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B&Q and Five Guys among firms that paid staff below minimum wage - Published DIY store B&Q and the fast food chain Five Guys are among hundreds of UK businesses named by the government for paying staff below the minimum wage. More than 600 employers were ordered to pay affected w

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale successful companies. Hear from startup and venture leaders shaping the tech ecosystem, includi

Boulter wins one game in 58-minute US Open defeat - Published British number one Katie Boulter endured a "bad day at the office" as she won just one game in a 58-minute demolition by Wimbledon runner-up Karolina Muchova in the US Open second round. The match, originally scheduled

Textual sleuths are waging a crusade against the AI-generated writing proliferating in publications and on the web with their favorite detection tool. Pangram has recently been credited with helping implode a lucrative book deal and unmasking AI use at The New York Times and The

Long before the era of the hyperscalers and neoclouds, and decades ahead of the AI data center boom, there was Equinix. Described as a colocation facility, Equinix provides data center space for over 10,500 customers, offering space, power, cooling and security for companies that

Long before the era of the hyperscalers and neoclouds, and decades ahead of the AI data center boom, there was Equinix. Described as a colocation facility, Equinix provides data center space for over 10,500 customers, offering space, power, cooling and security for companies that

Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents to automate routine IT help desk tasks, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The companies officially announced the acquisition on Tuesday but didn

Asia’s rapid data center buildout is sparking local pushback, as governments’ urge to capture value in the AI investment boom runs into constituents’ environmental and health concerns. Backlash is growing from India to Australia, Nikkei reported, leading not to less demand overal

Uber announced Wednesday that it will axe 10% of its global corporate workforce in its biggest cuts since the pandemic, as the ride-sharing firm contends with the threat from robotaxis. The bid to become “simpler and faster” will generate more savings to plough into Uber’s autono

Microsoft will start disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business for the first time, providing investors with a clearer picture of its business that competes with Amazon Web Services and Google's cloud platform. The change, announced in a presentation on Wednesday,

Microsoft will start disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business for the first time, providing investors with a clearer picture of its business that competes with Amazon Web Services and Google's cloud platform. The change, announced in a presentation on Wednesday,

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China has approved a slew of brain-computer interface devices this year, showering domestic startups with state subsidies in a bid to compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink. China has identified BCIs, which promise to restore motor functions and cognitive capacity in patients, as one

At our past TechCrunch Disrupt events, AI has taken center stage, both throughout our programming and in a stage of its own. This year, the technology, implications, and players are so rapidly developing and widespread that we’re expanding the single AI stage into two! The AI Sta

The US-hosted G20 meeting, beset by trade and diplomatic squabbles, wrapped Tuesday after failing to ease investors’ concerns over a global bond market sell-off. As global bond yields hit multi-decade highs, the gathering of finance ministers ended without a consensus after China

Broadcom shares edged up in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker issued a rosy forecast for the next fiscal year and hinted at growing business with artificial intelligence labs. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: - Earnings per share: $3.3

Broadcom shares edged up in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker issued a rosy forecast for the next fiscal year and hinted at growing business with artificial intelligence labs. Here's how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: - Earnings per share: $3.3

The NBA on Wednesday said it had suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year as part of a broad array of sanctions on the basketball team and two senior executives for violating the league's salary cap circumvention rules related to star player Kawhi Leonard a

Man City buy costly new midfield - but have they overlooked Haaland cover? - Published Manchester City have completed their squad overhaul - including a fully revamped midfield - to the tune of £458m, a new Premier League record for a summer window. But that eyewatering sum does

Celtic sign five in one day after Van den Berg & Lotomba arrive - Published Celtic have recruited five players in one day to bolster their squad before Wednesday's Europa League signing deadline. The arrivals of teenage Dutch midfielder Joel van den Berg on a four-year deal from

The News Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, is emerging as a top contender for the Army secretary role, multiple Trump administration officials and people familiar with the matter told Semafor. Parnell doesn’t have the nod locked down yet, and it’s unclear when Preside

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‘I'd be the last to know’: Stars of The Gentlemen react to Meghan reports - Published It has been almost two weeks since reports emerged that the Duchess of Sussex was in talks for a role in The Gentlemen. At the world premiere for series two of the Netflix show on Wednesday nigh

LA Clippers fined $30m by NBA over Leonard scandal - Published The LA Clippers have been fined $30m (£22.2m) by the National Basketball Association (NBA) for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard. The fine - the largest in the

The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google’s gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust lawsuits: one filed in 2020 focused on Google’s dominance in search, and a second filed in 2023 that specifically targeted Google’s ad-technology b

Protests in Spain over government's handling of Ceuta migrant crisis - Published Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government's handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast. Spanish opposition parti

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