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Number of young people in UK not in work or education rises closer to 1m

Number of Neets climbs to 957,000, up 11,000 on previous quarter, ONS says, driven by…

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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there…

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Keen bosses, strange mistakes and a looming threat: workers on training AI to do their jobs

Some say the technology is devaluing their work, while others reckon it is not yet…

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Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings

Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet…

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Labour ministers exploring ways of easing burden of plan 2 student loans

Government looking at options such as increasing loan repayment thresholds amid growing pressure Ministers are…

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Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services

Unimpressed tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future…

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Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away

Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with…

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Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say

Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico…

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Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’

He was at the heart of 1960s counterculture, then paved the way for the libertarian…

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Energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households in Great Britain from April

Ofgem cap drops to £1,641 a year for consumers’ average gas and electricity cost Annual…

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