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Scattered Spider hackers in UK are ‘facilitating’ cyber-attacks, says Google

US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods…

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Cash Isas: ministers sound out City bosses on cutting £20,000 tax-free allowance

Investment firms say scaling back tax breaks would help UK stocks, but banks and public…

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Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’

xAI’s Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been…

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Homes for sale with stylish interiors in England – in pictures

From internally remodelled Georgian in West Sussex to a cacophony of colour in east London,…

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Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds

About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in…

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Wealthy Britons avoiding more tax than thought, spending watchdog says

NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to…

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Edinburgh tops list as US housebuyers eye a UK home

US inquiries at eight-year high with Glasgow also in top 10, estate agents say Inquiries…

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Default rate for energy bill direct debits hit record high last month, says ONS

Figures show households struggling as more than 2.7% of direct debits for gas and electricity…

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Australian girl, 11, sexually abused by stranger after adding him to get Snapchat points

Then 23-year-old Jai Clapp was added to the girl’s Snapchat using the Quick Add feature…

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Largest US crypto exchange says cost of recent cyber-attack could reach $400m

Hackers paid overseas Coinbase employees for account data; company is offering $20m reward for information…

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