The UKs next heatwave is here, but will it feel as hot and sticky as the last one?

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Mark PoyntingClimate researcher EPA This year is on course to be the UK’s hottest since records began, according to the Met Office, as climate change continues to drive temperatures to new heights. With just over a week still to go, the average UK air temperature across 2025 is on track to end up at about…

Shopify is preparing for the transformation of a lifetime, according to its president, Harley Finkelstein. Speaking at this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, the longtime e-commerce veteran spoke about how the company is going all in on agentic shopping. Shopify is the second-largest e-commerce provider in the U.S. behind Amazon. But Finkelstein says that…

Pinterest is taking new steps to reduce the amount of AI slop its users are seeing. The service is adding settings that allow people to “dial down” AI-generated content in a number of categories that are “highly-prone” to such imagery, the company said in an update. While most social platforms have grappled with how to…

Spotify now directly integrates with desktop DJ software from rekordbox,Serato, anddjay, the streaming service announced on Wednesday. Users will be able to access their entire libraries and playlists within these programs, making it faster and easier to create sets from playlists and blend tracks. “You can effortlessly mix songs from Spotify using supported DJ software,…