‘What to buy Dad for Christmas’: is retail ready for the AI shopping shift?
As shoppers ask ChatGPT for inspiration, brands scramble to ensure their products appeal to the bots calling the shots
Travel firm Tui says it is using AI to create ‘inspirational’ videos
Boss says German firm also investing in generative engine optimisation to help push it to top of chatbot responses
US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
Co-chairs of LNG firm, who bought stock worth almost $12m each after meeting with Trump officials, deny wrongdoing
William Hill owner Evoke considers sale or breakup after budget tax rises
Value of heavily indebted company has plummeted more than 90% since it bought chain of 1,400 bookmakers
Archive, 1975: Iceland opens fire on British vessel
The two European Nato countries clash in the third cod war over fishing rights in the Atlantic
‘We are truly doomed’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard despair at AI clone appearing on Spotify
Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard Wizard
Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘preparing for flotation that could value it at over $1tn’
Reports say space exploration company has begun talks about stock market listing that could raise more than $25bn
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
Fact check: Trump’s racist and false claims on immigration and cost of living
US president’s speech veered into baseless attacks on inflation, migrants and Ilhan Omar as he revived grievances
Channel 4 poaches new chief executive Priya Dogra from Sky
Head of advertising and data at Sky will lead C4’s response to threatened Comcast takeover of ITV
Rachel Reeves’s test from the bond markets starts now
UK gilt yields may have dropped a bit relative to other major countries, but it’s not at all clear that the fall with continue
Bank of England expects budget will cut inflation by up to half a percentage point
In a boost for Rachel Reeves, deputy governor says analysis shows chancellor’s policies will lower annual rate next year
Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China
Commerce department finalising deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict Biden-era restrictions relaxed
Ofgem approves early investment in three UK electricity ‘superhighways’
Green light intended to limit amount consumers pay for windfarms to turn off during periods of high generation
Davey claims ‘historic victory’ for Lib Dems after tokenistic vote in favour of customs union with EU – as it happened
The vote will have no practical impact, despite Davey’s ‘historic’ claim