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Calls to cut employer National Insurance contributions for under-25s
Yorkshire businesses set out what they want from the chancellor ahead of the Budget.
Is an 'AI war' complicating your job search?
How fair are AI recruitment tools that help decide our future, and what happens when we click "apply"?
AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatened
Exclusive: Nvidia, Microsoft and Cisco taskforce urges ministers to offer areas greater benefits from tech infrastructure amid fears of US-style oppositionAI companies have told m…
Bitcoin ETFs attract $1.08 billion in 3 days but it may not be enough for a steep rally
Past steep rallies ran on about $235 million a day of net inflows into ETFs. The funds are yet to match that pace, according to data analyzed by CoinDesk.
XRP Ledger bug fix moved to November after validator support dipped for two hours
The fix lost its two-week countdown less than two days from the finish after support slipped to 26 of 35 validators. It’s now back at 31.
What is PHP, and how bad is the computer language flaw causing website shutdowns globally?
An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language. What is the identified vulnerability in it?Websites across the world have been taken offline in the past day as governme…
No purchase, no seats: Starbucks China rolls out new policy
Starbucks says it is improving customers' in-store experience as it competes with homegrown rivals.
Everyone hates Oxford Street. Will pedestrianisation save it?
In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually …
Waitrose opens first new supermarket in eight years in north London
Grocer launches Cricklewood store as part of £1bn investment plan, with Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, to follow next monthAs part of a £1bn investment plan, Waitrose has chosen …
Bitcoin gives back its run at $85,000 as Tesla and Meta fail to calm AI nerves
BTC broke through its $84,000 ceiling late Wednesday, then slid back to the $82,500 support analysts are watching as tech futures fell.
What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?
AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.
First Look: United’s Largest-Ever Club Is Coming to Houston
United is opening a 54,000-square-foot lounge in Houston, one of its key hubs. The carrier says it is the largest airline lounge in the Americas.
The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet—but AI’s payoff will likely take decades
Five decades of digital innovation delivered adoption without productivity. Ming Lu argues AI's payoff will follow the same slow path.
PHP Foundation admits ‘structural failure’ delayed critical security fix
Government websites and online services were disrupted after concerns about a PHP bug that could allow attackers to take control of vulnerable servers.
Zuckerberg told Meta directors he might leave California, where he could lose billions to a wealth tax. Meta answered with a new class of stock
Meta could have raised about $700 billion in equity capital before Zuckerberg lost majority control, a filing shows. The new share class will raise money without diluting him—and …
Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case
Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consentA judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on Wedne…
The "trillion pound" oil fund the government believes Britain could have built
For the first time, the Treasury calculates how much the UK could have raised by investing North Sea proceeds.
The grads ditching the UK for a fresh start abroad
With graduate jobs hard to come by, more young adults are reported to be considering emigrating.
American Bankers Association: OCC’s GENIUS rules ‘undermine’ US Congress
Banking advocacy organizations are pushing back against the OCC’s finalized rules on a stablecoin law, arguing against changes to provisions on yield.
Ken Griffin Says AI Is 'Almost Certainly' in a Bubble—And Compares GPUs to Airline Seats
Citadel's founder says investors are almost certainly in an AI bubble, warns a chip glut could crash prices like empty airline seats, yet expects the survivors to lead for decades.
On Affordability: Can a Politician Make Your Groceries Cheaper?
Candidates across the country are using affordability slogans to sell policies on housing, health care, utilities and groceries.
Billionaires fleeing California could turn a $30 billion tax windfall into a $39 billion loss, Stanford economists warn
Departures have already erased nearly 30% of Prop 40’s tax base, a new NBER paper estimates. The tax’s architects say the math assumes losses that won’t last.
Republican Sen. Collins promotes her independence and ‘true blue-blooded Maine’-ness by partnering with ex-Dem. Joe Manchin and breaking from Trump
Manchin said to lose Collins would be “to lose the soul of the Senate.”
Putin agrees ‘in principle’ to resume talks with Washington and Kyiv to end war in Ukraine—but still isn’t ‘fully satisfied’ with proposals
The talks will focus on “building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends,” Putin foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov said.