Block: merchant payments innovator struggles to defend home turf
The group has crypto ambitions, but still depends upon Square’s profitsFintech
Nigerian rapper MohBad’s death exposes murky side of Afrobeats
Rising star’s sudden demise after raising maltreatment accusations puts genre in the spotlightDigital Media
French billionaire Xavier Niel to invest €200mn in artificial intelligence
Projects include cloud supercomputer, Paris research centre and annual conferenceArtificial intelligence
EU trade chief says Tesla to face anti-subsidy probe over China exports
Valdis Dombrovskis claims ‘sufficient prima facie evidence’ to examine foreign electric-vehicle makers’ operationsElectric vehicles
Meta pays £149mn to break London office lease
Facebook owner scales back space as more employees work from homeSocial Media
Fossil fuel demand must fall by a quarter by 2030 to limit global warming, IEA says
Governments need to step up clean energy supply to avoid shortages and price jumps, agency warnsRenewable energy
The debt-fuelled bet on US Treasuries that’s scaring regulators
Policymakers are concerned about the huge leverage that hedge funds are employing as part of the so-called basis tradeFinancial & markets regulation
Streaming will transform video games just like Netflix shook up TV, says Ubisoft
French group behind ‘Assassin’s Creed’ bets Microsoft cloud deal will revive its fortunes Digital Media, Mergers & Acquisitions
Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin picks Amazon device chief as CEO
Dave Limp will replace Bob Smith as rocket company seeks an edge in the private sector space raceSpace industry
JPEX probe tests Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly stance
Police are investigating allegations of fraud in connection with the trading platformFinancial & markets regulation