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Nearly 4 in 10 job candidates have bailed on a hiring round because it required an AI interview

Good morning! Workers are worried about AI taking their jobs—and it turns out they hate it when AI is involved in their screenings...

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Trump’s World Liberty Financial countersues crypto billionaire Justin Sun for defamation in response to allegations of fraud

One of the Trump family’s biggest early crypto backers is now a foe. In response to claims of fraud by billionaire Justin Sun,...

Exclusive: Stablecoin startup Rain is worth $1.95 billion and plans to issue cards with Mastercard in a push to woo institutional customers thumbnail
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Exclusive: Stablecoin startup Rain is worth $1.95 billion and plans to issue cards with Mastercard in a push to woo institutional customers

The buzzy stablecoin startup Rain is now working with the two largest card networks. The company announced on Monday that it was offering...

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The crypto industry is obsessed with conferences. The vibe at them is changing

The never-ending cycle of crypto conferences continues this week with the latest installment of Consensus getting underway in Miami. You can argue the...

Britain’s green start-ups face ‘triple squeeze’ as early-stage funding crashes to five-year low thumbnail
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Britain’s green start-ups face ‘triple squeeze’ as early-stage funding crashes to five-year low

Britain’s reputation as Europe’s cleantech powerhouse is being undermined by a brutal funding drought at the very bottom of the pipeline, with new...

Bristol leads UK innovation jobs boom as the regions close the gap on London thumbnail
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Bristol leads UK innovation jobs boom as the regions close the gap on London

Bristol and Edinburgh are emerging as the unlikely engines of Britain’s innovation economy, posting the country’s fastest-growing workforces among technology firms, university spin-outs...

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Whisky tariffs lifted as Trump hails royal state visit

Britain’s distillers have been handed an unexpected fillip after Donald Trump announced the removal of all US tariffs and restrictions on whisky imports,...

Britain doesn’t have a start-up problem, it has a stay-at-home problem thumbnail
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Britain doesn’t have a start-up problem, it has a stay-at-home problem

There is a particular kind of dinner I have, every couple of months, in a particular kind of place, a Soho members’ club...

Last orders for British hospitality: Are Reeves and Starmer trying to kill the UK restaurant sector? thumbnail
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Last orders for British hospitality: Are Reeves and Starmer trying to kill the UK restaurant sector?

There is a particular kind of silence that descends on a once-busy restaurant when last orders have come and gone, the candles have...

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Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

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