Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search

CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with ‘strategic market status’ designation and can enforce changes

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence

Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says

British Standards Institution study across seven countries found quarter of bosses believe entry-level tasks could be automated to reduce costs

China steps up control of rare-earth exports citing ‘national security’ concerns

Tightened grip on minerals used in smartphones and fighter jets coincides with tense US-China trade talks

Governments are spending billions on their own ‘sovereign’ AI technologies – is it a big waste of money?

Many US-built AI systems fall short but competing against tech giants neither easy nor cheap

The AI valuation bubble is now getting silly

The broad parallels are genuinely close to the madness of the late-1990s dotcom bubble

Ovo pricing change could double charging costs for some EV owners

Customers on Charge Anytime deal who drive fewer than 700 miles a month say they will be left with higher bills

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

Do OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar deals mean exuberance has got out of hand?

Some market watchers are concerned by the circular nature of deals with chip makers Nvidia and AMD

Almost a fifth of young UK adults use AI to design holiday, study finds

Traditional package holiday is still the most common eventual purchase, travel industry body Abta reports

Jaguar Land Rover aims to restart limited production after cyber-attack

Wolverhampton expected to be first plant to resume output, with some workers understood to have returned

‘Open-minded’ dating app Feeld’s profits jump amid influx of ‘vanilla’ users

Sales rose 26% last year at the app, whose core market is people in open relationships and kink enthusiasts

Nearly a third of bosses report increase in cyber-attacks on their supply chains

CIPS survey shows cyber threats have risen up the list of concerns for procurement managers

The Guardian view on the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack: ministers must pay more attention to this growing risk

Editorial: Cybercriminals pose a seismic and increasingly sophisticated threat to businesses and national security. Yet Britain seems remarkably ill-prepared

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought