By offering all Emilys a free medium Coke per ticket, Showcase Cinemas prove their commitment to drama

Showcase Cinemas is offering a medium Coca-Cola to anyone called Emily who goes to see new romcom Finding Emily this weekend. But what if 35,000 thirsty Emilys turn up?

Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?

Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy

Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills

Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their heads

‘I didn’t want to be the guinea pig’: inside tech’s AI-fueled manager purge

Tech workers say AI-driven restructurings are eroding mentorship, support and paths to promotion across Silicon Valley

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins other US bosses on Trump trip to China

Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitions

GameStop’s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as ‘neither credible nor attractive’

Online marketplace takes into account uncertainty around US video games retailer’s financing proposal

BuzzFeed sold to Byron Allen, who will take over as CEO in $120m deal

Allen, a media entrepreneur, to replace founder Jonah Peretti as chief executive with ‘significant’ cost cuts to come

Cape Verde bets on tech to reverse postcolonial brain drain

African archipelago hopes startups, digital infrastructure and diaspora investment can transform its economy

Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future

With Trump wavering on Nato and war in Ukraine, Europe is scrambling to spend billions on weapons such as drones

Trump Media and Technology Group lost $406m in first three months of 2026

Parent company of president’s Truth Social platform generated only $870,000 even as net sales were up 6%

‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom

Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production

Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows

Fears over a natural disaster or cyber-attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows

GameStop CEO opens eBay storefront to pay for potential eBay acquisition

Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclear

Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial

Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023

‘Our competitors are everyone’: Joybuy leads ‘China’s Amazon’ into the UK

Taking on its US rival in Britain is expected to lead to ‘collateral damage’ for UK retailers