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Circle Exec Frames USDC as Consumer Utility, Not Financial Tool

The second is network utility: treat a stablecoin network the way engineers treat a communications protocol, where every new participant makes the system more useful for all existing participants, rather than as a financial tool to be optimised in isolation.“If you reason about the problem as a network utility instead of treating it as a financial tool, you build products differently,” Chandhok said, noting that getting this framing backwards has derailed many design teams.Regulatory

Scientists issue worrying update on 'Doomsday Glacier’ melting with ‘catastrophic' consequences

In a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists examined the region's West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), which contains the Thwaites, or 'Doomsday', Glacier to gain a better understanding of how the ice sheet has reacted to previous warming periods.In order to learn more about the history of the WAIS, researchers extracted clay from the ancient mud and sediment cores beneath the ice sheet to study it. And the results revealed that deposits of kaolinite clay held the key

Tyler West vows to be a ‘big brother’ to struggling kids in powerful admission ahead of Children in Need

West wants to 'be a big brother' to those tuning in to Children In Need (Guy Levy/BBC)He told LADbible that he 'doesn't envy being a young person' growing up in this generation, as there is so much that adolescents have to deal with. "There's this massive amount of pressure that's put on their shoulders, asking them to be a lot older than they actually are," he said. "Then also not having enough safe spaces for them to go to in and amongst the madness that's going on in the UK in a cost of livin

The Microsoft Outage Is a Warning for the World

Countless businesses, schools, hospitals, and governments have found out the hard way what it means to rely on a single company’s systems to get things done. And next time could be even worse.

Avril Lavigne welcomes first baby aged 42 with ‘mystery partner’

Well, it seems congratulations are in order for the pop-punk princess as Avril Lavigne has welcomed a ‘princess’ of her own.The ‘Sk8er Boi’ singer took to Instagram today (13 November) to announce the birth of her baby girl with an unnamed and unidentified partner.Lavigne shared a snap the newborn’s hand, with hers and a third in black-and-white in carousel of images.The 42-year-old musician has very much kept her pregnancy and mystery partner under wraps, with their privacy rightly protected.Bu

Met Police investigating David Walliams over reports of alleged sexual offences

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual offences which some readers may find distressing.The Met Police are investigating alleged sexual offences involving David Walliams.The force said it had received ‘a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences involving a man now in his 50s’ over the last few days.The Met Police said the allegations received by the force are different to those previously reported by ITN and The Guardian.However, it said detectives are also ‘proac

Where the stars of Top Boy are now 15 years after show was first released

Ashley Walters (Dushane)(Netflix/Oliver Holms/BAFTA via Getty Images)Walters, 44, has enjoyed continued success, starring in Netflix hits Adolescence and Missing You, while making his feature directorial debut with Animol in 2026.Although, his plan was to quit acting after Top Boy, explaining to Radio Times in 2025: “I was in the mindset of ending my career acting and going more into producing and directing, because it was like, ‘Am I getting roles I’m enjoying?’ As much as I love Top Boy and th

British travellers issued warning as Australia proposes crackdown to tackle surge in ‘backpacker’ visitors

As well as this, the age limit for eligibility for a working holiday visa was also upped from 30 to 35.Thanks to the free trade deal, it's a different ball game for Brits, who can stay in the country for up to three years without abiding by this work requirement - however, this is apparently hindering industries Down Under. Brit backpackers 'arriving in very large numbers', PM saidEarlier this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told parliament: "Unlike backpackers from other areas of the wor

Jensen Huang and the End of the Founder Fairy Tale

The former tech CEO is obsessed with the power of storytelling. But he hasn't spun his way out of his sex scandals.

Killer dad’s haunting final words before being executed by lethal injection

Warning: This article contains references which some readers may find distressing.At 6:47pm local time last night (12 November), John Allen Rubio was executed at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.The 46-year-old was found guilty and sentenced to death in 2010 after he stabbed and beheaded three young children in 2003.Before his execution, the Texas man thanked family and friends for their ‘love and understanding’ as he said he was ‘not the same person I once was’.Rubio also had haunting

Kindergarten Cop child star Christian Cousins dies aged 43

Christian and his twin brother, Joseph 'Joey' Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father."They grew up in California while I was in Washington and I didn’t get to know them until I was in college. Before that, I grew up watching them on television in Knots Landing and the lead role of Dominic in Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger."Christian and his brother Joey shared the role of Dominic in the 1990 action comedy film, that went on to be one of the highest-grossing films of t

Rockstar announce GTA 6 heist TV show that you can only watch in-game

GTA 6 was already looking to be one of the most wildly realistic and detailed games ever, and now it’s been revealed that the video game will come with a high quality TV series that you can only watch in-game.DiscussingFilm have revealed exclusive footage provided by Rockstar which announces Macca and Friends, the most ambitious TV show inside of a GTA game ever which takes place in the real-life Vice City universe.Macca and Friends is not just a small in-game clip either, but a proper fully ani

Where to buy tickets for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 2027 Christmas Kitchen Disco Tour

Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be bringing her Christmas Kitchen Disco tour back for 2027, giving fans even more to celebrate ahead of the festive season.The British pop star will perform 17 shows across the UK throughout November and December next year, concluding the tour at London’s Royal Albert Hall.The tour will stop in major cities including Edinburgh, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and more, before she takes on the capital.The upcoming run coincides with the release of her upcomin

Glovo and PragmaGO Bring Embedded Lending to Polish Merchants

Glovo and PragmaGO have extended their embedded lending partnership to Poland, making PragmaCash financing available to the delivery platform’s network of local merchants from October 2026. Poland is the third market for the tie-up, following rollouts in Spain and Romania.The product targets the small and independent businesses that make up a significant share of Glovo’s merchant base: restaurants, cafés, grocery stores, florists and pharmacies. Merchants can apply entirely online, r

TCL QM7L Mini-LED TV Review (2026)

$1,500 buys you vibrant color, deep blacks, and a fast screen fit for just about anything. Just be sure the wide pedestal fits your setup.

This Startup Is Betting on AI Microdramas to Get More Black Stories in Hollywood

Mansa says its AI microdramas can serve as proofs of concept for what Black audiences want. Critics say the studio is selling out.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here: Most gruesome Bushtucker trials

is back and so is the show's infamous Bushtucker Trials.The gnarly trials have been a staple of the reality show since it began in 2002, and although quite a few changes have been made to them over the years - including a ban on celebrities eating live bugs and insects, and limiting how many trials a campmate can do in a row - they still make for absolute TV gold.There probably wouldn't be enough time in the day to go through all of the skin-crawling trials celebs have endured over the last two

Former female spy reveals disturbing reality of being trained to 'manipulate men'

"That’s a completely different game."Initially, successfully seducing her targets to gain information made her 'feel like a hero' and 'patriotic' - but Roza later realised she had been 'brainwashed' into becoming a 'master manipulator'. "I was made to believe that I was a hero fighting against human and drug trafficking, saving all of these underage kids...I would see all the parents coming to our department crying, begging us to help," Roza said."We as agents had this very low salary. We had li

Even Black Friday Will Be More Expensive Than Usual

The AI memory crunch is coming for your holiday shopping list.

Next James Bond update sees Robert Pattinson deal details leak with decision still not made

The announcement for the new 007 actor has felt around the corner for what feels like years now, but according to an insider we could be just a week or two away from finding out who is going to take the life-changing role.James Bond is, supposedly, down to just 5 serious candidates: Robert Pattinson, Nicholas Hoult, Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor, and Callum Turner.Of these, LADbible’s ranking of the actors saw Robert Pattinson come out as the top candidate, and on the internet he has taken over fro