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Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal
Nscale is nearing a second multibillion-dollar deal with Anthropic, as the UK AI infrastructure start-up seeks to shore up confidence...
Uber defeats High Court lawsuit brought by London’s black-cab drivers
Uber has defeated a mass lawsuit from London’s black-cab drivers, defusing a multimillion-pound legal threat to the ride-hailing app over...
Microsoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal
Microsoft has pulled out of a deal to lease computing capacity from UK start-up Nscale after it emerged that the neocloud’s Essex data...
America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
Cracks are appearing in America’s debt-laden $10tn AI infrastructure boom as project delays, public backlash and shaky investor...
America's $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray
High-profile projects have faced lengthening timelines, with setbacks affecting several Oracle sites being built for OpenAI's Stargate data centre initiative. Former crypto miners such as TeraWulf and Cipher have also renegotiated leases and slightly lengthened delivery schedules on projects for Anthropic in recent months, in part because of design changes from the AI lab and its partner Fluidstack. The adjustments can be costly.
La empresa de Warren Buffett invierte otros u$s 330 millones en una tecnológica que ya sube 91% en Wall Street
Berkshire Hathaway inyectó otros u$s 330 millones en Bending Spoons, lo que disparó las acciones del conglomerado tecnológico dueño de AOL, Eventbrite y Vimeo. Con la nueva inversión, la participación de la gestora de activos con sede en Nebraska en Bending Spoons asciende al 4%, luego de haber invertido u$s 600 millones en el grupo tecnológico en su oferta pública inicial de julio.
Berkshire Hathaway adds $330mn to stake in tech group Bending Spoons
Berkshire Hathaway has ploughed a further $330mn into Bending Spoons, sending shares in the technology conglomerate that owns AOL,...
How BT’s TalkTalk swoop left broadband rivals fuming
Five years ago, UK communications watchdog Ofcom established a clear goal: end BT’s dominance of the country’s broadband market.
Josh Payne, el minero australiano que conquistó a los gigantes de la IA
Hace diez años, Josh Payne trabajaba en una mina de carbón en Australia. Hoy, a sus 32 años, está a punto de obtener ganancias multimillonarias gracias a la venta de la infraestructura clave del auge de la IA. Mientras, Nscale, su startup de centros de datos se prepara para una posible salida a Bolsa valorada en 35.000 millones de dólares.
Burnham pledges to end use of non-compete clauses
Andy Burnham has pledged to end the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts, which he said were a “drag on innovation”.
BT buys struggling rival TalkTalk out of administration
BT has acquired UK broadband provider TalkTalk in a pre-pack administration, days after making a late entrance into the long-running...
BT weighs improved TalkTalk offer after initial approach rejected
BT is weighing an improved offer for UK broadband provider TalkTalk after an initial approach was rejected, as the telecoms group steps...
UK watchdog signals it may block major broadband deal
The UK’s competition watchdog has indicated that it may block a planned £2bn deal by Virgin Media O2’s shareholders to buy the country’s...
BT seeks government nod for potential TalkTalk takeover
BT has opened talks with UK government officials over the possibility of a takeover bid for struggling rival TalkTalk, as the country’s...
Apax nears deal to buy Warburg Pincus out of €6.5bn telecoms group Odido
Apax is nearing a deal to buy Warburg Pincus out of their joint investment in Dutch telecoms group Odido, months after the private equity...
London welcomes Airtel Money’s $800m IPO
Airtel Money has announced its plans to list via initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange that could raise at least $800 million. It is a strategic boost to the London market, where regulators and policymakers have introduced reforms to make listings more attractive but the LSE had been struggling to gain momentum.
Pornhub’s age checks probed by UK watchdog
Ofcom is investigating Pornhub’s service provider to determine whether the adult site has breached its duty under the Online Safety Act...
Nvidia-backed Nscale buried ByteDance deal in push to $35bn IPO
Nscale, the Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider, buried a significant relationship with ByteDance in its pitch to investors, only mentioning...
Airtel Money launches one of London’s biggest IPOs in recent years
Airtel Money is seeking to raise at least $800mn through a listing that is set to be one of London’s biggest initial public offerings in...
British data centre group Nscale files for $35bn US listing
Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider Nscale has filed to go public in the US just two years after it was spun out of a crypto mining group, in...
Bolt to launch 25,000 robotaxis in Europe with Lucid
Lucid is partnering with ride-hailing platform Bolt to launch a fleet of at least 25,000 robotaxis in Europe, in a deal the struggling...
Vodafone takes up to €1.1bn hit from Drahi’s German broadband deal
Vodafone will miss out on over €1bn of potential earnings after Patrick Drahi struck a deal to sell his stake in their German broadband...
UK chancellor offers pact to chief executives on growth
Chancellor John Healey has offered a pact to chief executives at a Number 10 business summit, vowing to provide fiscal and economic...
Virgin Media O2 owners target £600mn in cost cuts
Virgin Media O2’s shareholders are targeting about £600mn in cost cuts at the heavily indebted telecoms group in a bid to calm investor...
VodafoneThree to launch debut TV service in challenge to UK rivals
VodafoneThree is set to launch a UK TV service for the first time as the country’s largest mobile operator intensifies efforts to take on...
Elliott builds stake in Deutsche Telekom and opposes T-Mobile US merger
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has built a sizeable stake in Deutsche Telekom, creating a further impediment to the German...
Uber to axe 10% of its workforce in biggest cuts since pandemic
Uber plans to cut 3,300 jobs in its most sweeping lay-offs since the coronavirus pandemic, as the ride-hailing pioneer axes management...
Private equity firms snap up more London-listed companies
Private equity firms have snapped up two FTSE 250 companies with a third group agreeing a takeover by an overseas rival, adding to...
London’s Tube finally escapes its mobile blackout
London’s Underground has fallen behind its rivals in Paris and Berlin in recent years but not in the way some passengers might expect.
Grindr bets wealthy gay men will pay more to find the right match
Grindr built its business by helping gay men find each other for free.
Aberdeen fund takes £200mn hit on failure of UK broadband provider
An Aberdeen fund will take a £200mn hit after the failure of UK broadband provider Airband and its sale to Macquarie-backed rival Voneus,...
UK seeks to tighten security of supply chains after Iran-linked cyber attack
The UK government is seeking to change the law so it can block companies from buying products from high-risk suppliers, in a move that...
‘Juggernaut’ BT’s decade-long turnaround hits crunch time
In early July, BT chair Adam Crozier addressed an investor who had expressed frustration at the company’s stagnant share price.
‘Nobody has automated the kitchen’: the tech billionaire disrupting restaurants
The next battle over how Americans buy meals may not be fought between delivery apps but over who controls the kitchens themselves.
Amenaza el auge de eSIM a los operadores móviles
Se estima que este año utilicen 134 millones de tarjetas electrónicas para viajes, frente a las 101.8 millones de 2025, pues los turistas buscan alternativas más económicas a las tarifas de roaming Kieran Smith Londres / 20.08.2026 00:01:01 Únete al canal de Milenio La demanda de tarjetas eSIM para viajes se encamina hacia un aumento de cerca de un tercio este año, a medida que los viajeros internacionales buscan alternativas más baratas a los paquetes de roaming (itinerancia de datos), lo...
Travel e-sim boom threatens mobile industry’s roaming cash cow
Demand for e-sim cards used for travel is on course to jump by about a third this year as international travellers seek out cheaper...
Virgin Media O2 owners weigh options to slash £22bn debt pile
Virgin Media O2’s owners are weighing options to reduce the company’s £22bn debt pile after investor fears about the UK telecoms group’s...
The UK has worse mobile coverage than Romania. Why?
Each morning, commuters heading into London’s Blackfriars station from the leafy suburb of East Dulwich have a problem.
Vodafone eleva sus previsiones de beneficios tras la entrada del multimillonario Xavier Niel en su accionariado
Vodafone elevó sus previsiones de beneficios el lunes al informar de un fuerte aumento de sus ingresos trimestrales en sus primeros resultados desde que el multimillonario francés Xavier Niel anunciase que iba a adquirir una participación en la empresa.
Amazon targets Musk’s Starlink with satellite constellation for mobile services
Amazon plans to launch a constellation of more than 5,000 satellites to provide mobile phone services to consumers around the world, as...
Vodafone raises profit guidance as billionaire Xavier Niel takes stake
Vodafone raised its profit guidance on Monday as it reported a sharp increase in quarterly revenues in its first set of results since...
Telecom Italia backs Poste Italiane takeover bid
The board of Telecom Italia has accepted a cash and stock bid from Poste Italiane that would give the state-controlled postal service...
Uber cierra un acuerdo de 13.000 millones de euros para adquirir Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero ha acordado su adquisición por parte de Uber en una operación que valora a la compañÃa en aproximadamente 13.000 millones de euros, una compra que consolidará aún más el mercado global de reparto de comida a domicilio. Uber informó este jueves que pagará 41,50 euros por acción en efectivo, después de que ambas empresas firmaran un acuerdo de fusión que respalda la oferta. Financial Times ya habÃa informado previamente sobre el acuerdo.
Uber agrees €13bn deal to acquire Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero has agreed to be taken over by Uber in a deal that values the company at about €13bn in an acquisition that will further...
Airtel Africa taps more bankers for rare London IPO of mobile money business
Airtel Africa is hiring more investment banks to work on a London listing for its mobile money business, as the telecoms group prepares a...
The UK’s telecoms industry is now a billionaire’s playground
In early July, one of Xavier Niel’s bankers boarded a flight to the United Arab Emirates with a simple instruction: find out whether...
French billionaire Xavier Niel becomes Vodafone’s top shareholder
Xavier Niel has taken a 16 per cent stake in Vodafone Group for £4.4bn, a move that will make the French billionaire the FTSE 100...
Virgin Media fined £28mn for preventing customers from cancelling contracts
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media O2 £28mn for repeatedly preventing customers from cancelling contracts, after it found that the UK telecoms...
Aberdeen-backed internet provider seeks buyer after steep losses
Aberdeen-backed UK broadband provider Airband has initiated a process to find a new owner following a strategic review after racking up...
How Bending Spoons built a $23bn tech empire from struggling brands
In the summer of 2013, Luca Ferrari was sitting in the deserted offices of Evertale, the collapsed start-up he and two university friends...
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