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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf. The character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the…
Hastings Direct’s failures forced my family out of our home
A leak beneath our fridge-freezer last winter caused extensive damage but there’s still no functioning kitchen Eight months after reporting a leak to our home insurer, Hastings Direct, my husband and I and our two-year-old are still effectively homeless. Last winter, we discovered that a n unnoticed leak beneath our fitted fridge-freezer had caused extensive damage to the floorboards of our…
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Tech leaders say AI means less work - their staff say they work up to 90 hours a week
Tech companies are not modelling their own claims of the technology giving people more free time.
The Dacre dynasty: how Britain’s rightwing press was radicalised – podcast
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The gen Z investors – podcast
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Sheep-herding robot dogs put to the test at Royal Queensland Show – video
A project by the University of the Sunshine Coast is trialling the use of robotic dogs to herd sheep, with public demonstrations at the Ekka at the Brisbane Showgrounds. Dr David Alonso-Caneiro, a senior lecturer in mechatronics, says the long-term goal is to establish whether such machines could be used as autonomous tools on farms Continue reading...
Could your tattoo stop you from getting a job?
A quarter of the UK population – including the new prime minister – have at least one tattoo, but they still divide opinion in the workplace.
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Cut £175 from energy bills for low-income homes, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation proposes £2bn emergency scheme to help people facing higher costs this winter Labour should draw up an emergency plan to cut energy prices for low-income families by up to £175 this winter, the Resolution Foundation has said. One of Andy Burnham’s first policy announcements as prime minister was to remove VAT temporarily from electricity bills, saving households about £45 a…
Subscriptions you can’t easily cancel, sales that aren’t sales – I’ll end the rip-offs that British people hate | Andy Burnham
These everyday hassles are small, but they add up – especially in a cost of living crisis. That’s why my government will tackle them head-on Andy Burnham is the UK prime minister Burnham vows crackdown on ‘rip-off’ business practices It’s remarkable how much of modern life can seem designed to wear us down. Every “ sale ” seems to come with an asterisk. Consumer contracts often find a way of…
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The Beginner’s Guide To Entrepreneurship
The “beginner’s mind" is an invitation to foster a mindset of curiosity and bring eagerness and openness into our entrepreneurship.
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‘Reacher’ Season 4 Release Schedule Lays Out New Mission For Ritchson Series
"Reacher" Season 4, starring Alan Ritchson as author Lee Child’s literary creation Jack Reacher, is back this week with new episodes featuring the lone wolf hero.
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Kennedy Center Must Pay More Than $250,000 To Musician Who Canceled Over Trump Renaming
The Kennedy Center owes more than $250,000 to a jazz musician who canceled a gig in protest of the addition of President Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts venue.
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Woke 1? Abdul El-Sayed Says Posts Criticizing July 4th And The 2nd Amendment Are Old
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New York Knicks Set To Face 76ers, Spurs In Marquee Matchups
The New York Knicks have a date set for the commencement of their title defense. Will they succeed in becoming the first back-to-back champions since 2018?
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Ranking NBA’s Best Opening Week And Christmas Day Games
Forbes ranks the top NBA games featured on Opening Week and Christmas Day.
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‘House Of The Dragon’ Completely Botched Its Season 3 Finale Battle
House of the Dragon's Season 3 finale's Battle of Tumbleton is thrilling television and a total inversion of Fire & Blood. Here's what changed, and why it doesn't add up.
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Social Security expands list of conditions to 314 illnesses for faster disability claims
The “compassionate allowances” list speeds consideration for benefits.
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Nvidia just soothed a major market fear about AI, analysts say
Nvidia’s new partnerships with financial players help mitigate concerns that the company is too tightly linked to its customers, according to BofA and Morgan Stanley.
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How The Global Business Community Is Responding To Tariffs & The Strait Of Hormuz Impasse: Expert
When the Supreme Court blocked a large swath of his tariffs, Trump said his administration had "very powerful alternatives." Now we know what those alternatives are.
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The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Packers’ 11th Training Camp Practice
The Green Bay Packers held their 11th practice of training camp Tuesday, and had a number of highs and lows.
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Health insurers are dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Here’s how many seniors could be affected.
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Ron Howard, Anderson .Paak And More Announced For Season 2 Of ‘The Unusual Suspects’ Podcast
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Claude Will Put Invisible Watermarks On AI Text And Images—And The Internet Isn’t Happy
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Some Progressives Avoid Francesca Hong Amid Turbulent Primary Season: ‘I Don’t Know Her’
Kalshi betting odds show Hong with a 95.5% chance of winning Tuesday.
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‘I’m dreaming of cocktails at Château Marmont’: I found $100 in my Airbnb’s communal washer. What should I do?
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‘Reacher’ Season 4 Rotten Tomatoes Critics’ Score Marks Series Low
Alan Ritchson is back as Jack Reacher in "Reacher Season 4 this week, but the show isn’t being met as warmly by Rotten Tomatoes critics as in seasons past.
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Tate Brothers Should Stay Jailed During Extradition Process, Prosecutors Argue—Citing Social Media Posts
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Trump Floats Federal Action To ‘Avert’ Mamdani’s Pied-A-Terre Tax
Trump raged against the tax on second homes for out-of-state residents pushed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Unitree’s IPO may be just the beginning of an investor frenzy over humanoid-robot stocks
The Chinese company will be the first to market in a wave of new humanoid-robotics IPOs.
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‘The market is obviously on fire’: Should I take $1,000 from my brokerage account to pay off my car loan?
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Katy Perry’s Latest Album Rises To A Never-Before-Seen Peak
Months after its release, Katy Perry's 'The Ones That Got the Plays,' her greatest hits compilation, rises to a new peak on the main albums roster in the U.K.
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Shaun White’s Snow League Heads To New Zealand With A New Twist
The Snow League, Shaun White’s winter sports league, will hold its first New Zealand event next month with a twist on ski and snowboard halfpipe competition: a spin cap.
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White House Seeking New Charges Against David Hearn After Dropped Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case, Report Says
An indictment accusing former Olympian David Hearn of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool was thrown out this month.
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AI Helps Retailers Get Clicks, But Humans Win Customers
Shoppers are embracing AI-driven “conversational commerce,” but it’s still the human touch that earns brand loyalty.
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Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low
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Retailers Must Separate ESLs From Surveillance Pricing As Federal Pressure Mounts
As legislators consider bans on surveillance pricing, electronic shelf labels are caught in the controversy, despite having nothing to do with personalized pricing.
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Eminem’s Sequel Album Makes It To A Chart Milestone
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Alex Cora Offers Managing Return Update After Phillies’ Job Offer
The Philadelphia Phillies were in touch with the former Boston Red Sox manager after a surprising change at manager.
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Watch: U's fans told house prices put players off
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AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electric Bills. Who Pays?
Who pays for the enormous grid investment required to serve data centers — the companies building them or consumers?
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Andie Dikosavljevic Takes The Double At The Pro Pickleball Association Ho Chi Minh City Open
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Musk’s Starlink boasts of doubled subscriber base, but mainstream remains a far-off destination for the satellite internet service
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‘My wife and I are both retired’: Should we dip into our $2.3 million investments to pay off our 2.9% $300,000 mortgage?
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If you can answer this one question, you’ll never worry about money again
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A historically strong stretch for the U.S. stock market is about to begin
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Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says town centres have been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.
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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls
Cold calling is coming to an end in France, with one consumer group calling the ban a "small revolution".
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Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax
The new PM could bring in revenue for social care or defence with a land levy or by reforming council tax Residential property is the largest store of wealth in the UK, and has long been a target f…
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AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class
The incident is being seen as the latest example of the AI tools going to any lengths to complete their tasks.
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The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering. It devastated mom-and-pop businesses instead
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HCA workers push for higher pay and more staffing amid billions in profits: ‘I’m struggling’
Largest for-profit hospital system and operator in the US reported $6.8bn in profits, while employees find it difficult to make ends meet Union workers with HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit h…
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Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick
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Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse
Rooms in Icelandic capital Reykjavík cost double usual rate and Spain also enjoying strong bookings Europe’s total solar eclipse: the best place to see it Hotel prices have surged in key European c…
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Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 56% bigger than today's
The woman who found the chocolate bar during a house clearance compares it with today's Mars Bars.
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‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech company When Massachusetts husband-and-wife team Ina…
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Are we entering the Chinese Century, or is the Chinese Dream already fading for some?
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Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects
The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions.
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Nvidia links with Wall Street firms for $500bn AI financing deal
Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR among those working with chipmaker to fund infrastructure Nvidia has struck a deal with six large Wall Street firms to raise more than $500bn (£370bn) to …
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