Surging sterling shakes off Britain's budget blues: Mike Dolan

Aided by a relatively tight fiscal stance, the BoE has so far held the line on interest rates this year despite hikes at the ECB and Fed

Sterling has surged, shaking off Britain's budget troubles, according to Mike Dolan.

The Bank of England has so far held the line on interest rates this year despite hikes at the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. The relatively tight fiscal stance has aided the BoE in doing so.

Claude-Built Linux Exploit Targets Bug That Ubuntu Still Hasn't Patched

Anthropic says Claude wrote an attack that can take over a Linux server with no password. Red Hat patched on Sunday, but Ubuntu still has no fix.

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Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience

The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be exhausted.

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Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion

An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.

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Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms

Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.