Ebay buys Depop for $1.2bn in effort to lure younger shoppers

Deal agreed to acquire British secondhand fashion resale app from Etsy as eBay attempts to fend off Amazon

Bill Gates cancels keynote speech in India amid questions over Epstein ties

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder pulls out of India’s AI Impact Summit to ‘ensure the focus’ remains on event’s ‘key priorities’

BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economy

Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm

Its ‘fibre checker’ tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July

Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting

Analysis reveals big regional disparities as critics say Labour’s proposed levy could slow uptake of EVs

Number of employees declined by more than 14% to 24,963 last year, with fall greatest among younger workers

Opinions are divided about the potential impact of artificial intelligence as the response to a recent viral essay shows

An AI clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting has caused concern among industry figures

Maker of chatbot with coding ability says annualised revenue grew tenfold in each of past three years, to $14bn

SemiCab platform by Algorhythm, previously considered a ‘penny stock’, sparks ‘category 5 paranoia’ across sector

But despite second day of declines on Wall Street, analysts say sell-off ‘may overstate immediate risk to complex deal-making’ of AI