Why unwanted fridges are piling up at recycling centres across England and Wales
Capacity has been overwhelmed by heatwaves that have pushed white goods to breaking point “In…
Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money,’ review finds
Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value…
Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
Consumer group says online shops routinely failed to reimburse delivery costs of unwanted purchases or…
Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies
President has dismissed anxieties over AI’s dangerous potential even as Democrats and some Republicans acknowledge…
Live updates: Bitcoin slides from nearly $80,000 as Senate votes on Clarity Act
Senators take a procedural vote on the crypto market structure bill later Tuesday. Bitcoin has…
XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade
Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with…
U.S. DOJ seeks $61 million in what it calls Iran’s crypto-laundered black market oil sales
Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint against what they call Iran’s illegal crypto proceeds…
Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, giving an edge over Ethereum
Transaction V1 raises Solana’s limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, giving developers more room for…
Democrats send counteroffer to Republicans over Clarity Act provisions
Democratic Senators were said to be meeting late Monday to discuss the latest proposed draft…
Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic…