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You can start planning your day nowBelfast Marathon 26 RouteBelfast City Marathon organisers have officially revealed the route for the 2026 Phoenix Energy Belfast City Marathon & Team Relay, taking place on Sunday, May 3 2026.Thousands of runners and relay teams from across Northern Ireland and beyond will take part in one of the city’s biggest annual sporting events, which will once again begin at the iconic Stormont Estate and finish in Ormeau Park.The 2026 course largely follows the successful 2025 route, guiding participants through many of Belfast’s most recognisable streets and landmarks, with minor adjustments in North and South…

Booking Holdings is back in court. It said he Amsterdam District Court has supported key arguments made by Booking.com in its dispute with a group of German hotels over old rate parity clauses. The judges said the hotels have not shown enough evidence to prove that Booking.com’s pre 2016 clauses broke competition law. The ruling deals with legal questions and does not end the case. Proceedings have been running for more than five years. Maria Barros, Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer at Booking.com, said: “We are pleased the Amsterdam Court has upheld many of our key arguments in this…

Bitcoin’s rise from an obscure digital asset to a global financial instrument is again in focus this St. Patrick’s Day. On March 17, 2012, Bitcoin traded near $5. Thirteen years later, it has reached roughly $75,000.  This is a massive expansion driven by increasing demand and a fixed supply model. Bitcoin’s early years were defined by sharp price swings and thin liquidity. In 2013, the asset surged from under $50 to more than $600 before retracing below $300 by 2015.  These cycles repeated over time, with each rally followed by a correction. In 2017, Bitcoin crossed $1,000 and later accelerated…

The Horsham Museum and Art Gallery exhibition was made possible thanks to community donations following a break-in at the museum in autumn 2025, which caused damage to a historic window. Funds raised through a community-backed GoFundMe campaign allowed the museum to make much needed upgrades to the Fossils and Flints gallery, including improvements to some of the showcasing in the space. David Skipp, Horsham District Council cabinet member for wellbeing, culture and green spaces, said: “I am really pleased that we have been able to open this new showcase of Bronze Age artefacts for everybody to enjoy. The Bronze Age…

AI scientist, entrepreneur, and investor Rana el Kaliouby is worried that AI could become another “boys’ club” in the tech industry. At the SXSW conference in Austin on Sunday, el Kaliouby shared her view that a lack of diversity in the field could lead to economic disadvantages for women in tech, with further ramifications. “I think AI today is a boys’ club. I think diversity is not a very popular conversation topic these days, but I think it’s so important because AI is creating incredible economic opportunity,” el Kaliouby said onstage, when asked if the perception of AI being a…

OpenAI signed a deal to work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to sell its AI products to the U.S. government for classified and unclassified work. AWS has confirmed the deal to TechCrunch. The Information was the first to report. The partnership comes after OpenAI signed a deal with the Pentagon to allow the military to use its AI models in its classified network — a win that came in the midst of conflict between Anthropic and the Department of Defense (DOD). Anthropic has since been named a supply-chain risk by the DOD after it refused to back down on allowing…

Short video platforms like TikTok have changed the streaming landscape, prompting traditional streaming services like Disney+, Peacock, and Netflix to explore short-form video features. This shift raises the question of how indie filmmakers can capitalize on this vertical video trend.  Enter Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed specifically for independent filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films in a vertical mobile-first format.  The platform announced its launch on Tuesday, with more than 100 episodes of original micro-series, full-length films, and TV shows spanning various genres currently on the platform. There are even films featuring Kevin Hart and…

The United States and China “are the two largest emitters of carbon in the world,” said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, at a recent MIT seminar. “We need to work with each other for the good of both of our countries.” During the MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition presentation, Burns gave insight into the evolving state of U.S.-China relations, its implications for the global order, and its impact on global efforts to advance the energy transition and address climate change.“We are the two largest global economies,” said Burns, who is now the Goodman Professor…

Location : The M25 clockwise between junctions J27 and J28 . Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 05:45 and 06:00 on 18 March 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 06:30 and 06:45 on 18 March 2026. Lanes Closed : All lanes are closed. Source link

Germany has long been known for its engineering precision, industrial strength, and rigorous approach to compliance, and those same qualities are now shaping one of Europe’s most distinctive SaaS ecosystems. As the country’s traditional industries accelerate their push toward digital transformation, a new generation of SaaS startups is stepping up to meet the demand, building solutions that are as ambitious as they are practical. From energy optimisation and green certification platforms to open banking infrastructure and healthcare administration tools, Germany’s SaaS startups are solving complex, real-world problems with the kind of depth and reliability the country is known for. Here…