The Rest Is Football, hosted by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, will return to Netflix for the 2026/27 Premier League season, following its run during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The series will air on Netflix from August, coinciding with the launch of the Premier League season, bringing Netflix subscribers the trio’s celebrated mix of analysis and debate. New episodes will drop every Monday and Friday. The two-year deal between Goalhanger and Netflix will take the partnership through to the next Euros tournament in summer 2028. Following a 40-day run of daily episodes filmed in New York during...
Why Marketing’s AI Progress Is Stalling at Scale – New Research from Screendragon
New research from Screendragon has identified the operational barriers preventing large enterprises and agencies from turning widespread AI adoption into sustained marketing value. The State of AI in Content and Creative Operations 2026 draws on responses from 500 marketing, creative, content and operations leaders across the United States and United Kingdom. Updating Screendragon’s 2023 benchmark, the report provides an in-depth, real-time snapshot of how AI is changing marketing operations and where progress is beginning to stall. The research shows that AI is now widely used many aspects of Marketing and the almost universally by marketing teams. However, only 24% of organizations have...
London Stock Exchange to Introduce Nonstop Trading Next Year
The London Stock Exchange will open a new venue outside of its regular market hours in a move to offer “near-continuous trading” in the working week. The new offering, which will be called LSE 24, will operate from 5 p.m. until 7:50 a.m. in London and is expected to be ready for client testing by the end of 2026, according to a statement Tuesday. It will operate separately from the bourse’s main market, which will continue to operate as usual. Exchange-traded products, or ETPs, will be the first tradable assets on the platform expected in the first half of 2027....
DeCrypto: Visa Unveils Stablecoin Platform to Expand Blockchain Payments
Visa unveiled a platform that lets financial firms issue, move and manage stablecoins, broadening the payments giant’s crypto offerings as banks and fintechs prepare for wider adoption of the digital tokens. The Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP) will initially support Open USD, a stablecoin which will be issued by industry consortium Open Standard, the payments company said on Thursday. The new system — which is being rolled out to a select group of beta customers — is designed to help clients issue stablecoins, transfer them across blockchain networks and manage them through a single platform, Visa said. The launch is Visa’s...
A Risky Game: How FIFA World Cup 2026 Led to Mass Corporate Data Leaks
Although the tournament itself took place in North America, Asia’s massive football fan base created the perfect conditions for data leaks. Fraudsters are capitalizing on football fans by creating fake streaming platforms and malicious Android applications that steal saved passwords and account credentials directly from browsers. Criminals are also setting up fraudulent websites, as well as sending phishing emails to company employees disguised as gifts, promotions, and office betting pools. “During major global events, the corporate security perimeter is under huge stress,” said Francis Yeoh, Country Director at SearchInform Malaysia. “Employees access streaming websites from corporate devices to watch matches...
SoftwareOne achieves AWS Business Value Realization Competency
Recognised by AWS for helping customers realise measurable business outcomes from cloud investments SoftwareOne, a global software and cloud solutions provider, today announced that it has achieved the AWS Business Value Realization Competency. This specialisation recognises SoftwareOne as an AWS Partner that helps customers deliver measurable, post-sales business outcomes from their AWS investments. Achieving the AWS Business Value Realization Competency differentiates SoftwareOne as an AWS Partner that excels at helping customers define, measure and achieve business outcomes from their cloud and AI investments. It signals to customers that SoftwareOne has the commitment, trained and certified teams, and a proven track...
GPUs for AI Workloads: What IT Buyers Need to Know Before Building a Training Rig
Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental side projects to core business infrastructure in a remarkably short span of time, and the hardware decisions IT teams make today will shape their organization’s AI capabilities for years to come. At the center of every serious machine learning initiative sits one critical component: the graphics processing unit. Choosing the right GPUs for AI workloads is no longer a niche concern reserved for research labs. It is now a mainstream procurement challenge facing IT buyers across nearly every industry. If your organization is planning to train custom models, fine tune large language models, or...
Artificial Intelligence Done Right: How a payroll platform built an AI assistant that its customers can trust
Generative AI can be a powerful business knowledge service, saving considerable time for employees. Yet, concerns grow around AI accuracy and how it handles sensitive information. According to a 2025 KPMG survey, only 46% of company workers trust AI, and that proportion is shrinking, especially since 56% say they are making more mistakes because of AI. Despite such growing doubts, the technology can be an exceptional information source and time-saver, especially for sensitive, technical, and contextual queries. A South African payroll platform developed these advantages, using AI to provide detailed and contextual information for customer employees and payroll teams. Payroll staff...
Corteva supports farmers as custodians of agricultural land for future generations
Across South Africa, farmers shoulder the responsibility of managing land sustainably while maintaining food production in a changing climate. Soil degradation, declining organic matter, water scarcity and extreme weather are placing unprecedented pressure on agricultural systems., farmers are required to balance productivity with long-term environmental health while demonstrating resilience in the face of increasing environmental and economic pressures. This requires access to tools and support systems that make regenerative, climate-smart farming both practical and profitable. Corteva Agriscience recognises this custodial responsibility and supports farmers through innovation, agronomic expertise and sustainable farming solutions. Science-based solutions To address the challenge of preserving agricultural...
Spain wins the soccer World Cup and Denies Messi One More Historic Moment
Messi had carried Argentina back to the final with eight goals and several decisive performances throughout the knockout stage. The 39-year-old entered the championship match with an opportunity to add another honor to a career that already included the 2022 World Cup title, eight Ballon d’Or awards and virtually every major individual prize in the sport. Spain never allowed him to seize it. Its midfield controlled possession while its defenders closed the spaces Messi typically exploits between the lines. Argentina spent long stretches without the ball and managed only two shots, neither of which tested Spain’s goalkeeper. Emiliano Martínez repeatedly...