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Billionaire investor says he used AI to write critique of former mentee Scott Bessent
Stanley Druckenmiller said he was ‘proud of using it’ as wider media grapples with parameters around AI use
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Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial
Adam Mosseri is first top executive from Meta to testify in blockbuster lawsuit brought by 29 US states
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Taiwan charges nine people for smuggling ‘high-end’ AI servers to China
Among those charged are two Super Micro employees and one from Nvidia, marking another flashpoint in US-China AI rivalry
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Burnham mulls insolvency law shake-up to help bring utilities under public control
Exclusive: Rules on special administration seen as potential ‘roadblock’ to reshaping how UK’s essential services are run
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The Guardian view on Trump’s economic threats: bullies can overplay their hand | Editorial
Editorial: Tariffs on Canada, threats against Iran’s partners and bond market intervention show a president weaponising US power while making Americans poorer at home
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‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys go on trial in Lancashire
Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons store becomes first in UK to test trolleys that scan, weigh and tally costs
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China denounces US threat of sanctions over trade with Iran
Beijing says it will take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect its interests as US steps up efforts to isolate Tehran
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Ulez has been a breath of fresh air for London | Letters
Letters: Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone in London is celebrated by Lorna Henderson, George Coleby and Leonard Neamtu after a study showed its health benefits for children
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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goods
Ottawa’s ‘focused response’ to levies imposed by Donald Trump on Canadian products comes after trade talks collapsed last week
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London bus drivers resume strike over heatwave working amid fears over air con deal
Drivers concerned that bus operator’s offer to retrofit cabs on 730 buses will not be complete by next summer
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VW workers boo boss as he urges them to ‘pull together’ amid job cuts
Oliver Blume faces workforce at German HQ as carmaker struggles against Chinese competition and US tariffs
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New York business group sues Mamdani over city-owned grocery stores plan
Multicultural Business Coalition sues New York City mayor, alleging plan for city-run stores will harm smaller grocers
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Three years after his death, the Met goes after Mohamed Al Fayed. As for his enablers – well, you can’t rush things, can you? | Marina Hyde
The crimes he stands accused of required whole armies of facilitators. Don’t the victims deserve to see them face justice too, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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‘An enchanting oasis’: Venetian island with Napoleonic fort up for sale
Smaller than a football pitch, Crevan has a rich history – but how rich its buyer needs to be is strictly under wraps
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Lego sales jump 21% to nearly £5bn, helped by World Cup and F1 ranges
Danish toymaker also scores success with KPop Demon Hunters, Star Wars and botanicals products
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warns
Trump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar
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Heatwave health risks threaten insurer earnings, rating agency S&P warns
Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiums
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‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle
Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wrong hands’
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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Canadians do not seek a trade war – but nor will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away, says Canadian commentator Jen Gerson
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The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
The long read: Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem?
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China is the biggest buyer of Iran’s oil. Could US sanctions threaten those ties?
The US has put the world on notice to cease doing business with Iran, but experts say Washington is wary China could retaliate against any sanctions
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