Dutch to restrict chip equipment exports amid US pressure
"The uncontrolled export of goods and technologies therefore potentially poses national security risks," she added. "The Netherlands bears an extra...
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Can Canada make big tech pay for news?
Phillip Crawley, chief executive of the Globe and Mail, which has licensing deals in place with Google, Meta, Apple and...
Google to scrap local news links in Canada over Online News Act
News Media Canada, which represents hundreds of news organisations across the country and had lobbied in favour of the law,...
Thames Water: Customers’ bills will not be affected, says minister
"Remember water companies don't have to worry about their top line, their top line is provided day in, day out...
US economy stronger than reported at start of 2023
Analysts said the report did not shift the overall picture of inflation. Consumer prices in the US rose 4% over...
Why is Thames Water in so much trouble?
Of the 11 companies that provide water and sewage services in England and Wales, six are owned by or controlled...
ChatGPT owner OpenAI to open first foreign office in UK
Chloe Smith, the Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, told the BBC: "OpenAI's decision to expand into London as their first...
Heating down but spending up for royal finances
On average, about 500 Royal Household staff were being paid by the Sovereign Grant during the year - and there...
Package holidays in Greece, Spain and Turkey soar in price
There is one cost, however, that has come down: car hire. After spiking higher last summer as operators struggled to...
How to Tackle AI—and Cheating—in the Classroom
This past spring, as I closed out my 18th year of teaching, I felt anxiety that I’d never before felt...
Apple joins opposition to encrypted message app scanning
The letter, signed by more than 80 national and international civil society organisations, academics and cyber-experts, says: "The UK could...
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and rivals say they are not making too much money
Food prices rose by 14.6% in the year to June, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents supermarkets....
UK to work more closely with EU on financial services
Speaking after the signing of the memorandum, Mr Hunt said it was an "important turning point", while the EU's financial...
The women tackling the ‘woeful’ diversity in plumbing
Parental encouragement can make a big difference, notes Aimee Holloran, a business development manager at Samsung Electronics. She specialises in...
Parents forced to spend hundreds on school uniform
Mike Amesbury, the Labour MP who introduced the Private Member's Bill on school uniform costs that became law, said: "It...
UK could be starved of energy, says North Sea boss
"At the moment, the taxation regime is changing constantly and it's very difficult to invest huge amounts of capital when...
Follow EU regulation to keep costs low, says Ford boss
"The cathode active material, which makes up about 50% of the value of the cell, is not yet produced in...
Banks being slow to pass on savings rates – Hunt
"It is taking too long for the increases in interest rates to be passed on to savers," he said, adding...
