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The Big Tech Show: Dodgy boxes – Sky, private investigators, WhatsApp groups and whether owners should be worried
JJ Clarke, producer, joins host Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show. The conversation began with producer JJ asking Adrian if the average dodgy box user should be worried about criminal prosecution. The tech editor answered that Sky...

It’s time for Big Tech to stand up to fraudsters
The UK is in the midst of a fraud epidemic. People are now more likely to be scammed than burgled, mugged, or have their car stolen. Yet while banks face mounting scrutiny and regulation, the tech platforms where most scams originate continue to...

Business News | Industry First -- Supermicro Systems Certified by Intel for an Immersion Cooling Solution
PRNewswire San Jose (California) [US], July 1: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is announcing an industry immersion cooling certification for Supermicro's BigTwin Server...

Media: Trump, Netanyahu to meet in Washington Monday
Media reports say US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in Washington Monday. Trump has been pressuring both Israel and the Islamic group Hamas to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. The US news website Axios...
Media tries to downplay Trump’s economy as S&P 500 hits record high
Sky News host Rita Panahi examines how the mainstream press is reacting to the news of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing at record highs under Trump’s presidency. “They just can’t help themselves; even the good news is presented in some sort of a...

News laws, new budget take effect in Minnesota on July 1
A slate of new state laws and the next state budget will take hold on Tuesday, teeing up new fraud-mitigation measures in state government, additional regulations for social media influencers and an official state fossil. Most of the changes come...
News Analysis: Labubu and beyond -- Decoding the rise of China's "IP economy"
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Until this year, few could have anticipated that a quirky, toothy plush doll would capture the hearts of social media users worldwide and ignite a global shopping frenzy. Labubu, created by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, is...

Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran launch new media company and podcast
A week after winning her landmark unlawful termination case against the ABC, Antoinette Lattouf has teamed up with fellow journalist and friend Jan Fran to launch a new podcast that aims to scrutinise the media landscape in Australia. The weekly...

Media expert reveals the huge CNN star whose job is at risk...and colleague who's likely safe
A media insider has named the huge CNN star whose job could now be on the line, as well as who is most likely to be spared as the network barrels toward another brutal round of cost-cutting. Veteran media reporter Dylan Byers sounded the alarm in...

Media workshop on offer for creatives
Leigh McGrane from Against the Grain. Photo Jeff Dawson Arts Northern Rivers will present a free one-and-a-half hour interactive online workshop designed to equip participants with practical public relations and media strategies. Leigh McGrane,...

Top UK online publishers: X plummets, Reddit surges, news publishers ranked
X (formerly Twitter) saw the biggest audience drop among the 25 biggest website publishers in the UK between May 2024 and May 2025. The latest Ipsos iris data puts X Corp on a monthly UK user base of 20.6 million in May, down 12% compared to May...

Peter Menzies: It’s no wonder Canadians are tuning out the legacy media
There are some topics that Canada’s media are clearly very afraid to touch, leaving the public that funds them through federal subsidies not fully informed. This, for reasons suspected but unexplained, is not good if we are to rely upon the Fourth...

Ebonyi NUJ, media stakeholders laud Oko’s induction as NGE Fellow
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ebonyi State Council and other media stakeholders have congratulated Chooks Oko on his recent induction as a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. The position of the NUJ was made known to our correspondent in...

Social media’s pervasive negative influence
A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies, including ByteDance, Meta Platforms, Snapchat and Google, within the past two years. We are now seeing some progress being made toward...

Inside Kristi Argyilan’s RMN playbook: Lessons from the ‘godmother’ of retail media
Welcome to the era of the ad network arms race. Over the past year, retail media and other ad networks have been pulling out all the stops to convince media buyers that they’ve evolved from performance-driven tools into full-funnel media...

WPP Media Appoints Rishi Kapoor as Head – Talent Acquisition
- Advertisement - WPP Media, the global media collective of WPP, has announced the appointment of Rishi Kapoor as Head – Talent Acquisition & Resource Management – South Asia. Rishi brings with him over two decades of experience in talent...

WAHO boosts health communication advocacy, plans Lassa Fever conference for Sept 22
In pursuit of its resolve to boost communication for regional health advocacy, the West African Health Organization (WAHO), has held a strategic communication workshop. The workshop opened in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday in preparation for...

Daily News downsizing; building for sale
For 123 years, all the news from Mason County’s largest city and the surrounding area has been reported from a building on the corner of Rath and Court streets — that includes all the milestones such as graduations and weddings, all the awards,...

Business News | Truecaller Ads Launches 'Truecaller Play', a New Suite of Interactive Mobile Ad Formats for Brands
NewsVoir Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], July 1: Truecaller Ads, the advertising arm of the leading global communications platform, announced the launch of Truecaller Play : a comprehensive suite of rich media advertising solutions designed to...

Shangri-La Dubai appoints Director of Marketing and Communications
Shangri-La Dubai has appointed Anita Drahos-Nambiar as Director of Marketing and Communications. Shangri-La Dubai claims the appointment signals an exciting new chapter for the hotel as it aims to continually evolve its brand presence and guest...