UK shoppers inspired by health food trends on social media ‘lift retail sales’
Year-on-year credit and debit card spending in January is highest upsurge since March 2024, says Barclays
Elon Musk-led group makes surprise bid of nearly $100bn for OpenAI
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder, responded that he would not accept and offered to buy X instead
‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit
Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable
AI race must be led by ‘western, liberal, democratic’ countries, says UK minister
Technology secretary delivers veiled warning over China’s role ahead of Paris summit
Tech firms call for zonal electricity pricing in UK to fuel AI datacentres
Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation
From Dogecoin to $Trump: everything you need know about the wild world of meme coins
Are they the same as crypto, why has the US president launched one, and who’s really coining it in? Here’s a complete guide to the latest digital money mania
What does Elon Musk believe?
The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies
Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms
Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment
Keir Starmer unveils plan for large nuclear expansion across England and Wales
Prime minister vows to ‘push past nimbyism’ and calls on tech firms to help build small modular reactors to power AI datacentres
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
AI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years
Meta’s Yann LeCun says current systems too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars
‘It’s been madness’: US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover
Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal
OpenAI launches ‘deep research’ tool that it says can match research analyst
ChatGPT developer announces AI agent amid growing challenge from rivals such as China’s DeepSeek
Barclays says IT glitch that locked customers out of accounts is fixed
Fault caused major problems with payments for two days and reportedly disrupted house moves
OpenAI to release new artificial intelligence model for free
Move to issue 03-mini model follows sudden arrival of much cheaper Chinese rival DeepSeek’s R1