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Spooky spending creeping in weeks before Halloween

Spending on Halloween now tops £1bn and UK shoppers are looking beyond sweet treats and pumpkins

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Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

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Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform were hit with DNS issues, similar to the recent AWS outage.

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Fed cuts US interest rates again despite ‘flying blind’

Central bank votes to lower cost of borrowing even as US government shutdown limits data for decision

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Fed cuts US interest rates again despite ‘flying blind’

Central bank votes to lower cost of borrowing even as US government shutdown limits data for decision

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Nvidia hits new milestone as world’s first $5tn company

The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan.

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Watchdog proposes new rules to increase blocking of scam texts

The plans involve blocking hundreds of millions more scams from reaching potential victims and locking scammers out of networks.

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Boeing hit with $5bn in penalties as new jet delayed

The beleaguered firm said it now plans to deliver 777X jets starting from 2027.

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Starmer declines to rule out breaking manifesto tax pledges

The prime minister fails to repeat a promise not to raise income tax rates, VAT or National Insurance next month.

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Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots

The AI chatbot app, which has millions of users, said it was responding to parents and regulators.

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