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The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company and X.AI over their handling of personal data in connection with the Grok artificial intelligence system. The regulator said the probes follow…

The FTSE 100 closed at a fresh record high on a day of whipsawing global markets, as a strengthening US dollar offset sharp falls in commodities including gold, silver and oil. London’s blue-chip index finished…

SpaceX has acquired xAI, Elon Musk’s fast-growing artificial intelligence venture, in a move designed to bring the billionaire entrepreneur’s AI, space and communications ambitions under a single corporate structure. The deal unites the world’s most…

The way we engage with sports has changed completely. We used to watch matches on TV and talk about them in tea stalls. Now, the action happens in our pockets. Smartphones have become our primary…

Timber has always occupied an awkward position in modern construction. It is familiar, widely used, and generally well understood, yet it has also carried long-standing concerns around movement, durability, and maintenance. Over the past decade,…

The government has announced a £150 million cash injection for struggling high streets across the UK, but small business owners and industry leaders have warned the funding risks being little more than a “trivial sticking…

Greater adoption of agentic artificial intelligence could help rejuvenate Britain’s sluggish economy, according to business and technology leaders speaking at an AI summit held at the House of Lords. The event, chaired by Steven George-Hilley,…

The UK Government is facing renewed pressure to freeze hotel business rate revaluations, after Northern Ireland moved to halt the process following an outcry from hospitality operators. Hotel owners and advisers warn that without similar…

Rising taxes and operating costs forced more than one in five UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to make redundancies last year, underlining the growing strain on business owners as financial pressures mount. A survey…

The billionaire brothers behind Betfred have topped the Sunday Times 2026 Tax List, after paying an estimated £400.1 million to the UK Treasury, making them the country’s biggest individual taxpayers. Fred and Peter Done, founders…