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5 lessons about capitalism from ‘The Gilded Age’
Historical period dramas are not only highly entertaining but also can serve as bigger metaphors for modern audiences. Wrapped up in the…
Susan Darwin
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Hidden shock ahead for the housing market: Immigration boom-bust
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Between summer 2021…
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6 tips that make back-to-school shopping more affordable
While no one claimed having children was going to be cheap, the cost of back-to-school shopping gives me sticker shock every year. The…
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This free email scam detector gives you the protection Gmail and Outlook don’t
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but email scams are getting surprisingly sophisticated. We’ve had a handful of instances here at The…
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Bus crash kills 25 people returning from funeral in Kenya
A bus carrying mourners from a funeral has crashed in western Kenya, killing 25 people, local authorities say. The driver lost control,…
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You might want a VPN on your phone. Here’s how to get started
Interest in virtual private networks (VPNs) has surged in America and Europe this year. Countries on both sides of the Atlantic have…
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Funeral fundraiser for boy, 4, killed in Margate reaches £5,500
A family's fundraising appeal for the funeral of a four-year-old boy who was hit by a bus has raised more than £5,500 in just more than a…
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On Grindr you're an object, like picking clothes online
Jax Sinclair BBC Disclosure For Lewis, hook-up apps such as Grindr offered a way to explore gay culture that had been missing in his…
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Jim Lovell: Astronaut who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth dies aged 97
Watch: Moment Jim Lovell told earth "Houston, we've had a problem" as Apollo 13 suffered a fault Astronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the…
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The subtle art of correcting your boss
Unless you’re at the very top of the food chain, you have to do a certain amount of managing upward, where you are trying to influence the…
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Women's Rugby World Cup: Abby Dow and England prepare for 'Everest'
The 27-year-old has been in the wars this time around as well, breaking a bone in her hand. However, a less serious injury, earlier in the…
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Leadership Isn’t Masculine—Or Feminine. It’s Human
When Melanie Dulbecco became CEO of Torani Syrups 34 years ago, she stepped in as its first non-family leader with less than $1 million in…
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Working class students divided on civil service summer internship reform
Some students say they are being left out of a major civil service internship scheme after ministers announced reforms aimed at…
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Newspaper headlines: 'JD Vance sends warning to UK' and 'Scam by me'
A few of Saturday's papers seize on the revelations made by Nicola Sturgeon in her autobiography. "Sturgeon: The Truth about my Sexuality"…
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Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks next week
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska next Fridayto discuss the future of the war in Ukraine.…
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Beloved by bands and bank robbers, the Ford Transit turns 60
Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent Climbing into a 1965 Ford Transit is like stepping into a time capsule on wheels. Forget…
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Is super skinny back? UK sees rise in complaints over thin models
The banning of high street fashion adverts which featured models who looked "unhealthily thin" has led industry experts to warn of a…
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I made an AI clone of my dead son - and let a journalist interview him
An interview between a US journalist and an AI clone of a teenager who was killed during a school shooting in 2018 has prompted criticism…
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Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Elon Musk's AI video generator has been accused of making "a deliberate choice" to create sexually…
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One dead as wildfires rage in southern Greece
One person has been killed after a large wildfire in Keratea, south-east of Athens, spread rapidly, destroying homes and prompting…
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Google’s AI chatbot spirals, declaring ‘I am a disgrace to all universes’
AI might not have the capacity for human emotion, but it sure knows how to perform a believable mental breakdown. Back in June, Google’s…
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Woman dies after lifeboat rescues her from sea off Skegness
A woman in her 60s has died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Skegness beach. The RNLI said a lifeboat was scrambled as part of…
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How scientists caught AI writing their colleagues’ papers
A massive new study scanned more than one million scientific papers for signs of AI and the results were overwhelming: AI is everywhere.…
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Israel rejects international criticism of Gaza City takeover plan
Israel has strongly rejected criticism from world leaders after its security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City. Defence…