward filed a motion in New York state court saying that c

Britain's Finlay Tarling dies in Volta a Portugal accident - Published British cyclist Finlay Tarling has died aged 19 after an accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal. Tarling, the younger brother of Netcompany-Ineos rider Josh, had raced for Great Britain on th

In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture capital rivals on the West Coast. “It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of the opportunity,” Kushner wrote about AI in the letter, leaked to Bloomberg.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is conducting an internal review into "mention markets" on prediction platforms, people familiar with the situation told CNBC Friday. Mention markets are made up of contracts where traders speculate on whether specific words will be used i

Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges - Published Luigi Mangione has admitted to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleading pleaded guilty to federal charges of interstate stalking resulting in death. "I shot Mr Thompson in Manhatt

US-based WeWork Inc yesterday offloaded WeWork India shares worth ₹244.1 Cr via multiple open-market transactions. As per BSE data, WeWork Inc sold 35 Lakh shares, or 2.53% stake, of the India-based coworking giant at ₹697.55 apiece to rake in the amount. The stake sale was execu

President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of his White House ballroom to continue, one week after a federal appeals court ordered that the $400 million building project must come to a stop. The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to i

When OpenAI hired Denise Dresser from Slack to be its chief revenue officer in December, Fidji Simo, a top-ranking executive, said in a blog post that Dresser's "experience will help us make AI useful, reliable, and accessible for businesses everywhere." Four months later, Dresse

When OpenAI hired Denise Dresser from Slack to be its chief revenue officer in December, Fidji Simo, a top-ranking executive, said in a blog post that Dresser's "experience will help us make AI useful, reliable, and accessible for businesses everywhere." Four months later, Dresse

Updated August 14, 2026: Initial publication. Prices noted are as-tested, single-unit prices at review time; volume pricing differs, and this market moves quickly. Every laptop ranked here has been through the StorageReview lab. Business laptops get judged on a different rubric t

Since the end of last month, several water utilities in the United States have been hit by cyberattacks, causing alarm in the country. For years, water utilities and other critical infrastructure facilities in the power sector, for example, have been targeted by hackers, whether

In May 2025, Mozilla announced that it was shutting down the popular read-it-later app Pocket, which it had acquired back in 2017 for an undisclosed amount. That led to a growing demand for alternative apps that could help people save online content, particularly longer articles,

'I shot Mr Thompson'- What it was like inside court as Mangione pleaded guilty - Published After more than a year-and-a-half of intense spectacle and legal wrangling, Luigi Mangione appeared in a federal courtroom in New York on Friday as rumours swirled that he may plead guilty.

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, - The dollar fell on Friday after data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined in July, helping send the euro and sterling to multi-month highs, as traders weighed Federal Reserve policy. Retail sales dropped 0.6% last month after an unrevised 0

Off the Wire Press Releases With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios Aug. 14, 2026 — Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D models. But they aren’t as helpful when it

Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. “The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse of this vulnerability has been observed on multiple systems on whi