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AI chip giant Nvidia shares fall despite record sales

AI chip giant Nvidia shares fall despite record sales Getty Images Mitchell Labiak Business reporter, BBC News 47 minutes ago Artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia says its revenues for the three months to the end of July more than doubled compared to a year earlier, hitting a record $30bn (£24.7bn). However, the firm’s shares… Continue reading AI chip giant Nvidia shares fall despite record sales

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Man posing as teen YouTuber jailed for global sextortion

Man posing as teen YouTuber jailed for global sextortion Getty Images Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney 43 minutes ago Warning: This story contains details readers might find distressing A predator posing as a teenage YouTuber who blackmailed hundreds of girls around the globe into performing sex acts on camera has been jailed for 17 years… Continue reading Man posing as teen YouTuber jailed for global sextortion

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Treasury considers extending Household Support Fund

Treasury considers extending Household Support Fund PA 4 minutes ago The government’s Household Support Fund – designed to help with cost of living pressures like fuel prices – could be extended. Under the scheme, which had been due to close on 31 September, cash is provided to councils in England to give struggling households small… Continue reading Treasury considers extending Household Support Fund

In Russia, questions swirl over arrest of Telegram boss

In Russia, questions swirl over arrest of Telegram boss Getty Images Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor 22 minutes ago Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about his fate. The headline in a… Continue reading In Russia, questions swirl over arrest of Telegram boss

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Telegram says arrested CEO Durov has ‘nothing to hide’

Telegram says arrested CEO Durov has ‘nothing to hide’ AOP.Press/Corbis Will Vernon BBC News 25 August 2024 Updated 46 minutes ago Messaging app Telegram has said its CEO Pavel Durov, who was detained in France on Saturday, has “nothing to hide”. Mr Durov was arrested at an airport north of Paris under a warrant for… Continue reading Telegram says arrested CEO Durov has ‘nothing to hide’

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Labour and Tories blame each other for energy bill rise

Labour and Tories blame each other for energy bill rise Reuters Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter, BBC News @_JennyMcKiernan Iain Watson Political correspondent 23 August 2024, 09:36 BST Comments Updated 50 minutes ago Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has blamed energy price hikes this autumn on what he said was the Conservatives’ failure to invest in renewables.… Continue reading Labour and Tories blame each other for energy bill rise

Mike Lynch: Tributes paid to ‘UK’s greatest tech entrepreneur’

Mike Lynch: Tributes paid to ‘UK’s greatest tech entrepreneur’ Bloomberg/Getty Images Tom Gerken Technology reporter Liv McMahon Technology reporter 19 August 2024 Updated 14 minutes ago Friends and colleagues of Mike Lynch have paid tribute to him, with the death of the tech tycoon in a luxury yacht sinking off the coast of Sicily being… Continue reading Mike Lynch: Tributes paid to ‘UK’s greatest tech entrepreneur’

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