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Police reached him in minutes — and the same system decides what else he can see
A platform that can read posts at scale, geolocate a user from video and reach police in minutes is doing something worth having. It is…
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The 10-year US Treasury yield just hit its highest since 2002, and the 30-year UK bond topped 6% for the first time since 1998
Investors are fleeing the safest market in the world rather than running to it. The reasons are counterintuitive: an economy too strong…
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The Bank of England governor is watching the money going into AI “very carefully” — and says not everybody always wins
Andrew Bailey says AI could trigger financial market shocks and the UK needs to be ready. Asked whether an AI bubble could burst, he said…
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Oura filed to raise $2.2bn, then pulled the whole listing eight days later
The smart ring maker postponed its flotation citing “uncertainty in the IPO market”, days after filing. It is the second US tech listing…
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Diesel at $6.82 a gallon and fertiliser up 50%: a seventh-generation farmer is no longer sure he wants his children to take over
John Yeley’s family has farmed the same Illinois land since 1852. He is buying diesel 1,000 gallons at a time, hoping for a price drop that…
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Washington and Beijing cut tariffs on $60bn of goods — and quietly agreed to call it “super intelligence”
Under a “30-for-30” framework each side takes $30bn of the other’s non-sensitive goods at reduced rates. China’s list runs to 1,619 items…
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A city that declared war on its empty shops is filling them from the top floors down
Aberdeen’s Union Street was once packed with shoppers from across north-east Scotland. The council is now filling vacant units directly and…
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A 5% deposit on the average UK home now needs about £16,850 saved before you start
A new scheme aims to help first-time buyers in England with a small deposit. Moneyfacts puts the real starting figure — deposit, moving…
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Trump rejects Iran’s offer to reopen Hormuz — and the systems the strait runs on are already the first casualty
A fifth of the world’s seaborne energy moves through a channel navigated by satellite signals that can be jammed and tracked by…
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UK diesel is 198.32p a litre, within a penny of the record set after Russia invaded Ukraine
The RAC expects the all-time high of 199.09p to be surpassed, as seven months of disrupted Iranian oil production and transport work…
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A jet with an anteater’s nose and a cockpit so far back the pilot flies by camera
The X-59 is designed to flatten the sonic boom that kept Concorde off routes across the US. It is the latest in a line of experimental NASA…
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Washington is asking an EU court to let it take Elon Musk’s side against a €120m fine
The European Commission fined X over paid blue ticks it said deceive users. The US Department of Justice has filed to intervene, arguing…