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UK Funding Boost for AI System Targeting Hospital-Acquired Infections

Innovate UK has awarded more than £300,000 to a partnership between the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Sustainable Innovation and…

Gold Surges Past $5,000 Before Sharp Pullback Amid Market Volatility

Gold has experienced a rollercoaster start to 2026, with prices swinging dramatically amid global economic uncertainty. Just over a year…

US Eyes Financing for Cornwall Tin Mine, Raising Export Prospects

Britain’s only tin mine, South Crofty in Cornwall, could see much of its future production exported to the United States…

Pinterest Fires Two Engineers Over Job-Cuts Tracking Tool

Pinterest has dismissed two engineers after they created and circulated a software tool that identified colleagues affected by the company’s…

Rising Costs Force One in Five UK SMEs to Cut Jobs, Survey Finds

Rising taxes and operating costs forced more than one in five UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make redundancies…

Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI Amid AI Funding Surge

Amazon is in early-stage discussions to invest as much as $50 billion (£40 billion) in OpenAI, in what could become…