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UK pensions shake-up proposes traffic-light scheme

‘Green’ pensions would indicate value for money, with the plan requiring employers to help 16m…

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Dirty talk: how AI is being used in the bedroom – and beyond

Analysis of more than 200,000 chatbot conversations shows how the new tech is actually being…

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UK house prices ‘to rise through rest of year’ after jump in July

Halifax says average property price in July was £291,268 as lower mortgage rates expected to…

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Stay cool and spot clean: how to make clothes last by washing them correctly

Laundry cycles wear out fabrics – so try steaming, airing and slower cycles on the…

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Hardship on the streets of Liverpool: ‘The benefit cap put millions of children in poverty overnight’

With parents going without meals to feed their children, and bills rising, residents and councillors…

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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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