Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.
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← JournalVape prices to rise as new tax takes effect Energy bills are going up - here's what you can do about it Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs The AI telling farmers when to harvest Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit Doubters spur me on: why more women are taking up DIY Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all meals Africa's richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones? How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom Spain battles climate change on several fronts Trump Dangles Alaska Gas Project as Part of Korean Investment Package E.E.O.C. Sues Harvard for Data on Diversity in Hiring Practices US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products Under Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scales Back Enforcement, Worrying Farmers Tech Titans Mingle With Trump and Xi at State Dinner Where Is the U.S. Beating China on A.I., and Where Is It Lagging? How Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the Workplace
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Household energy bills have risen again but there are ways to keep a lid on your expenditure.
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A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.
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The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".
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Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
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The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.
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Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.
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The advertising watchdog said that viewers could assume from the ad that replacing all normal food with Huel was "nutritionally appropriate".
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The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.
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I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.
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Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.
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Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?
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Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.
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A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.
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The long-delayed project, which the developer has not yet formally greenlit, would deliver Alaskan gas to Asian markets but take several years to construct.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit asking a judge to compel the university to provide information on hiring practices that the agency said discriminated against white men.
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An outright ban on certain Canadian products took effect Tuesday, escalating a damaging trade fight between the two North American allies.
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The fate of two cotton brokers highlights how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scaled back its regulatory actions not just for crypto cases but also for the kinds of cases it has long policed.
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Prominent executives attended a dinner at the White House Thursday night, as the countries wrangled over tariffs, trade and potential A.I. regulation.
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As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, his country lags behind the United States on A.I. development in key areas — but Beijing has advantages elsewhere.
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The machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in their workplaces.
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- Latest US GDP (nominal, World Bank 2025): $30.77T
- Latest US CPI inflation (annual %, World Bank 2024): 2.95%
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