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Buy now, pay later: how to use it without getting into debt

BNPL can be a fee-free way to manage cashflow for an essential purchase but keep…

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‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets

Shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express fall on back of apocalypse scenario posted on…

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Reddit fined £14.5m in UK over use of under-13s’ data

Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy The UK…

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Why the student loans row is escalating and what it means for graduates

What is behind the growing anger over plan 2 student loans and what could reforms…

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Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it

Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness…

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US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft

Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot…

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Parents of children with Send give changes in England a mixed response

Amid relief that changes will avoid significant disruption for families, there are fears some children…

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Go to university! No, get a trade! How can young people survive when all the paths are landmined? | Jason Okundaye

Is it to be a degree and heavy debt when graduate jobs are shrinking? Or…

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New datacentres risk doubling UK electricity use, regulator says

Ofgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than…

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If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?

Amid talk of artificial intelligence taking our jobs, the big unasked question is: how will…

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