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Price of average UK home passes £300,000 for first time, Halifax says

Property prices in January rose 0.7%, the fastest rate since November 2024 increase of 1.1%…

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Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds

AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’,…

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Flats for sale in England with outside space – in pictures

From a Victorian conversion in London to a flat in a Southport townhouse with beaches…

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Unlicensed weight-loss drugs marketed on social media as ‘prizes’

‘Giveaway’ competitions on WhatsApp and Telegram for retatrutide and other drugs described as ‘extremely dangerous’…

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‘Orwellian’: Sainsbury’s staff using facial recognition tech eject innocent shopper

Man misidentified by London supermarket using Facewatch system says: ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I…

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Travel industry fears summer disruption amid new biometric checks at European borders

EU urged to tell authorities to stand down EES controls if needed to avert delays…

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Cornish tin mine could reopen with Trump administration investment

South Crofty site could get $225m funding as US seeks to secure supply of critical…

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What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy?

Apparent collapse of Nvidia–OpenAI tie-up raises questions about circular funding and who will bear the…

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Google parent earnings beat projections amid plans to invest deeply in AI

Alphabet reports $34.5bn profit and revenue soars 48% in recent quarter as it plans a…

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Pinterest sacks two engineers for creating software to identify fired workers

Digital pinboard business cutting 15% of workforce as it invests heavily in AI Pinterest has…

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