‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans
When it comes to taxing the super rich, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
Any new tax on the rich won’t raise much money unless many of the exceptions and loopholes are dealt with
Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too
A niche type of fraud is lucrative enough for criminals to set up fake websites with dodgy software to harvest your data
The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash
As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoning
OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request
Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos
‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs
RJ Scaringe says firms focused on selling fossil fuel engines risk being ‘woefully behind’ on technology by end of decade
As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX and Tesla stock drops
Falling shares push tech mogul back down to billionaire ranks after SpaceX IPO made him world’s first trillionaire
Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns
About 1,600 workers signed petition against tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and computer screen content
US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
Losses spread globally as investors questioned soaring valuations and spending on AI infrastructure
Nissan ‘shelves all-electric Qashqai plans’ as it cuts costs
Firm has been developing full EV version of its top-selling model in Europe at its plant in Sunderland
Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?
How Europe’s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs
Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish – but require careful design decisions
‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts
On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
Investigation: The entrepreneur was once the toast of London’s tech scene, a ‘global leader of tomorrow’ who starred on Dragons’ Den and promised untold riches for the startups she championed. But people she worked with in the last decade, from Malta to Switzerland, describe a very different reality