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AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says

Criminal groups and state-linked actors appear to be using commercial models to refine and scale up attacks Business live – latest updates In just three months, AI-powered hacking has gone from a nascent problem to an industrial-scale threat, according to a report from Google. The findings from Google’s threat intelligence group add to an intensifying, global discussion about how the newest AI…

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UK borrowing costs rise as Starmer speech fails to dispel investor ‘jitters’

Bond yields creep higher on concerns about potential for political instability and rising inflation Business live – latest updates UK politics live – latest updates The cost of government borrowing has crept higher as Keir Starmer’s crucial speech failed to dispel investor “jitters” in the bond markets over political instability combined with fears of rising inflation. The yield, effectively the…

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US Stocks Advance on Earnings Momentum Ahead of CPI Reading

US equities notched modest gains Monday as strong earnings reports spurred bullish Wall Street strategists to raise their targets on the S&P 500 this year despite lingering concerns about the duration of the Iran war ahead of a key inflation reading.

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E.ON agrees to buy Ovo in deal to create UK’s biggest energy supplier

Acquisition would result in combined company serving about 9.6 million households if given regulatory approval Business live – latest updates The German energy group E.ON has agreed to buy struggling UK rival Ovo in a deal that would create Britain’s biggest gas and electricity supplier by number of households served. The combined company will supply about 9.6 million customers, overtaking the…

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Advocates decry Trump’s plan to open 24m acres of federal lands to cattle grazing

Opponents say administration’s plan prioritizes big agriculture at expense of wildlife and protected species New legal action aims to head off a Trump administration plan to open up to 24m acres of federal lands to cattle grazing, which opponents characterized as a gift to big agriculture and said could cause a spike in deaths among already imperiled wolves, grizzlies, steelhead salmon and other…

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Thinktank calls for ‘double lock’ England private rent cap to ease living costs

Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage growth UK politics live – latest updates One of the thinktanks closest to the Labour government is urging ministers to introduce private sector rent controls in England, as the chancellor weighs up how to ease a surge in living costs caused by the Iran war. The Institute for Public Policy Research…

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Democrats are playing with fire in trying to reclaim tax cuts from Republicans

Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democratic lawmakers are embracing a policy that hardly benefits the middle class Soul-searching within the Democratic party is to be expected after its loss in the 2024 election. Donald Trump’s edge over Kamala Harris in voters’ perceptions of economic competence (perplexing though it now appears following a year of erratic policymaking) was bound to inspire a…

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