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Apple has acquired the IP and all rights to its hit show “Severance” from its original studio, Fifth Season, as first reported by Deadline. Under the deal, which was worth just under $70 million, Apple’s in-house studio will be producing the show’s future seasons. Fifth Season will remain as an executive producer. The deal is similar to one Apple struck with AMC Studios for sci-fi show “Silo” after season one. “Severance” will now be one of Apple’s marquee titles, joining popular series such as “Your Friends and Neighbors” and “Stick.” According to Deadline, the production costs for “Severance” had exceeded what…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has raised concerns over allegations that Apple is censoring conservative content on the Apple News app. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited reports from Media Research Center, a right-leaning think tank, which accused Apple of excluding right-leaning outlets from the top 20 articles in the Apple News feed. “These reports raise serious questions about whether Apple News is acting in accordance with its terms of service and its representations to consumers […] I abhor and condemn any attempt to censor content for ideological reasons,” Ferguson’s letter reads.…

Startups today don’t just utilise CRM tools; they build entire go-to-market strategies around them. From customer journeys with automated emails and lead scoring to real-time sales tracking and customer service workflow automations, CRM systems are doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the background. However, there’s a catch. All of that automation requires a fast and reliable business-grade broadband. For UK startups that run complex CRM automations, poor internet is more than just an annoyance; it will slow down sales, interrupt customer journeys and can result in lost revenue.   Why Broadband Matters for CRM-Driven Startups   A CRM…

If you want to buy or sell a used EV right now, what’s the first step you’d take? A startup called Ever wants to be the answer to that question. The company, which bills itself as the first “AI-native, full-stack auto retail business” for electric vehicles, already has thousands of customers buying and selling their EVs on the platform. Now it’s looking to scale with help from a $31 million Series A funding round led by Eclipse, with Ibex Investors, Lifeline Ventures, and JIMCO — the investment arm of the Saudi Arabian Jameel family (an early investor in Rivian) —…

West Sussex County Council has said that contractors have finished building a ramp on the flooded A29 at Shripney, to allow residents access. Residents north of Sack Lane are able to access the area via the A29 Woodgate, while those south of Sack Lane will now be able to enter and exit Shripney Road via the Salt Box roundabout. The road, which originally closed on February 2, will remain shut to non-residents. The ramp will stay in place until the weather improves and the floodwater clears. The council said earlier this week that it was unable to pump away the…

A new McGill study suggests that problematic social media use among teens is in part related to broader social inequalities. Zékai Lu, a Ph.D. student in McGill’s Department of Sociology and author of the study, had set out to determine whether problematic social media use is driven mainly by individual traits or whether the social environment of the country a teen lives in also plays a significant role. Source link

Cherepanov and Strýček were confident that their discovery, which they dubbed PromptLock, marked a turning point in generative AI, showing how the technology could be exploited to create highly flexible malware attacks. They published a blog post declaring that they’d uncovered the first example of AI-powered ransomware, which quickly became the object of widespread global media attention. But the threat wasn’t quite as dramatic as it first appeared. The day after the blog post went live, a team of researchers from New York University claimed responsibility, explaining that the malware was not, in fact, a full attack let loose in…

Location : The M5 southbound at junction J9 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 13:15 and 13:30 on 12 February 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

The United States National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has proposed its first rules under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, sketching out how subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions could apply to become federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers. The NCUA, which oversees more than 4,000 federally insured credit unions serving roughly 144 million members and about $2.38 trillion in assets as of mid-2025, is using this proposal to set out the process and standards for licensing such issuers. Under the proposal, any payment stablecoin issuer that is a “subsidiary of an insured credit union” would need to…

Turn leftover panettone into easy Christmas cannoli with creamy ricotta filling. A quick 30-minute holiday dessert you can prep ahead and fill last minute. If you’ve got leftover panettone sitting on the counter after Christmas (and let’s be honest, we all do), this recipe is for you. These Christmas cannoli are my favourite kind of festive dessert: quick, clever, and loaded with Italian holiday flavors. Instead of classic fried cannoli shells, I use thin slices of panettone, rolled and baked until crisp, then filled with a simple ricotta cream. If you love tradition, you can always go for classic Italian cannoli, just like you’d find in a Sicilian pastry shop.  But if you…