UK electric car charger rollout slows amid worries over EV switch Smallest number of new chargers since 2022 as carmakers persuade government to weaken EV sales targets
Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 Gold is up 70% while the cryptocurrency is down 6% after it failed to bounce back from a rapid October sell-off
Post Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon errors, paper shows Document casts doubt on postal service claims it was unaware of bugs that could cause accounting shortfalls
The Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall Editorial: The Danish postal service has announced it will cease deliveries from 30 December after 400 years. Eventually, other countries may go down a similar route
Chinese robotaxis due in London next year as Lyft and Uber reveal tie-ups Firms agree deals with Beijing-based Baidu to take self-driving cabs to UK capital
Elon Musk’s massive 2018 Tesla pay package restored by Delaware court Decision from state supreme court on deal once worth $56bn and now worth some $139bn overturns ruling that prompted angry Musk backlash
Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm? What we know about the deal with TAE Technologies so far – from why it is happening to what fusion energy is
UK politics: ‘Not clear’ who was behind FCDO hack, says minister, amid reports of China link – as it happened Chris Bryant confirms October cyber-attack as the Sun names Storm 1849, a Chinese hacker group, as being responsible
Sony collars Snoopy in £340m deal to take control of Peanuts franchise Japanese conglomerate raises to 80% its stake in firm that owns the intellectual property created by Charles Schulz
TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to avoid US ban Joint venture will take over part of app’s US operations, including data protection, algorithm security and content moderation
Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their content
Megan Davies obituary Other lives: Highly regarded branch secretary of the Prospect union, singer, sports fan and lover of craft beer
‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge datacenter backed by top tycoons Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character
Amazon in talks to invest $10bn in developer of ChatGPT OpenAI seeking to strike latest deal in its efforts to pay for huge spending on datacentres
George Osborne joins OpenAI: ex-chancellor adds tech post to his CV Former Tory chancellor tasked with helping ChatGPT owner develop ties with governments