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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years

The crypto exchange co-founder was convicted last year of stealing $8bn from investors.

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‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried jailed for 25 years

The former billionaire has been sentenced for massive fraud and money laundering.

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Top streamer Ninja diagnosed with cancer at 32

Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins is the most-followed streamer in the world, with 19m followers on Twitch.

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European flying car technology sold to China

The Slovakian AirCar, built with a BMW engine and run on normal fuel, will now be made in China.

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Data centre power use ‘to surge six-fold in 10 years’

National Grid says “foundational technologies” like AI and quantum computing are driving power demand.

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Payout for Uber Eats driver in discrimination case

A black delivery driver’s account was removed after facial-recognition software failed to recognise him.

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Elon Musk’s X anti-hate group case thrown out

A US judge says Mr Musk’s social media firm had sued to punish its critics.

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EU opens investigations into Apple, Meta and Google

If they are found to have broken the rules, the firms could be fined up to 10% of their annual turnover.

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All Nationwide payments to banks ‘delayed’

The building society has apologised and says it is “working to get things back to normal.”

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Vodafone-Three merger could lead to higher prices

Merger of two of the UK’s biggest mobile network providers could now face an in-depth investigation.

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