Robinhood plans to debut margin trading in UK in the coming weeks; it is exploring offering retirement products and letting British users invest in UK stocks (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Robinhood plans to debut margin trading in UK in the coming weeks; it is exploring offering retirement products and letting British users invest in UK stocks  —  - Company plans to debut margin trading in UK in coming weeks  — Robinhood has been expanding overseas as it hunts for growth

Google is "running a small experiment" showing blue verified checkmarks beside business links in its search results that indicate the company is genuine (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google is “running a small experiment” showing blue verified checkmarks beside business links in its search results that indicate the company is genuine  —  Google is experimenting with a new verification feature in search that should make it easier for users to avoid clicking on fake or fraudulent website links.

Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, ~8.4% of staff, accepted a generous buyout package offered to those who disagreed with his direction of WordPress (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees, ~8.4% of staff, accepted a generous buyout package offered to those who disagreed with his direction of WordPress  —  Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package …

How chips made by US companies like Analog Devices, Germany's Infineon, and others helped power a Russian missile used in Ukraine, despite US export controls (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
How chips made by US companies like Analog Devices, Germany's Infineon, and others helped power a Russian missile used in Ukraine, despite US export controls  —  On the morning of Aug. 19, 2023, Olha Holynska boarded a train in Kyiv with her 6-year-old daughter, Sofiya, to travel to Chernihiv, an ancient city in northern Ukraine.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says his previous post on ToS updates "may have seemed to announce a major shift in how Telegram works" but "little has changed" (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)

Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg:
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says his previous post on ToS updates “may have seemed to announce a major shift in how Telegram works” but “little has changed”  —  - Pavel Durov announced changes to terms of service last week  — He faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app

Philippine President Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, including Netflix, HBO, and Disney (Andreo Calonzo/Bloomberg)

Andreo Calonzo / Bloomberg:
Philippine President Marcos Jr. signs a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers, including Netflix, HBO, and Disney  —  Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed a law imposing a 12% value-added tax on non-resident digital service providers including Netflix, HBO and Disney.