Economy
UK food inflation ‘could hit 9%’, trade body warns as Reeves meets retail chiefs
Discussion on how to ease impact from Iran war coincides with Food and Drink Federation almost tripling forecast
Lauren AlmeidaApr 1·3 min read
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Economy
Unregulated chatbots are putting lives at risk
Letters: Readers respond to an article about people whose lives were wrecked by delusional thinking after they used AI tools
GuardianApr 1·3 min read
Economy
SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say
Elon Musk’s rocket company could go public as early as June, Bloomberg reports
Guardian StaffApr 1·2 min read
Economy
‘If he’d stayed on the golf course, we’d be in a better place’: experts on Trump’s tariffs, one year on
Last April, the president unleashed a tidal wave of tariffs on ‘liberation day’. Analysts say the policy has failed, even by the Trump administration’s own terms
Phillip InmanApr 2·3 min read
Economy
Secondhand clothes sales forecast to hit $289bn as AI helps shoppers find deals
Sites such as Vinted and ThredUp expected to help resale grow twice as fast as overall clothing market in coming years
Sarah ButlerApr 2·2 min read
Economy
Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it new Ofwat fines until 2030’
Offer reportedly put forward by creditors hoping to save struggling firm from being renationalised temporarily
Kalyeena MakortoffApr 2·2 min read
Economy
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
Sally WealeApr 2·2 min read
Economy
Larva lamped: Colin the Caterpillar loses to eight lookalikes in cake taste test
Which? testers complain M&S sponge is ‘too dry’ as Waitrose’s Cecil tops the tree with ‘best buy’ gong
Zoe WoodApr 2·2 min read
Economy
Polymarket and other prediction platforms driving oil market, traders say
Datafeeds from platforms being used to create algorithms that determine multimillion-dollar trades on global market
Jillian AmbroseApr 2·3 min read
Economy
Claude’s code: Anthropic leaks source code for AI software engineering tool
Nearly 2,000 internal files were briefly leaked after ‘human error’, raising fresh security questions at the AI company
Sanya MansoorApr 1·2 min read
Economy
SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say
Elon Musk’s rocket company could go public as early as June, Bloomberg reports
Guardian StaffApr 1·2 min read
Economy
Starmer’s ‘five-point energy plan’ was not a plan
Two of the points were measures on energy bills from the autumn budget, another restated the existing energy strategy
Guardian StaffApr 1·3 min read
Economy
‘System malfunction’ causes robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China
Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents offered ‘useless platitudes’
Guardian StaffApr 1·2 min read
Economy
Apple at 50 quiz: top sellers, turkeys and turtlenecks
How much do you know about the history of one of the most powerful computing companies on the planet?
Guardian StaffApr 1·1 min read
Economy
Australia’s land value has gone through the roof. Where does that leave young people who want to buy a home?
The capital gains tax discount helps real estate investors become even wealthier. Time to give the young a slice of ‘the Australian dream’
Guardian StaffApr 1·4 min read
Economy
Would more North Sea drilling mean lower energy prices for UK consumers?
Kemi Badenoch claims increased UK oil and gas production would cut bills by £200, but critics say plan won’t work
Guardian StaffApr 1·9 min read
Economy
MP rejects Palantir’s claims that criticism of NHS England deal is ‘ideologically motivated’
Committee says it was appropriate for government to seek guidance on way out of £330m deal with US data company
Ben QuinnApr 1·2 min read