US tech stocks sell off as traders fret over ‘frothy’ AI valuations
Nasdaq sinks as heavyweights including Nvidia and Microsoft sustain steep falls
Ocado shares sink after key customer Kroger closes warehouses
UK tech retail group launched partnership with US grocer in 2018 to develop a number of customer fulfilment centres
The best sport, health and wellness books to read this year
Simon Kuper and Anjana Ahuja select their must-read titles
Crypto, but government crypto — with Agustín Carsten
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Crypto market sheds $1.2tn as traders shun speculative assets
Bitcoin drops 28% in six weeks as broader reversal in digital assets followed by slide in Asian equities
Poland blames Russia-linked operatives for rail explosion
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainians working for Russian intelligence are suspected of sabotage attempt
Callaway sells stake in Topgolf driving range unit to private equity
Sale to Leonard Green at $1.1bn valuation is almost half what golf club maker paid for company during pandemic
EU plans to restrict aluminium scrap exports
Shortages have left bloc’s recycling industry fighting for survival
Epstein files vote expected to win near-unanimous backing in House
Also in today’s newsletter, Trump’s trade negotiator warns EU that trade remains a ‘flashpoint’
MI5 warns UK MPs over China spy threat
House of Commons Speaker tells lawmakers Beijing is using ‘recruitment agents and consultants’
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
ChatGPT and X hit by outage at online security group Cloudflare
San Francisco-based company blames incident on ‘spike in unusual traffic’ to one of its services
OpenAI strikes deal with Intuit to plug personal financial data into ChatGPT
Software group behind TurboTax and Credit Karma will pay AI start-up to use its technology
Foreign nationals should ‘bear the brunt’ of cuts, says Reform UK as it seeks to save £25bn
Rightwing populist party claims chancellor Rachel Reeves can avoid tax rises at next week’s Budget
After Sunday — Caribbean cooking becomes gruelling group therapy in astute debut
Sophia Griffin’s play at the Bush Theatre centres on simmering tensions among men in a secure hospital
Irish finance minister Donohoe resigns
Premature departure will create vacancy at head of Eurogroup
Net migration to UK fell faster than thought from peak, new figures show
Revised data from ONS includes more accurate count of emigration by British and EU nationals
The unhealthy state of US price statistics
Obamacare insurance premium increases are about to challenge public trust in inflation measures
Fintech Klarna records loss as it expands into conventional lending
Swedish group has been diversifying away from its bread-and-butter model of deferred payment loans
Trump’s little British helpers
Nobody should be surprised that the US president has the BBC in his sights
The best literary non-fiction to read this year
Carl Wilkinson selects his must-read titles
Canada’s Mark Carney boosts LNG projects in ‘nation-building’ push
The prime minister is looking to the country’s abundant fossil fuel resources to reduce reliance on US markets
How Phyllis Kao became the art world’s unlikely style star
At Sotheby’s, the most stylish person in the auction room isn’t a collector — she is up on the rostrum
ExxonMobil to close Scottish chemicals plant with loss of 200 jobs
US oil major blames difficult market conditions and UK policy environment