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The XRP Ledger's latest software upgrade is gaining ground, but consensus is proving harder to reach than a simple version bump might suggest. The new release leads among trusted validators, yet by raw node count it still trails the older version, and a bundled security amendment faces its own separate vote requiring eighty percent approval before it can activate.
Across the Atlantic, British regulators are sending a clear message to telecom companies about how they treat customers who want to leave. Ofcom has fined Virgin Media twenty-eight million pounds after finding the company made it unreasonably difficult for people to cancel their broadband, TV and phone contracts. Virgin admitted fault and cooperated, which trimmed the final figure somewhat.
Meanwhile, the UK's National Health Service is facing pointed questions about its controversial three hundred thirty million pound investment in a Palantir data-sharing platform. A campaign group has written to the health minister demanding clarity on the statistics used to justify the deal in Parliament, and the country's statistics regulator is now reportedly assessing how that data has been presented.
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