Isobel Asher Hamilton

isobel@thedailyupside.com

Isobel Asher Hamilton (she/her) is a senior reporter at The Daily Upside. Previously she worked at Business Insider and Mashable. She specializes in covering Big Tech, social media, and AI. Isobel is based in London.

Consumer

Italy Hits Dior and Armani with Antitrust Probe over Working Conditions

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Italy’s antitrust agency has opened an investigation into Dior and Armani over allegations of worker exploitation.

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Artificial Intelligence

Europe is Hot on AI Regulation, Less So on Startup Policy

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The EU’s landmark AI Act is due to come into force next month, and founders and lawmakers are fretting over whether it’s fit for its purpose.

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International Economics

Greece Lengthens the Workweek While the UK Four-Day Week Gathers Steam

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Greece’s government put new labor laws into effect that mean workers can be asked to work a six-day workweek.

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Big Tech

Apple and the EU Actually Agree on Something

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The European Commission has reached an agreement that Apple will no longer box out third-party touch-and-go payment apps.

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Media & Entertainment

Microsoft’s Gaming Dreams Enter Their Price-Hike Era

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Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox announced it’s splitting its hugely popular subscription service Game Pass into two subscription tiers.

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Big Tech

X’s User Growth is Bumping Its Head on the Ceiling

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The Financial Times on Tuesday published some previously unreported figures from X that show its user growth has plateaued.

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Industrials

Europe Wants to Wean Itself off SpaceX

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A new kind of European rocket plans to take off from the European Space Agency’s launch pad in French Guiana.

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Energy

The UK’s New Government Opens the Door to Renewables Investment

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The United Kingdom’s newly empowered Labour has promised big shifts in the UK’s energy policy. But will it deliver?

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Media & Entertainment

‘Minecraft’ Hedges Its Bets on Gaming

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Mojang Studios, the gaming studio behind “Minecraft,” is exploring new revenue streams like merchandising, education, and content-streaming.

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Energy

Shell Pulls Back on Big Biofuel Plant

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Shell is hitting pause on a major biofuel project in the Netherlands, one of the biggest in Europe, to consider market conditions.

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Big Tech

The EU Thinks Meta’s Ad-Free Service Is Illegal

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The European Commission said it believes Meta violated the new Digital Markets Act by implementing a monthly subscription to escape ads.

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Energy

Greenwashing Is Becoming a Bigger Legal Risk

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A report from the London School of Economics shows climate litigation is on the rise, although the cases filed each year may be stabilizing.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Upend Electricity Demand

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AI’s energy needs are enormous, and could have a once-in-a-generation impact on the electricity market.

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Consumer

Amazon Sets up a Rival to Shein and Temu

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Amazon’s setting up a discounted shop that will fly products to consumers from China. It’s meant to copy Shein and Temu’s business models.

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Big Tech

AI Started a New Storm in Geopolitics

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As the AI market matures, there is a stark realization in public sectors elsewhere that this is America’s AI world.

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Big Tech

Europe Goes to War with Apple

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The European Commission accused Apple of breaching the anti-steering app store rules included in the relatively new Digital Markets Act.

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Healthcare

The Costs of Healthcare Hacks Are Mounting

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As the frequency of cyberattacks on healthcare systems and hospitals increases, so too do the costs for preventing them.

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Media & Entertainment

Polling Firm YouGov is Having a Surprisingly Bad Year

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You’d think the biggest election year in history would be good news for pollsters. In the case of YouGov, you’d be wrong.

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Big Tech

Booking.com Hates That Europe Says It’s Big Tech

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Booking.com is officially a member of Big Tech. At least, according to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.

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Real Estate

The UK Rental Market is Americanizing

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Institutional investors, including so-called US mega landlords, have increasingly been gaining dominance in the UK’s rental market.

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