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30 Oct

Bridge Command lets you live out your starship fantasies

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In 2016, I dragged my Engadget colleagues to preview , a VR title letting you live out your fantasies of sitting on the bridge of a starship. Sadly, despite having two fans in the team, we failed miserably at the game, a wound I’ve been nursing ever since. When Bridge Command, London’s latest attraction, asked me if I wanted to try out its real world equivalent, I leapt at the chance. After all, this wasn’t just me testing out a new sci-fi themed event, it was a shot at redemption.Bridge Command sits in the space between an escape room, team-building…

14 Aug

FanDuel-Parent Profit Beats, Won’t Match DraftKings Surcharge

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Flutter Entertainment Plc shares soared as much as 11% in extended trading after the company, the operator of the FanDuel online sportsbook, reportedBloomberg Terminal second-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ expectations.Flutter, which recently moved its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange from London, generated revenue of $3.61 billion in the quarter, exceeding estimates of $3.37 billion. Adjusted earnings rose to $2.61 a share, exceeding expectations of $1.70. Source link lol

13 Aug

Shein Hires Former EU Official to Bolster Lobbying as IPO Nears

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Shein has enlisted a former top European Union official to bolster its lobbying efforts across the region, taking a more active stance toward potential regulatory scrutiny as it plans a stock market debut in London.The online fashion retailer hired former EU budget commissioner Günther Oettinger as a consultant to help it navigate the bloc’s policy environment, a company representative said. Shein faces a raft of issues including a debate whether to impose customs duties on cheap parcels — a potential game-changer for Shein and other low-cost online retailers like PDD Holdings Inc.’s Temu. Source link lol

12 Aug

Veon to Delist From Amsterdam Due to Volume and Costs, CEO Says

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Telecommunications company Veon Ltd is delistingBloomberg Terminal from the Amsterdam stock exchange due to low liquidity for the stock in Europe and regulatory costs, according to its chief executive.The Nasdaq-listed firm announced its plan to delist from Euronext Amsterdam earlier this month. It hasn’t made a decision on whether it will shift its Amsterdam headquarters after the move, Kaan Terzioglu said in an interview. Source link lol

11 Aug

White Supremacists Turn UK Riots Into Online Recruiting Pitch

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White supremacist groups have seized on riots in the UK as a recruiting opportunity, using the Telegram messaging site to promote conspiracy theories and incite violence in their bid to lure new members.Hard-line organizations previously designated by the UK as domestic terrorists are calling for an overthrow of the British government with posts that say “the revolution has started.” Some extremist Telegram users have openly discussed how to capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK to steer Britons to radicalized communities, according to findings from Logically, a UK-based firm that tracks online disinformation. Source link lol

07 Aug

WPP Sells $775 Million Stake in PR Firm FGS Global to KKR

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WPP Plc agreed to sell its stake in communications consultancy FGS Global to KKR & Co Inc. for $775 million as the British advertising agency streamlines its business to make room for investments in newer technologies. The sale of the approximately 50% stake gives FGS Global an enterprise value of $1.7 billion, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. KKR will increase its stake in the company to about 80% from 30%. Source link lol

19 Jul

We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos

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With high hopes of finding some hidden gems in our home cities and $100 (£77) each burning a hole in our pockets, we—Natasha Bernal in London and Amanda Hoover in New York—asked AI to plan out the perfect day.We decided to use Littlefoot, an AI-powered local discovery chatbot that can generate experiences in 161 cities around the world. It was created by Bigfoot, a startup founded by former Airbnb executives Alex Ward, James Robinson, and Shane Lykins that purports to enmesh the minds of all the publicly available AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Anthropic, and Perplexity, in addition to…