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Kraken launches fixed-rate crypto-backed loans with terms of up to two years

The cryptocurrency exchange is offering clients a way to borrow against digital asset holdings without selling them, positioning the product as an alternative to margin trading and decentralised finance

NVIDIA to offer GPU fleet monitoring

NVIDIA is developing an opt-in service that gives data center operators visibility into the health and performance of large AI GPU fleets.

Zilch lands FCA payments licence

Zilch said it secured a regulatory greenlight in the United Kingdom for payments services and Principal Membership of Visa.

Thales launches AI Security Fabric

Thales introduces new cybersecurity products, as an AI Security Fabric to protect enterprise LLM applications and data.

Waitrose engages SOLUM to deliver digital pricing in stores

Waitrose will be able to change prices quickly, without the need for staff to manually replace paper labels.

Budweiser 0.0 is the new official beer partner of international cricket

AB InBev has agreed a deal for the Official Beer Partner for major ICC tournaments beginning in 2026.

Disney and OpenAI agree Sora licence, and $1bn investment

The three-year deal lets users on Sora generate short fan videos using an IP catalogue of more than 200 characters.

IBM and Pearson partner on AI learning tools

IBM and Pearson will build personalized AI-powered learning products for organisations, institutions and employers worldwide.

Perplexity inks AI financial data deal with Benzinga

Benzinga will supply market-moving datasets and insights to Perplexity’s AI answer engine.

Mars completes Kellanova acquisition

Mars has completed its purchase of Kellanova, adding global snack brands to its portfolio.

Fanatics signs multi-year deal with Max Verstappen

Fanatics will run a global online store and trading cards for Max Verstappen, available via verstappen.com as well as the e-commerce firms regular platform.

Crypto.com partners with e& money

Crypto.com and e& money will integrate services to grow the UAE crypto ecosystem.

46 million internet domains set to be tokenized into Solana

D3 Global and InterNetX announced a plan to tokenise a large portfolio of internet domains and bridge them to Solana via Doma Protocol.

Cohere unveils Rerank 4, a new standard for enterprise AI search

Canada cracks down on finfluencers

Canadian regulators published new guidance to help so-called finfluencers comply with securities laws.

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.2, its most powerful to date

OpenAI released GPT‑5.2, a model series for professional work and long-running agents, available in ChatGPT and the API.

NVIDIA powers training for GPT-5.2

OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 was trained and deployed on NVIDIA infrastructure, including Hopper and GB200 NVL72 systems.

Microsoft confirms GPT-5.2 is available in Copilot

Satya Nadella said GPT‑5.2 variants are now available in M365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.

Google Labs tests Disco with GenTabs

Google Labs is running Disco, a Gemini 3 powered 'discovery vehicle' designed to reimagine browsing.

Stripe launches Agentic Commerce Suite

Stripe introduced a low-code solution to help businesses sell through multiple AI agents.