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More than 300,000 jobs are at risk from driverless taxis, GMB Congress was told today. The union’s annual event, held this year in Blackpool, agreed to call on the Government to introduce laws to protect taxi and private hire drivers from job losses and reductions in earnings caused by the rollout of driverless vehicles.

Millions of people could benefit from a universal plug-in AI tool created by a Nottingham Trent University (NTU) student who was inspired to help other people, like him, who have dyslexia. Angelus Collins, 23, created Lexo to support users with a range of tasks – from reading text aloud to converting their speech into writing – and already uses the technology to support himself with his studies.

Imagine telling a teenager that people were once paid to wake workers up by tapping on their bedroom windows with long sticks. Or that entire industries employed thousands of people to manually connect telephone calls, deliver telegrams, light street lamps and perform calculations before computers existed.

O2 has unveiled a new integrated marketing campaign that puts its inclusive EU roaming offer centre stage, helping holidaymakers discover hidden football hotspots across Europe this summer. Created by VCCP, the campaign, titled “Find the Beautiful Game in Beautiful Places”, highlights how travellers increasingly rely on mobile data to uncover local experiences, navigate unfamiliar destinations and, this summer, find the perfect place to watch football while abroad.

Teads, the omnichannel outcomes platform, announced today that Jit Shergill has joined the team as Head of Sales for the UK. Shergill will primarily oversee all the UK agency account teams in London while covering for Lucy Brett, and will be responsible for pipeline measurement and hitting performance and CTV targets.

Major DevOps platforms patched 236 vulnerabilities in 2025, with nearly 60% classified as high or critical severity. According to the latest “DevOps Threats Unwrapped Report,” critical flaws surged by 76% ifrom Q1 to Q4, signaling growing pressure on software supply chain security. Securing the software supply chain has become a growing operational challenge for modern development teams. In 2025, major DevOps platforms patched a total of 236 vulnerabilities.

Marketer survey data from DoubleVerify’s 2026 Global Insights report highlights continued momentum for YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, and more As streaming TV continues reshaping the global media landscape, new research from DoubleVerify (“DV”) (NYSE: DV), the leading software platform to verify media quality, optimize ad performance, and prove campaign outcomes, shows marketers are increasing investment across the world’s largest streaming platforms, with YouTube leading the way.

This partnership lays the groundwork for the next generation of media buying, enabling seamless and secure deployment of external agents within a DSP environment. Adform, the integrated advertising platform built for the agentic age, today announces an enhanced partnership with Adsquare, the real-world data platform for the outcomes era, to deliver an industry-first implementation of the Agentic Real-Time Framework (ARTF).

The Sun partners with Hawkstone for ‘Proper Football Daily’ World Cup show The SunSport’s top talent – including Director of Sport Shaun Custis, Dean Scoggins, and Will Pugh – to host a new show featuring former England defender Kyle Walker, bringing fans closer to the World Cup action. Thursday 28th May, London –  Hawkstone has been confirmed as the headline partner for The Sun’s new World Cup social video series, Proper Football Daily, marking an expansion of Sun Originals programming.

Former Yahoo and Neustar Executive to Lead Global Operations as Mediaocean Advances Mediaocean, the foundational software and AI partner for omnichannel advertising, today announced the appointment of Iván Markman as President and Chief Operating Officer. Markman will report to CEO Bill Wise and will be responsible for driving global operational alignment and performance as the company accelerates its next phase of growth.