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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

Cold calling is coming to an end in France, with one consumer group calling the ban a "small revolution".

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AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class

The incident is being seen as the latest example of the AI tools going to any lengths to complete their tasks.

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AI agent hacks gym to get its owner spot in pilates class

The incident is being seen as the latest example of the AI tools going to any lengths to complete their tasks.

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Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces

Prime Minister Andy Burnham says town centres have been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.

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Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low

Specialist glasses are all but sold out online ahead of the UK's most significant eclipse since 1999.

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Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it’s 56% bigger than today’s

The woman who found the chocolate bar during a house clearance compares it with today's Mars Bars.

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The Global Story

Are we entering the Chinese Century, or is the Chinese Dream already fading for some?

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‘I paid £400 for a Prada bag on Vinted – only to find it was fake’

A woman who paid £400 for a Prada handbag on Vinted later discovered it was a fake.

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‘I paid £400 for a Prada bag on Vinted – only to find it was fake’

A woman who paid £400 for a Prada handbag on Vinted later discovered it was a fake.

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Wall Street giants hand Nvidia $500bn to fund boom in AI projects

The money will be used to develop new data centres to house, operate, and cool miles of stacked computer chips that process AI data and actions.

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