Science and Tech

Exclusive-Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53 billion, sources say

Exclusive-Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53 billion, sources say

By Milana Vinn July 14 - Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer…

July 15, 2026

UK to issue first 'digital' bond by early 2027, finance minister says

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Britain aims to become the first major advanced economy to issue a digital sovereign bond…

July 15, 2026

UK plans default midnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Britain will introduce a default overnight curfew on  social media  apps for 16- and 17-year-olds, the…

July 15, 2026

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

By Disha Raychaudhuri and Valerie Volcovici July 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural…

July 15, 2026

Exclusive-AI cloud company CoreWeave explores Wall Street playbook to hedge memory-chip price risk

By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 (Reuters) - AI cloud computing company CoreWeave is exploring the use of…

July 15, 2026

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

By Disha Raychaudhuri and Valerie Volcovici July 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural…

July 15, 2026

Pollution from Musk’s unpermitted xAI power project hits hardest in Black communities

By Disha Raychaudhuri and Valerie Volcovici July 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural…

July 15, 2026

OpenAI's first hardware device will be a speaker, Bloomberg News reports

July 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI will launch a portable, screen-free smart speaker as its first consumer hardware product, Bloomberg News…

July 15, 2026

Australia to establish government AI office to coordinate regulation

SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Australia will create an office at the heart of government to manage the development of…

July 15, 2026

UK banks' lack of Mythos access a wake-up call, says government AI adviser

By Phoebe Seers LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - UK banks' inability to access Anthropic's powerful AI model Mythos emphasises the…

July 15, 2026