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CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%
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UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to Britain
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If MPs want to take on Nigel Farage over his dodgy finances, they need to clean up their own act | Frances Ryan
It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls
Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025
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UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack
Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’
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City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment
Hedge funds, insurers and pension firms will have to report all non-financial wrongdoing as watchdog expands focus
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Qantas may hike fares and expand Jetstar add-on fees as profits dip to four-year low
Airline declines to predict impact of new carry-on luggage charge on Jetstar revenue or ticket sales, saying it is offering customers ‘choice’
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent
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The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future
The long read: Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?
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Hot ticket: UK’s first sauna theatre draws swimwear-clad audiences
The 80-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe combines sauna rituals with theatre, music, storytelling … and sweat
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Top of the crops: record heatwaves help deliver bumper UK berry harvest
Investment in climate-resilient irrigation enables this year’s haul to rise 6% on 2025’s already bigger-than-usual yield
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France to relax cheese production rules after drought takes toll on grazing land
Comté, beaufort and abondance makers can temporarily supplement cows’ diets as there is ‘no grass left to eat’
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Ex-JPMorgan Chase executive shared confidential bank information with Epstein
Jes Staley told US House committee he also was at one point named a trustee of convicted sex offender’s estate
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Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters
Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes
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Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers
Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all-clear to say the product is safe’
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Nvidia’s quarterly revenue doubles to nearly $100bn as CEO declares ‘golden age’
The $5tn firm beat Wall Street expectations for yet another blockbuster quarter, though stock made only modest gains
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Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails
Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of up to $18bn to settle a landmark trial
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What’s about to change on Facebook and Instagram: six key takeaways from the end of the Meta trial
Settlement agreement says Meta must make many safety and wellness features the default option for young users
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Plug-in balcony solar panels to go on sale in UK for first time
DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricity
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‘Work is good for you’: how UK scheme could help tackle youth mental health crisis
Paid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under way
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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn
US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use
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OpenAI staff observed warning signs before AI agent hacking crusade caused global alarm
Firm says ‘early signals … could have triggered an earlier response’ as it releases report into Hugging Face hack
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The London stock market dodged a bullet with Shein | Nils Pratley
China’s fashion giant will list in Hong Kong with a shrunken price tag – and big questions over its business model
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Flight attendant’s breast cancer was occupational disease, court rules
Sophie Lainault, who worked for Air France, wins legal case linking illness to more than 12,600 hours on flights
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