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Fuel prices leave people asking 'what can we do?'
Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.
'We're still cold paying £300 a month energy bills'
Redditch residents say they are worried they will not be able to afford heating.
Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
Millions of people in Great Britain face increase from Thursday to an average of £1,723 a year for a typical homeJohn Healey is under growing pressure to offer fresh energy suppor…
The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pumpClare Naylor paid close attention to how m…
Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shownAndy Burnham does a nice line i…
Dogecoin gets DeFi testnet as DogeOS bets miners will eventually secure its apps
DogeOS wants to turn DOGE into more than a payments and speculation asset, but its applications still rely on selected operators rather than Dogecoin miners.
Crypto hacks top $768M in September, worst month of 2026
The $388 million Bitget breach and $320 million Liquid Network exploit accounted for most of September’s losses, though more than $270 million from the latter was later returned.
Bitcoin's soft-inflation pop to $85,500 fades as bond yields refuse to fall
A cooler-than-expected PCE report sent bitcoin briefly above $85,000 on Wednesday. Treasury yields held near their highest since 2002 and the gains drained away.
AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".
Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?On the night of 12 November 1993, a …
Australia at risk from major global financial shock, Reserve Bank warns
Warning comes as central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking…
CFTC seeks to define event contracts as swaps amid prediction market fight
The classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.
MetaMask exits Ethereum validators as it investigates security incident
MetaMask said it is investigating the threat internally and said it has found no immediate threat to its wallets.
Investors thought they were buying pre-IPO OpenAI and SpaceX shares. Their cash went to strip clubs, Bloomingdale’s, and shopping on Amazon, SEC alleges
One fund manager allegedly paid his 4 a.m. strip club bill from fund capital after his card was declined.
Gemini 4 Is Here, and Google’s Flagship Tops All Other AI Models on Cybersecurity
Gemini 4 Argon tops 12 of 18 benchmarks in Google's own table, writes a million tokens per reply and resists hijacking best. Cyber defenders get it first, with the guardrails off.
The AI telling farmers when to harvest
Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
Vape prices to rise as new tax takes effect
Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.
Ford CEO sees blue-collar workers using AI as a ‘companion’—but other jobs ‘are definitely going to be changed and eliminated’
"If you work in finance doing spreadsheets, or you’re in a call center, or you’re an entry-level programmer—those jobs are definitely going to be changed."
‘This revolution is happening in years, not decades’: Verizon CEO Dan Schulman sees AGI within 18 months—and a century of progress in a decade
"I think you'll see the collapse of the 21st century in the next five to 10 years," Dan Schulman said at Ford Pro Accelerate.
Dogecoin Is Getting Apps as DogeOS Opens Its Public Testnet
The team behind the MyDoge wallet opened a public test of DogeOS, a layer that lets developers build lending platforms and games on top of the meme coin network.
Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers.
FBI Tells Its Employees to Assume Hackers Have Their Personal Data
An internal memo warned FBI staff that ShinyHunters, the group claiming it hacked the bureau's jobs site, may hold their private details.
Can Pretend Shopping Help You Spend Less?
Dopamine sites let you shop without spending a penny. But they might not keep you from pulling out your credit card anyway.
Standard Chartered sees Ethena’s USDe reaching $40B, ENA hitting $2
The bank also expects Ethena’s ENA token to rise roughly sevenfold to $2 by the end of 2028 as USDe scales and token buybacks increase.