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ASIC shut down 3,106 crypto investment scams in FY26, a 30% jump. AI deepfakes, fake licenses, and fabricated news drove the 182% surge in total online scams. The regulator's advice: verify before sending money.
Santos first-half production rose 3% to 45.6 mmboe. Free cash flow from operations $378M. CEO Gallagher expects second-half output 20-30% higher as Barossa and Pikka ramp. Papua LNG FID on track for Q4.
The UK competition watchdog will review pricing strategies this autumn after finding some retailers slow to pass on lower wholesale diesel costs at the pump.
Tokenized equities onchain volume hit $9B, up 800% since January, driven by Robinhood Chain and Binance bStocks. The surge tests crypto's access edge as Nasdaq plans 23-hour trading.
Meta faces a federal trial as 29 states allege the company hid research on teen addiction. Separate reports show the firm courted parent influencers to promote safety tools.
Vaultik's AI authenticates watches from photos, then Chubb quotes coverage in the same app. The partnership targets collectors on WhatNot and eBay Live.
PlanRadar’s AI agents automatically complete project follow-up tasks like drafting RFI replies, cutting response time from hours to minutes. The feature targets rework, a $50–100 billion annual drain on U.S. construction spending.
Gold prices in India diverged sharply on Monday. Mumbai saw 24-carat gold gain ₹89 per gram to ₹14,968 while most other major cities recorded declines of ₹90-99. The 22-carat benchmark fell uniformly across the country, dropping ₹85-94 per gram.
Bybit's H1 report shows $700M+ in intercepted withdrawals, 20,000 users protected, and AI audits detecting 3-5x more vulnerabilities than manual review.
The SEC proposed a tiered token framework allowing up to $75M in annual issuances. Congress has 14 session days to pass the CLARITY Act before elections reset the calendar.
Skims lands in India via Reliance Brands. At $78 for a shapewear short, the brand faces local rivals priced at ₹899 with better fit for Indian body types.
The critical minerals developer issued 16M shares at C$0.25 each, with cornerstone shareholder Eric Krafft backing the raise. Proceeds will advance the Norra Kärr rare earth project and Woxna graphite mine.
Understand how interest accumulates during an education loan moratorium and why a longer deferral can raise total repayment costs.
India's UIDAI completed biometric updates for over 2 crore school children in a special drive. The free update window now runs through Sept. 2026 for ages 5-17.
CCE required teachers to track 65 indicators for 30 children weekly. The system collapsed. Parliament restored exams in 2019. Rules came in 2024. A generation paid the price.
HINC fund invests in high-yield corporate debt and CLOs, on Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Sui for accredited investors.
One in three smart TV users now lives in rural India, a Kantar report shows, as streaming moves from the smartphone to the shared living-room screen
Roughly 4 billion ONE tokens created out of nothing on Harmony. The team weighs a rollback. But with tokens already reaching exchanges, the window for a clean unwind is closing. Real implications for holders and their tax records.
Turing Award winner Rich Sutton says the AI industry is wrong to rely on synthetic training data. Big Tech's hunt for real data supports his view.
Seven deadlines from Binance, HTX, BitMEX, BitMart, Kraken, Luno, and Revolut converge in two weeks. Each requires a different action—delisting, sanctions ban, wind-down, or forced conversion.
Record gold output, a 43% dividend hike, and net debt at a 15-year low set the stage for organic growth at Cowal and Red Lake as the miner holds on copper guidance.
A file in macOS 26.7 RC shows Visual Intelligence running on the B790 AirPods, which could launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro later this year.
Kenmare posted a $34.1M H1 loss after ilmenite output fell 39% and revenue dropped 16%. The titanium miner said a strengthening zircon market and WCP A progress support H2.
Shares fell 11% to $38.58 after the ACCC executed a search warrant over alleged competition law breaches. The investigation adds a new layer of regulatory risk to WiseTech's dominant CargoWise platform.
The DGCA is set to tighten drug-testing rules for aviation personnel after a pilot's preliminary positive test. The proposed changes could increase operational costs and crew scheduling pressure.
Jassper Shipping will invest $50M over three years, with $10M in the first phase targeting project logistics for power, steel and heavy engineering clients across India and the Gulf.
CEO Andrew Reding said FY26 marked the end of the first stage of the turnaround, with portfolio simplification and ROIC discipline now embedded. The outlook for the current year was delivered.
The fourth global stop of the Toy Story x PEACEMINUSONE collaboration opens at Harbour City in Hong Kong, featuring exclusive merchandise, art installations, and a 5.5-metre Dream House.
Ten years on, the same truth holds: customers form opinions from every interaction, not from slogans. If the experience fails, they write their own motto.
Hon Hai revenue missed estimates; Luxshare warned of margin pressure from a new Vietnam plant. Memory chip surplus and weak iPhone demand compound the headwinds.