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‘I turned into a solar nerd’: money and fun were the unexpected benefits of installing panels

Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat…

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A US judge ruled that Google built an illegal monopoly. What happens next?

The ruling found Google broke antitrust laws by making multibillion-dollar deals. Will those agreements evaporate?…

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Airbnb shares drop 12% as company flags weakening US demand

Vacation rental company reports second-quarter profit of $555m compared with last year’s $650m The vacation…

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Elon Musk calls PM ‘two-tier Keir’ over police response to UK riots

Owner of X uses platform to promote conspiracy theory that white far-right ‘protesters’ involved in…

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Why AI’s Tom Cruise problem means it is ‘doomed to fail’

LLMs’ ‘reversal curse’ leads it to fail at drawing relationships between simple facts. It’s a…

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Two-child benefit cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told

North-west and West Midlands worst hit, says thinktank, and in some areas half of children…

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Google broke law to maintain online search monopoly, US judge rules

White House calls decision – that could have major implications for web use – ‘victory…

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The £2.20 cup of tea: is this too much to pay for a hot drink?

An anonymous letter to a cafe in Wrexham raged at the price of a cup…

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Secretaries of state call on Musk to fix chatbot over election misinformation

X’s Grok AI chatbot falsely told users ‘ballot deadline has passed for several states’ Five…

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What can I do about my mortgage now the base rate has been cut?

It was good news for homebuyers as interest rates finally went down. But it has…

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