A new rule that will force businesses to make it easier for customers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships is to be introduced in the US. The "click-to-cancel" rule will ban retailers and businesses from misleading consumers about subscriptions and require them to obtain people's consent before charging for memberships, auto-renewals, and programmes linked to

Jabs used for weight loss and treating type 2 diabetes could help people with alcohol abuse problems, according to a study. The injections led to a 50% lower rate of alcohol intoxication in people taking them compared to those who had not been prescribed them, researchers found. They also found off-label use of the drugs

Getty Images New rule will force firms to make cancelling subscriptions easier The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted a 'click to cancel' rule, which aims to make it easier for people to end subscriptions. It will force companies to make subscription sign-ups and cancellations equally straightforward. Businesses, including retailers and gyms, will also

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of bitcoin neared $68,400 on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since July and sparking a rally across the crypto sector. Bitcoin is up more than 9% over the past week and ether is up about 7%. Other popular coins have also rallied, with solana up close

How does WhatsApp make money? It's free - with some tricks Getty Images The main messaging apps are all free to use, so what is in it for them? In the past 24 hours I’ve written more than 100 WhatsApp messages. None of them were very exciting. I made plans with my family, discussed work

Stanley Druckenmiller at CNBC's Delivering Alpha on Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said on Wednesday that his decision to sell out of Nvidia this year was a "big mistake." "I've made so many mistakes in my investment career — one of them was I sold all my Nvidia probably

The Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial that once stalked the forests of Tasmania, could be brought back from extinction after a team of US and Australian researchers claimed a series of scientific breakthroughs. Also known as the thylacine, the labrador-sized beast was Australia’s last marsupial apex predator. The last one died in a Hobart zoo

Style-photography | Istock | Getty Images Generative artificial intelligence startups are getting 40% of all the venture capital funding that flows into cloud companies, according to venture investors Accel. In its latest annual Euroscape report, which looks at key cloud and AI trends, Accel said that venture funding for cloud startups based in the U.S.

It's been just over 24 hours since the launch of the Donald Trump-endorsed digital coin "WLFI," and the token is failing to deliver on the ambitious fundraising goals set by its founding team. World Liberty Financial — which bills itself as a crypto bank where customers will be encouraged to borrow, lend and invest in

(L to R) Eric Trump, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on September 11, 2024.  Adam Gray | Afp | Getty Images