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The war in Iran has hammered global oil markets, with gas prices in the U.S. spiking significantly. Amid the rise in transportation costs, Amazon has instituted a new 3.5% fuel surcharge for sellers that use its distribution network. The policy has the potential to inflict significant new costs on the untold merchants that rely on the e-commerce giant to sell their products. Amazon told TechCrunch that the surcharge would be in place for the foreseeable future, although the company said it will continue to evaluate a potential policy shift as market conditions evolve. The news was originally reported by Bloomberg.…

Location : The M25 clockwise between junctions J16 and J17 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 23:45 and 00:00 on 3 April 2026. Cause : Emergency barrier repairs. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

April is finally here, and for small businesses across the country, it means a lot of new changes are landing at once. While it may start with April Fool’s Day, this month is no joke for SMEs. Among the enforcement of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for sole traders and landlords, the rise in the National Minimum Wage and the reevaluation of business rates, small businesses are already facing significant operational pressures.And on top of all this, the new reforms for the Employment Rights Act 2025 will officially come into force from 6th April. With aims to protect employees from unfair treatment…

Arsenal’s First Title Push in 22 Years Plays Out as Clubs Face Revenue Cliff and Potential Blank Shirts Next Season In 2023, Premier League clubs entered a voluntary agreement to remove gambling front-of-shirt sponsors by 2026/27 – and the cliff edge is coming. Going beyond this change, the UK government announced on February 23 that it would launch a consultation this spring aimed at banning unlicensed gambling operators from sponsoring British sports organizations entirely, potentially closing a loophole that currently allows offshore betting firms to maintain shirt deals. This proposal goes further than the voluntary ban and covers sleeves, training…

East Sussex County Council has issued the warning to those planning to visit the East Sussex coastline, including popular beauty spots such as Beachy Head, the Seven Sisters and Seaford Head. It asked people to avoid standing near the edge of fragile cliffs or walking too close to the cliff base, due to the risk of areas of the chalk cliffs falling away. The public are urged to follow advice when visiting the Sussex beauty spots (Image: Arild Vågen) A spokeswoman for the council said: “Chalk cliffs are extremely unstable and can fall at any time, without warning.  “There are…

Hims & Hers, the telehealth company that sells weight-loss drugs and sexual health prescriptions, has confirmed a data breach affecting its third-party customer service platform. The healthcare company said in a data breach notice filed with the California attorney general’s office on Thursday that the hackers stole data about user requests sent to the company’s customer support team. The company said hackers broke into its third-party ticketing system between February 4 and February 7 and stole reams of support tickets, which contained personal information submitted by customers. The data breach notice said the hackers took customer names and contact information,…

Older adults who carry genes linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease may not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline if they eat relatively large amounts of meat. That is the key finding from a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, published in JAMA Network Open. The results suggest that dietary advice could eventually be tailored more precisely based on a person’s genetic profile. The APOE gene plays a major role in determining Alzheimer’s risk. In Sweden, about 30 percent of people carry the APOE 3/4 or APOE 4/4 gene combinations. Among individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease,…

SpaceX launched its IPO on the same day the U.S. sent astronauts to the moon for the first time in 54 years. And the timing is appropriate: This is likely the last time NASA will try to send people to deep space without major assistance from a company that emerged from the venture-backed tech scene. The origins of NASA’s current lunar campaign trace a complicated path back to the second Bush administration, which began developing an enormous rocket and a spacecraft called Orion to return to the moon. By 2010, the project had grown over budget and was pared back…

Gateway Capital Partners, the venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, announced the first close for its $25 million target Fund II earlier this week, the Milwaukee-based firm told TechCrunch. Gateway Capital declined to share the exact amount of the first close. The first close means Fund II can begin its investment operations. Gutherie said the firm began raising its Fund II in the middle of last year. Fund II’s average check size will be between $500,000 and $600,000. It will be industry-agnostic, she said, though it will have “a bias toward Midwest industries that are ripe for disruption,” such as…

Voice AI company ElevenLabs has quietly released an iOS app called ElevenMusic that can be used to create music with AI and discover AI-generated music in order to compete with platforms like Suno and Udio. The new app, which was listed on the App Store for a few weeks and finally released on April 1, suggests ElevenLabs wants to be more than just a voice model company. The company sees tools that use AI to create music and other mediums as a way to grow and protect itself from the eventual commoditization of AI audio models. ElevenMusic is currently free…