The year of sweeping student-loan changes — with more to come

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Collage featuring a college graduate, money, and President Trump

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

Pubs, pints, and padel: A night in the City of London's pubs shows how post-work drinking culture is changing

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Sports
An outside shot of a pub in London's Leadenhall Market.
Leadenhall Market remains a hub for after-work socializing.

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VCs say tiny teams, personal agents, and a shift from vibes to payback are the tech trends to watch in 2026

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
A business person with a computer as the head

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Ubisoft takes Rainbow Six Siege offline after significant hack

Mashable : Economy
Players in 'Rainbow Six Siege' about to break down a door.

Ubisoft shut down the servers for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X for more than 24 hours after suffering a massive systems breach over the weekend.

The trade war is de-escalating and settling around 15% tariffs, Bank of America's CEO says

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America.
Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America

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I'm a professional chocolatier. When cocoa prices spiked, I found ways to make better chocolate — not smaller bars.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Style
Jerome Penafort, the founder of Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie in Singapore.
High cocoa prices pushed Singapore's Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie to innovate across its business.

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Apple escalates its appeal of a $2 billion fine from a UK antitrust lawsuit

Engadget : Economy, Technology

Apple isn't ready to pay a several billion-dollar fine to UK App Store users and is filing an appeal over a major antitrust lawsuit. As first reported by The Guardian, Apple has requested to appeal to the UK's Court of Appeal, which would escalate the case beyond the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). 

Attackers Caused So Much Havoc Inside Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Shut Down the Whole Game

Gizmodo : Economy
Let's hope there's no lasting damage to the in-game economy.

The play-by-play of the US and Canada's rocky relationship

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
A heart-shaped globe split in half, with the Canadian flag and the US flag emerging from the break.
The long-standing alliance between the US and Canada experienced a challenging year after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on the northern neighbor.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

These 11 retail startups raised millions from VCs this year, from Gopuff to Stickerbox

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Style
Stickerbox cofounders
Stickerbox is among the companies that raised the most money in 2025.

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