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Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial
Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in California
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Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relyi…
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Fed’s Musalem says more rate hikes likely needed to curb inflation
St. Louis Federal Reserve (Fed) President Alberto Musalem said interest rates likely need to rise further to tame inflation that is both demand- and supply-driven. He warned that without more policy restraint, inflation…
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‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain
The smoke rising from the Kapotnya oil refinery to the south-east of Moscow marks one of Ukraine’s biggest air raids on the Russian capital since the start of the war, and the latest salvo in an energy crisis that threa…
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Paramount settles lawsuits with 12 US states, clearing way for Warner merger
States including California and New York sued over concerns of ‘extinguishing competition’ with $81bn merger
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Bank of England announces new office space in Leeds
The Bank of England has secured a new long-term premises in Leeds, marking a major milestone in its commitment to build its presence in the region.
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Fears over interest rate rise and jobs send UK consumer confidence to three-year low
Fears of a steep rise in mortgage payments and increasing job insecurity have sent UK consumer confidence tumbling to a three-month low, according to a leading survey.
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Airlines urge action after UK flights delayed and cancelled again
Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit
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Eurosystem brings central bank money to tokenised finance
The Eurosystem today launched Pontes, a solution that enables wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled in central bank money. Pontes is the first initiative under the Eurosystem’s strategic programme to …
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FCA takes Hunter Jones to High Court over alleged unauthorised activity
The FCA has begun High Court proceedings against Osborne Baldwin Limited, which trades as Hunter Jones and Hunter Jones Group.
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ECB to invest part of own funds in tokenised securities, with settlement via Pontes
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched preparatory work to invest a small portion of its own funds in tokenised securities. This will enable the ECB to gain practical experience as an investor and build institutio…
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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones.
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FCA and partners join forces to help improve financial security for millions
Around 58% of adults have no life insurance, critical illness cover or income protection – and 59% of that group has never considered it. This means that millions could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the …
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‘It’s unrecognisable’: How being a tax haven has changed Jersey
While global billionaires and multinational companies have been lured to its shores, many islanders feel left behind and priced out, with food bank use increasing
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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
The boss of the chipmaker Nvidia has said AI will not develop to a point that will lead to the extinction of the human race within a few years, rejecting such assertions as overblown “doomsday narratives”.
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Only 160 apprenticeship starts in eight months on Labour’s flagship scheme
Exclusive: Government warned ‘skills revolution’ at risk amid slow start to project with target of 30,000 starts by end of parliament
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UK urged to strengthen financial muscle of national wealth fund to aid economy
Unions, thinktanks, environmental groups and charities have come together to call on ministers to boost the financial firepower of the national wealth fund to empower it to invest more in Britain and rebalance the count…
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‘An out-of-touch Silicon Valley radical’: meet Trump’s AI whisperer pushing for limited regulation
As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US have joined together calling for the regulation of powerful artificial intelligence models, one of the few vocal naysayers has been Donald Trump . He’s called the perc…
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RNLI warns supporters their personal information may have been hacked
Supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen by hackers amid targeting of the charity by far-right agitators.
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Billionaire Man United owner loses moral high ground after tax exile, Labour chair says
The Labour Party chair has said Sir Jim Ratcliffe loses "the moral high ground" by making statements about the UK while living in tax exile.
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China’s stranglehold on rare earths must be ended, says hopeful supplier to EU
The head of a mining company hoping to supply the EU with rare earths in two years’ time has said it is “paramount” to end China’s stranglehold on the supply of the raw materials used in everything from cars to wind tur…
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Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack
You’ve read the email carefully and it looks legitimate. The link it asks you to click on has none of the usual red flags: there are no weird numbers or extra parts to the URL. You feel safe to proceed.
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UK minister warns of impact of Trump’s Iran war on next month’s budget
Bridget Phillipson says Burnham’s past criticisms of US president not an issue as PM prepares to meet Trump at UN