The long-predicted decline in call centre jobs has finally begun [Thu, 08 Oct 07:30]Declining employment in the sector can be attributed to reduced hirings as opposed to an increase in firings
Wise to pay customers’ tax bills after errors [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Fintech seeks deal with HMRC after software miscalculated about 4,000 users’ investment gains
Palantir’s Homes for Ukraine contract cost UK £5mn for one-year extension [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Deal highlights dependence on controversial US tech group for delivery of major public programmes
Theo Triantafyllidis: the absurdist artist taking on the tech titans [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]For his award-winning Frieze London project, Triantafyllidis asks whether online worlds can be made less toxic, more playful and more communal
Accelerating Business [Wed, 07 Oct 23:32]A monthly series that examines how the legal ecosystem uses new technologies to serve fast-changing business needs. This time: four companies’ heads of legal operations share their experiences of incorporating AI into work processes
Voice of experience: in-house legal teams face pros and cons of AI [Wed, 07 Oct 23:30]Companies’ legal operations leaders share some realities of incorporating the latest tech into their lawyers’ repertoire
China races to build data centres in bid for AI supremacy [Wed, 07 Oct 20:15]Beijing is rolling out computing infrastructure at breakneck speed in Inner Mongolia
AI upends Singapore’s ‘quant Olympics’ [Wed, 07 Oct 17:00]Nigerian student Victor Ayebameru takes first place in competition that identifies future hedge fund stars
SpaceX credit risk jumps on worries over its borrowing spree [Wed, 07 Oct 14:05]Leap in credit default swaps tracking Elon Musk’s aerospace group follows an FT report that it is seeking to raise $40bn to buy Nvidia chips