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Homes with air source heat pumps or solar panels for sale in England – in pictures

From a renovated Victorian village house in Hampshire to a new-build apartment in south London…

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Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns

Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge Domestic abusers…

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AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says

The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for…

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Hopes dashed as ‘Waspi women’ again denied state pension compensation

Latest ruling affects up to 3.6m women born in 1950s who say they have lost…

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‘My kids buy me food’: civil service pensioners offered emergency loans as nearly 90,000 face delays

Government to lend up to £10,000 to worst-affected new retirees as minister admits there is…

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Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries •…

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As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off…

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What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit

Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us…

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Households in England and Wales must splash out more as water bills rise again

Average bills to go up by 5.4% in April, with Ofwat approving record spending plans…

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Fury as enforcement of decent homes standard for private renters in England put back to 2035

Campaigners say government ‘denying renters the most basic standards in our homes’ UK politics live…

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