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There are dangerous loopholes in the regulation of ebikes | Letters

Readers respond to an article about a woman who was hit by a child on a Lime bikeThe case of Jane Ouartsi is horrific, but not surprising to many disabled people who move around central London and know how quickly careless riding can become dangerous (‘I felt my spine and body split’: the woman who was hit by a child on a Lime bike – and denied compensation, 7 July).I am a powered wheelchair user in Westminster. I support cleaner streets and fewer car journeys, so I am not opposed to e

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Bank of England handed powers to regulate key tech firms including Amazon and Google

Direct oversight of ‘critical third parties’ such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences and help safeguard UK economyThe Bank of England has been handed powers to regulate important tech firms including Amazon and Google from next week, amid fears that system failures could threaten financial stability and harm consumers.From Monday, the Bank and fellow City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be in charge of ensuring that four large-scale pr

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‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory

People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.“But then all of a sudden, everything was put on hold.” Fifteen years ago, Hurst was diagnosed with kidney cancer aged 32. Continue reading...

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Vapes to have less enticing names to protect children, under UK plans

People are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using of enticing flavour descriptions that "attract" children into experimenting.

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Instagram’s AI image generator alarms privacy experts

Instagram users should check privacy settings after rollout of new Meta AI image generator, advocates warnMeta has sparked blowback from privacy advocates for allowing its new AI image maker to generate photos of users with public profiles by default.Users of Meta’s Muse Image AI tool, released Tuesday, can tag public Instagram profiles and generate pictures that pull from faces of people featured in these social media posts. Instagram users are not notified when their posts are integr

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We saved £6,000 on holidays by swapping homes with strangers

The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s crypto cash: accountability is not a conspiracy | Editorial

Reform UK presents itself as the people’s voice while opaque digital wealth flows around it. That makes transparency a democratic necessityTwice now, the Guardian’s questions about Reform UK’s finances appear to have been pre-empted by stories friendly to the party. This paper revealed in April that Nigel Farage received £5m from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne – but an interview with Reform UK’s leader, claiming he needed the cash “for security”, was published hours earlie

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The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders

AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest riskOpposition to AI datacenters has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one that – surprisingly – doesn’t fall along party lines. We applaud people coming together for constructive debate on any issue, and agree that communities need to evaluate whether any economic benefits these datacenters bring is worth their costs. Still, we worry that a focus o

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Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it | Simon Jenkins

His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind himBritain’s politics was never so weird. First, the people of Makerfield choose who should be the new prime minister. Now the people of Clacton are to confirm the man who is currently his most popular challenger. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is still running ahead of all other parties, and he is ahead of all other current leaders. It would be foolish to underestimate him.

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UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps

A legal case on behalf of some 700,000 people against the country’s biggest housebuilders could be a catalyst for much-needed industry reformEvery new government – at least for the past decade or so – has come into office with a promise to build more homes. New ministers don a hard hat, take a trip out to a recently completed development and smile indulgently as a bright young couple get given the keys to a smart-looking new-build. Then follows a speech about aspiration.The unspoken tr

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Victims of 23andMe data breach to get $47m payout, judge rules

23andMe compiles genetic profiles of people through DNA testing kits, but it was heavily criticised after a 2023 hack.

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Netflix muda estratégia e anuncia novidade para enfrentar TikTok

Manobra vem após plataforma expandir seu serviço para incluir conteúdo ao vivo, videogames e, mais recentemente, videopodcasts O post Netflix muda estratégia e anuncia novidade para enfrentar TikTok apareceu primeiro em Olhar Digital.

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