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The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will invest £225 million, or $273 million, into an artificial intelligence supercomputer, highlighting the country's ambition to lead in the technology as it races to catch up to the U.S. and China.

Love Island Games is set to premiere on November 1, 2023, at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock. The episode will be available for live streaming and later viewing. For viewers on the west coast, it will air at 6 p.m. PT and at 8 p.m. CT for Midwesterners. To watch Love Island Games on Peacock, tune in at 9 p.m. ET, with a total of 17 episodes in this season. New episodes will be released from Sundays through Fridays at the same time, excluding Saturdays. The finale is scheduled for Monday, November 20, 2023. Throughout the month of November, keep your evenings open to catch up on the Islanders' drama. The episode release schedule is as follows: Episode 1 – Wednesday, Nov. 1 Episode 2 – Thursday, Nov. 2 Episode 3 – Friday, Nov. 3 Episode 4 – Sunday, Nov. 5 Episode 5 – Monday, Nov. 6 Episode 6 – Tuesday, Nov. 7 Episode 7 – Wednesday, Nov. 8 Episode 8 – Thursday, Nov. 9 Episode 9 – Friday, Nov. 10 Episode 10 – Sunday, Nov. 12 Episode 11 – Monday, Nov. 13 Episode 12 – Tuesday, Nov. 14 Episode 13 – Wednesday, Nov. 15 Episode 14 – Thursday, Nov. 16 Episode 15 – Friday, Nov. 17 Episode 16 – Sunday, Nov. 19 Episode 17 – Monday, Nov. 20 Former cast members from Love Island USA, Love Island UK, Love Island Australia, and more are coming together for a spin-off of the popular reality series. Hosted by Maya Jama and narrated by Iain Stirling, the group will face dating, eliminations, recouplings, and newcomers' arrival for a «second shot at love» while competing in challenges. A total of 26 islanders will participate, including familiar faces like Eyal Booker from UK season 4, Ray Gantt from USA season 1, and Tina Provis, winner of Australia's season 3 and 4.

Locked In" is a British Netflix original film directed by Nour Wazzi and written by Rowan Joffé. Wazzi directed episodes of «The Last Bus,» and Joffé is known for co-writing screenplays for «28 Weeks Later,» «The American,» «Before I Go to Sleep,» and «The Informer.» Joffé is also the creator of the crime drama series «Tin Star.»

Dua Lipa has officially announced her upcoming single, 'Houdini', which is set to release on November 9 at 7 pm (ET). There were signs pointing to Dua's imminent music release as part of her highly-anticipated new album. She recently cleared her Instagram and TikTok profiles of all previous content. Additionally, she updated her profile picture on Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) and changed the thumbnails on her streaming platforms, all adorned with kaleidoscope-style images. This week, she began posting numerical riddles and video clips where she was seen with a gold key in her mouth, hinting at the single's title, which was initially unannounced, in reference to Harry Houdini, the Hungarian-American illusionist artist. The announcement follows a teaser that Dua Lipa shared, featuring a golden key necklace, a series of polaroids, and a cryptic message, «4 8 9 9 14 15 21.» The teaser also included a snippet of the song, with Dua Lipa singing the line, «Tell me all the ways you’ll need me,» set to a groovy beat. In August, Dua Lipa confirmed the development of a new album described as «1970s-era psychedelia» in an interview with the New York Times magazine.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on whether to expel Republican Congressman George Santos after he was indicted on corruption charges, a highly unusual move that could erode his party's narrow majority.

Investing.com — US stock futures were steady within a tight range during Wednesday's evening deals, with investors digesting the Federal Reserve’s policy decision ahead of the latest batch of corporate earnings reports.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) said Wednesday it is recalling 1.85 million RAV4 sport utility vehicles in the United States over fire risks stemming from the installation of replacement batteries.

Historically, a Santa rally happens in the weeks leading up to Christmas when a collective sense of goodwill bleeds into equity markets. This is typically a seasonal blip and nothing to write home about. But this year, we could see a far more significant rally as the United States Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and BlackRock line up to deliver a bonanza of holiday cheer.

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of its native Bitcoin and Ethereum futures contracts for US retail traders.

The Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have regained control to push the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization back above $35,000, following a volatile trading session packed with important macro risk events, including the latest policy announcement from the US Federal Reserve.

(Reuters) — Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) reported a rise in third-quarter adjusted profit on Wednesday, as the insurer's U.S. unit logged strong growth driven by higher net investment spread and lower expenses.

Ether (ETH) price has declined by 14.7% since its peak at $2,120 on April 16, 2023. However, two derivatives metrics indicate that investors have not felt this bullish in over a year. This discrepancy warrants an investigation into whether the recent optimism is a broader response to Bitcoin (BTC) breaking above $34,000 on Oct. 24.

Federal prosecutors claimed Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried “doubled down” on the use of customers’ funds when he purchased Binance’s $2 billion stake in FTX in 2021. According to U.S. government attorneys, Bankman-Fried paid for the buyout with funds from FTX customers.

Investing.com — The oil bull has come up for gasping for air after October’s sinking of crude prices — and isn’t finding relief from a Federal Reserve indicating that current US interest rates may not be high enough to effectively curb inflation.

Bitcoin (BTC) skyrocketed 28.5% in October, its second-best monthly gain of the year behind the 40% rally in January. After the strong showing in October, the next question on investors’ minds is, could the bullish momentum continue and Bitcoin extend its recovery going forward?

The price of Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH) is trading around a 15-month low versus Bitcoin (BTC), and the lowest since Ethereum switched to proof-of-stake (PoS).

Crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, known as a co-founder major crypto companies like Stellar, Ripple, and Mt Gox, has launched a nonprofit with a mission to empower the development of generative AI.

Digital assets custody firm BitGo has obtained a cryptocurrency custody license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

Blue chip cryptocurrencies have been choppy on Wednesday, with the US Federal Reserve just issuing its latest monetary policy decision, in which it decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 5.25-5.5% whilst leaving the door open to further interest rates hikes, should they be required.

Crypto wallets associated with the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research have moved a significant amount of altcoins, sending a total of $13.1 million to various crypto exchanges overnight, on November 1.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just charged crypto project SafeMoon and its top executives for “perpetrating a massive fraudulent scheme” through the unregistered sale of crypto asset security SafeMoon (SFM).