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META
Meta launched Pocket in the US, and the app it came from shut down the same day
Meta has rolled out Pocket nationwide, an app that turns prompts into small interactive posts called gizmos. It came from the team behind Gizmo, which Meta hired in March and whose original app was wound down on the day Pocket launched.
INVESTORS AND FUNDING
Hivemind raises $17M from M&G as asset managers test tokenisation
The British asset manager is putting money and a director into a digital asset firm founded by Citi’s former head of trading.
ANTHROPIC
Anthropic’s enterprise venture has bought its second consultancy in four months
Ode, the $1.5 billion company Anthropic set up with Blackstone to sell AI implementation, has acquired Casper Studios. It is the second consultancy Ode has absorbed since May, and the announcement gives no price.
BUSINESS
UK digital infrastructure investment hit £11.2bn in 2025
UK digital infrastructure investment reached £11.2bn last year, roughly three times the previous official measure, according to the Office for National Statistics. The jump comes from a redefinition rather than new spending. On the year, investment actually fell 4%.