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‘I’ve £80k in the account, here’s my pin’: turning the tables on the scammers

Plagued by bank impersonation scams, one Guardian Money reader got even by stringing the fraudsters…

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Households could save up to £173 a year by switching to fixed energy deal

Moving tariffs will cushion the blow from the October price cap rise and the increase…

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Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost…

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UK risks falling behind in AI race without faster telecoms upgrades, say executives

Planning delays and slow 5G upgrades could leave the UK unable to cope with a…

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Faster, higher, funnier: what we learned from China’s robot games

Five-day showcase reveals leaps Beijing has made in humanoid tech, but also its limitations as…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitcoin wallets untouched for 10 years moved $40 million. Most avoided exchanges

Six decade-old wallets moved $40 million this month, but Galaxy’s data shows dormant coin activity…

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Ripple is preparing XRP Ledger for quantum computers before ‘Q-Day’ arrives

An Anthropic model cut the work needed to break a leading post-quantum signature candidate by…

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Kalshi takes legal blow in court ruling confirming state powers over prediction markets

This latest U.S. appeals court ruling sets up a rift between federal courts on event…

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Solana vote to double disinflation passes by a hair in dramatic finish

Solana’s first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with a Kraken-linked validator switching sides…

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BitGo to buy NYDIG trading arm for $42.5M in cash and stock plus $15M earnout

The deal to buy NYDIG IF Holdings comprises $7 million in cash and around $35.5…

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