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Bots and third parties to be banned from booking driving tests in DfT shake-up

In effort to tackle severe backlog and end resale market, only learner drivers will be…

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‘I got paid £250 for one day of filming’: how to earn cash as a film or TV extra

You don’t need acting experience and rarely have to say anything … but being flexible…

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‘Part of the joy economy’: adult buyers add to bumper year for toy sales

Some of this year’s Christmas must-haves are also expected to appeal to UK’s growing number…

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Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop…

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UK to reconsider decision to deny Waspi women pension payouts

Millions born in 1950s lost out because of government failings over changes to state retirement…

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ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules

OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without…

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The race begins to make the world’s best self-driving cars

Chinese search giant Baidu challenges Google’s Waymo’s driverless vehicles and Musk aims for a $1tn…

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Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America

An expert describes how communities in some of the world’s driest areas are demanding transparency…

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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget

Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but…

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Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration

Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by…

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