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Crime pays: how Grand Theft Auto became a cultural colossus
Ever since it crashed on to PC and consoles in the late 90s, GTA has been tearing up the game-making rulebook. We explore how its cultural references, rebel spirit and sprawling s…
Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulator
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency elevated the biggest U.S. exchange's trust status from conditional to a full-fledged charter, the company said.
Nvidia Board Investigates Jensen Huang After Report He Was Target of Chinese Spy Effort
Huang told staff he had been "unfaithful" to his wife, as Nvidia shares fell nearly 5% in premarket trading on Monday.
U.S. inflation, corporate earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 9.
Binance, Tether and Trump crypto firms face Senate records deadline
Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked four crypto firms to start sending records by Nov. 30 and warned of further action if they miss the Jan. 4 deadline.
UK households face rush to find green energy installer to beat April VAT hike
Ministers pushed to reverse ‘policy madness’ of scrapping exemption on 5% tax rise for heat pumps, solar panels and batteries Households planning to invest in green energy upgrade…
Bitcoin ETFs shed $1.3B in biggest weekly outflow since late June
Investors pulled a net $1.21 billion from BlackRock’s IBIT last week as Bitcoin fell below $76,000 and US technology stocks sold off.
Is it the end of free school milk?
Free school milk has been provided to children in Wales since the 1970s, but that could now change.
Sharebite has donated 18 million meals. Its CEO wants US employers to copy Brazil
Dilip Rao argues official counts miss most of America’s hungry, and that employer meal benefits modeled on Brazil’s 50-year-old program can help close the gap.
Rare call for more electricity supplies as wind power drops across Europe
Neso issues ‘electricity margin notice’ for gas power plants on Britain to fire up and boost generation this morning amid energy shortfallThe government body tasked with keeping t…
Government's EV targets expected to be reduced this week
New petrol or diesel cars are due to be phased out by 2030 and by 2035 all new cars must be zero emission.
Nvidia ‘honeytrap’ scandal rocks AI industry as tech stocks recover from slump – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligenceNvidia’s announcement of an in…
What do we know about Nvidia CEO’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy?
Adoration for the US tech giant’s CEO Jensen Huang has been labelled “Jensanity”, but can his reputation survive the news of his affair?
Why has Royal Mail only delivered letters twice in three months?
I am waiting for the overdue results of a cancer test, and the postal service seems to be prioritising parcels over lettersIn the three months since I moved to my village, I’ve ha…
‘AI rebounding’: Nearly 20% of U.S. workers replaced by AI are being asked back—now they’re demanding higher pay, job security and AI transparency
"Organizations are making fast, sometimes myopic, decisions about their people based on an incomplete picture of what their employees can do with or without AI."
SpaceX proposes a $24 billion Texas supercomputer worth 17 times its bitcoin pile
The $24 billion project, which includes an AI supercomputer in Texas with its own gas-fired power plant, is about 17 times the value of SpaceX's bitcoin holdings.
Solana moves to scrap the transaction feature used in the $270 million Drift hack
A draft proposal would end the 'durable nonces' feature no earlier than May 5, 2027, forcing custodians that sign offline to rebuild how they move coins.
Hut owner wins battle to keep living in off-grid home he built
The man has lived in the self-built hut since 2020 - but never told authorities or asked for permission.
How you can get council's £250 cost of living help
Applications for household grants of up to £250 are opening to some Surrey residents.
Indoor soft play centres struggling to stay open
Jessica Harvey from Whitchurch said there were some days in the summer that no-one visited her centre.
Fixing UK’s youth jobs crisis demands much more investment, TUC boss warns
Paul Nowak also calls on government to avoid arbitrary benefit cuts before much-anticipated Milburn report is published this weekFixing Britain’s youth jobs crisis will require mi…
Zcash devs propose another block time cut days after NU7 upgrade
The proposed reduction aims to shorten transaction confirmation times and improve the user experience for point-of-sale payments, exchange deposits and cross-chain swaps.
Two rival Ethereum proposals aim to stop Glamsterdam breaking old contracts
The proposals aim to keep Ethereum’s planned gas changes from breaking existing contracts, using different approaches to what contracts see and what users pay.
Everyone hates Oxford Street. Will pedestrianisation save it? – podcast
On Monday 26 October, the busiest shopping street in Europe was closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actua…