Vontobel co-CEO Georg Schubiger takes over as VAV president on 18 September 2026, with EFG's Giorgio Pradelli moving to chair Swiss Bankers Association.
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Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper Lands Its First Reviews at Annecy
Duncan Jones' animated Rogue Trooper earned strong first reviews at Annecy, with Deadline, ScreenDaily, and The Wrap all praising the indie sci-fi film.
Flagstar Bank Stakes Its Tech Transformation on Homegrown AI
Flagstar Bank files a trademark for the S2 Platform and a patent for StarIQ as the lender bets that owning its technology and AI creates optionality.
Flag Football’s Olympic Bet Pays Off Two Years Before LA28
Flag football's Olympic wager is paying off. 20 million players, 4.1 million US youth, a 350-team youth championship, and a $32 million pro league in 2027.
Global Tech Sell-Off Wipes Out Over $1 Trillion as Chip Rout Hits Seoul and New York
A global tech sell-off on June 23 erased over $1 trillion from the Nasdaq 100, sent the Kospi down 10%, and punished the year's biggest AI winners.
Australia’s AI Copyright Carve-Out Split Tests Albanese Cabinet
Cabinet is split over an AI copyright carve-out tied to datacentre investment. Pocock and Hanson-Young push back, and Ayres denies the carve-out.
OpenAI’s Patch the Planet Pairs AI and Humans to Fix Open-Source Bugs
OpenAI's Patch the Planet uses GPT-5.5-Cyber and Trail of Bits to fix bugs in 30+ open-source projects the day Five Eyes warned of months-not-years attacks.
UK Baby Banks Supported 400,000 Children, Up 11% in a Year
UK baby banks supported 400,000 children in 2025, up 11% year on year. Charities warn the sector cannot keep absorbing child poverty at this scale.
Mia Sara on Ferris Bueller: ‘Not That Good an Experience’
Mia Sara tells The Times making Ferris Bueller's Day Off was 'not that good an experience,' revealing tension with John Hughes on a 1986 set she still avoids.
Microsoft Pins Mastra npm Attack on North Korea’s Sapphire Sleet
Microsoft attributes the 140+ package Mastra npm supply chain attack to Sapphire Sleet, with the typosquat reaching LLM and cloud credentials.