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Are you are guilty, like me, of fooling the world that your house is Christmas-ready when the reality is rather different? Are you so busy documenting your ribbon-tying, foliage-gathering and fairy lights-stringing that you’ve ignored the fact that in a matter of days people will actually be visiting your home, not just looking at your…

OpenAI is recruiting people to manage the risk of artificial intelligence around elections as more than half the world’s population heads to the polls this year. The ChatGPT creator is advertising two new roles, for an election programme manager and a rapid response lead. They will “identify election-related risks and design, coordinate and implement mitigation…

Google has announced a billion-dollar investment in a UK data centre in a move hailed by the government as a “huge vote of confidence in Britain”. The data centre, which will be built on a 33-acre site in Hertfordshire, will power Google’s cloud and AI services for British customers and will be the company’s third…

Most chief executives know the answer to this puzzler. How do you get a soaraway share price? Start with a bombed-out one. The latest proof? Rolls-Royce, up about 220 per cent last year to become Europe’s best-performing major stock. Topping the Stoxx Europe 600 index has been the early feat of the new boss, Tufan…

Elon Musk has denied reports claiming that his alleged drug use is “causing alarm” among executives and board members of his companies. Musk, 52, is said to have taken a range of illegal mind-altering substances, including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and magic mushrooms, according to an extensive report in The Wall Street Journal, which is owned…

Anaemic and flatlining. Both recent descriptions of the UK economy paint a less-than-promising picture. While adjectives may vary, there’s a broad consensus that we need a step-change in growth. And improved confidence and increased investment are key to this happening. Investment and confidence go hand-in-hand. Whether you’re a business contemplating a new piece of machinery…

Spotify has declared a victory over Apple in Europe by changing its iPhone app to include previously banned in-app sales and promotions of its own services. Taking its cue from a new law that aims to break the dominance of Big Tech, from March the new iPhone version of the Swedish streaming service in Europe…

Eagle Eye Solutions, whose software powers loyalty programmes for the likes of Pret A Manger, Morrisons and Asda, is an archetypal British tech firm. It’s a minnow with a market capitalisation of only £150 million, but like all tech bros, it talks with a swagger. Eagle Eye, its homepage boasts, is “powering the personalised marketing…

A former diversity programme manager at Facebook has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $4 million from the social media company through fake business deals to “fund a lavish lifestyle’, according to federal prosecutors. Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, who led a number of Facebook diversity, equity and inclusion schemes from 2017 until 2021, stole the money…

From the peaks of Scafell Pike to Snowdon and Ben Nevis, mountain rescue teams are in high demand because of a zest for the outdoors prompted by Instagram. While volunteers are delighted that visitors are sharing views from Britain’s highest peaks on social media, the trend appears to have spurred climbers with more enthusiasm than…