Jaguar Land Rover extends production shutdown after cyber-attack Carmaker says it will freeze production until at least 24 September as it continues investigations
Sir David Davies obituary Engineer whose recommendations after the Ladbroke Grove train crash led to improved safety on the railways
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it
Reeves to host bosses of UK and US financial firms as Trump visit begins Chancellor hosting Downing Street talks with Treasury secretary, which are aimed at securing more US investment
Hackers steal private data of Gucci, Balenciaga and McQueen customers Cybercriminals steal details of potentially millions of people in attack on labels’ parent company Kering
US agrees commercial terms on TikTok sale, as Trump says China talks went ‘very well’ – as it happened The US and China have reached a framework deal on short-video app TikTok at talks in Madrid today, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said
Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity
A third of UK firms using ‘bossware’ to monitor workers’ activity, survey reveals Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staff
Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive Sanofi’s market access chief urges ministers to come up with a roadmap to raise spending on new treatments
Big pharma will stop investing in UK, top scientist warns after Merck’s £1bn exit Comments by former professor of medicine at Oxford follow scrapping of planned London research centre
Larry Ellison briefly overtakes Elon Musk as world’s richest person Oracle co-founder’s shares rose by 40% in early trading, briefly valuing his fortune at $393bn, just ahead of Musk’s $384bn
US drugmaker Merck scraps £1bn London research centre and cuts 125 science jobs New blow to UK’s key life science sector as industry body says country is losing ground on investment and research
Powering change: UK battery firms aim to unlock the way to net zero Companies using different technologies for long-duration storage seek funding as country shifts to renewables and requires greater energy security
Peter Kyle, the ‘tech bro’ minister charged with kickstarting UK growth ‘Hard-working’ business secretary opens his tenure with delicate trade missions to Washington and Beijing
Amazon fires 150 unionized third-party drivers, Teamsters says Union says ‘Amazon is breaking the law’ after drivers working for contractor Cornucopia were terminated