Steve R Harris

BBC Technology

• OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora
• Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears
• 'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year
• The Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with bitcoin
• Porn company starts new age checks after £1m Ofcom fine
• McDonald's Netherlands pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash
• Amazon, Microsoft pledge mega AI investments in India
• Kids locked out of social media apps after Australia's world-first ban
• Watch Australian teens test out social media on first day of ban
• People spending even more time online now than during the pandemic

BBC Business

• Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO fit to stand trial, prison officials say
• Tube fares to go up by 5.8% in 2026
• Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue results ramp up bubble fears
• 'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year
• Workers' rights bill standoff continues after Lords defeat
• Jamie Oliver on the return of his restaurant chain
• Drax unveils plan for data centre at power station
• UK pharma boss says US is the best country to invest in
• Banks to tell you where you might invest your money
• Banks to tell you where you might invest your money

The Independent

• Primal Scream reported to police over alleged antisemitic imagery at London concert
• Met police sergeant who told colleague she was ‘using the pregnancy card’ dismissed
• Lammy demands Farage cleans racists out of Reform after vile attacks
• Driver accused of Christmas Day car attacks in London’s West End says he was a ‘coward’
• MPs warned over Russian attempts to target them via WhatsApp
• How much are Christmas shoppers really spending this year?
• Security guard sacked after CCTV showed him lying barefoot on sofa during shift
• Tony Blair gives Shabana Mahmood stamp of approval amid Labour leadership speculation
• ‘The last time my son was seen he stepped onto a train. He was never heard from again’
• ‘The only way out for me is in a body bag’: The desperate final days of IPP prisoner Taylor Atkinson

The Guardian

• Key whistleblower contradicts part of phone hacking case against Daily Mail
• Editor of Times and Sunday Times in Scotland is charged over ‘indecent communications’
• Inquiry to be held into north-east England NHS trust after patient deaths
• Reform councillors accused of ‘rash promises’ as council tax rises loom
• NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases
• Met officers must tell bosses if they are Freemasons, force announces
• Drax plans to convert part of its North Yorkshire power plant into datacentre
• Dulwich college head responds to claims of teenage racism by Nigel Farage
• UK MPs face rise in phishing attacks on messaging apps
• What is happening to the assisted dying bill in the House of Lords?

The Motley Fool

• How big a Stocks and Shares ISA is needed to earn £1,000 of passive income each month?
• This iconic S&P 500 fashion stock is one of my favourite picks for 2026
• These analysts have updated their forecasts for the Rolls-Royce share price
• How much do you need in a SIPP to target a passive retirement income of £555 a month?
• 1 FTSE 250 share to consider for the coming decade
• 3 UK shares to consider for the long term
• Martin Lewis just gave a brilliant presentation on the power of investing in stock market indexes like the FTSE 100
• I asked ChatGPT if we’ll get a stock market crash or rally before Christmas and it said…
• Up 30% in 2025 and still cheap! Is this former stock market darling the best share to buy today?
• £5,000 to invest? Consider 5 no-brainer dividend shares with over 20 years of growth

Investing.com

• VolitionRx to eliminate veterinary CEO role as part of cost-realignment
• AMN Healthcare Services updates bylaws to reflect Delaware law changes
• The Andersons increases quarterly dividend to 20 cents per share
• Arteris to acquire cybersecurity firm Cycuity to enhance chip security
• Horizon Technology Finance prices $57.5 million notes offering at 7%
• Amcor announces January 15 effective date for 1-for-5 reverse split
• Meshflow Acquisition Corp. raises $345 million in Nasdaq IPO
• Adamas Trust declares quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share
• lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to step down in January 2026
• Littelfuse completes acquisition of Basler Electric Company

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