Hedge fund Millennium poaches Goldman’s equities co-chief

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hedge fund Millennium Management has hired Goldman Sachs’ co-head of global equities in its latest raid on the US investment bank.  Erdit Hoxha, who was recently promoted to co-head of equities at Goldman Sachs, is … Read more

Is Ripple eyeing AI-agent push for XRP Ledger (XRPL)?

On Feb. 25, t54 Labs announced that Ripple was a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round investment. t54 describes itself as the trust layer for the fast-rising agentic economy. The latest artificial intelligence move is small in dollar terms, but larger in what it signals about where Ripple sees the next fight in … Read more

FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages

The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children’s online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors’ personal data in order to verify their ages. “Age verification technologies are some of the most child-protective technologies to emerge in decades,” Christopher Mufarrige, … Read more

GH Spoilers Video: ‘We Both Know That Refusing Is Not an Option’

GH Spoilers Video: ‘We Both Know That Refusing Is Not an Option’ – Soap Opera Digest Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items. Use escape to exit the menu. Sign In Sign InUp with your social account Continue with Google Continue with Apple We won’t post to any of your accounts … Read more

NBC Unknowingly Helped Fund HBO’s First Dramatic Series

HBO Well before “The Sopranos,” “Band of Brothers,” or “The Wire,” HBO’s original drama slate hinged on a single show. Tom Fontana’s violent, captivating prison drama “Oz” premiered in 1997, kicking open the door for the network’s prestige reign that continues to this day. Though HBO’s first original drama … Read more

Harris Dickinson Hops Aboard the Bag Boy Trend

Watch out, Jacob Elordi: there’s a new bag boy in town. Harris Dickinson is taking a break from becoming George Harrison in Sam Mendes’s four-party Beatles biopic to show off his fashion prowess. The actor touched down in the City of Light ahead of Paris Fashion Week, where he wore a navy blue zip-up over … Read more

Qualcomm won’t be announcing Windows gaming handhelds at GDC after all

“Snapdragon X Series and Snapdragon G Series processors are pushing the PC, desktop, and handheld gaming device industries forward. Our commitment remains strong, and we can’t wait to share more information about these areas,” reads part of a statement to The Verge via Qualcomm spokesperson Cassandra Garcia-Bacha. Qualcomm didn’t say why plans have shifted, but … Read more

Bitcoin Bull Market May Restart If $74.5K Is Broken

Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded 7.45% over the past two days after dropping to $62,400 on Tuesday, below a key onchain price support. Despite the bounce, holders who bought between six months and two years ago remain at an average cost of $74,500, a level that now stands as a potential inflection level. As BTC moves … Read more

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances

Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to showcase the UK as a haven of fiscal stability in next week’s Spring Statement. But official forecasts will probably expose a self-inflicted problem: a sharp drop in net migration to the UK that will, if sustained, carve a deep hole in the public finances. Official data released this week underlined … Read more

How Your Love Life Will Be Impacted by The Upcoming Mercury Retrograde

Mercury retrograde occurs three to four times a year, marking a period of disorganization and miscommunication, and therefore, a potent time for scuppering romance, break-ups, and surprise encounters with exes. Even though Mercury’s backward motion in the sky is an optical illusion, it remains astrology’s most-hyped phenomenon, often resulting in havoc down here on earth—and … Read more