Month: July 2024

Technology

Top UK auction house told to stop taking buyer’s premium for charity sales

Bonhams has been forced to clarify how it holds auctions for good causes after complaints…

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Technology

‘It’s licensed touting, essentially’: has sky high ticket pricing turned London theatre into the wild West End?

Top ticket prices are up 50% in a year to an all time high. Whatever…

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Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data…

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Tesla won’t free up use of its batteries, leaving owners unable to reap full benefits

Exclusive: Experts say Tesla should be excluded from rebates for disabling function on its batteries…

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James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’

The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin ETF Investors Bought the Dip on Friday, With Inflows Topping $140M

Returning to their screens following the July 4 break, U.S. traders were confronted with prices…

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VIP Taylor Swift ticket holders get obstructed view – are pricey packages worth the cash?

Pricey deals on the Eras tour shows are part of a growing trend – but…

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Lib Dems to push for cross-party talks on tackling social care

Exclusive: party to use biggest-ever cohort of MPs to get ‘essential decisions’ made on issue…

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‘It’s very troubling’: thieves use vulnerable man to take out £28,000 bank loan

Metro Bank faces questions over safeguards and why victim was allowed to borrow such a…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Biden’s Odds on Polymarket Little Changed After ABC TV Interview

The president’s chances of reelection remain 12% and his probability of dropping out stayed at…

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