The UK competition regulator has launched a formal investigation into Microsoft’s hiring of some former staff of Inflection AI and its partnership with the start-up. The Competition and Markets Authority is looking into Microsoft’s recruitment strategy as it seeks to ensure that the development of AI technologies remains an open market. Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of Inflectionwho also co-founded Google DeepMind, to run its new AI unit, in a move that was widely regarded as a coup for the company
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🔺 King’s Speech live: Charles addresses MPs at state opening of parliament. The King and Queen have arrived at the House of Lords. The Commons Speaker took his seat as Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, along with dozens of MPs, looked on. They now await the arrival of Black Rod. Click below to follow live updates. 🔓 This story is free to read
King’s speech to outline Labour’s plans at state opening of parliament — follow live
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Elon Musk has announced that he is moving the headquarters of X and SpaceX out of California in protest at a new law banning schools from telling parents if their child has changed gender identity. Musk, Tesla chief executive, said that he was moving the headquarters of his businesses to Texas after Gavin Newsom, governor of California, signed a bill which ensured that a pupil’s gender identity and sexual orientation could not be disclosed to parents by their school
Elon Musk to quit California in protest at school gender law
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The parents of a nine-year-old girl who was caught in the crossfire of a botched gangland shooting at a restaurant have said their daughter may never “speak or move properly” again. The mother and father said their daughter had only gone to the restaurant in east London because she wanted “ice cream”. The schoolgirl, whose identity has not been revealed, was eating dinner with her family at Evin, a Turkish restaurant in Kingsland High Street, Dalston, on May 29 when a lone motorcyclist fired “a number of shots” towards the building
Our girl may never speak again, say parents of shooting victim, 9
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The King will outline the new Labour government’s plans at the state opening of parliament today. Sir Keir Starmer is promising to “take the brakes off Britain” with a legislative agenda focused on growth and improving living standards. Tap below to follow live updates ⬇️
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Two British men have been reported missing in Sweden, according to the Foreign Office. The confirmation came after Swedish police said two people had been found dead in a burned-out car in an industrial area of the southern city of Malmo
Two British men missing in Sweden after bodies found in burnt-out car
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UK inflation held steady at 2% in June, in line with the Bank of England’s target as hopes of an interest rate cut next month continue to grow. The consumer price index (CPI) was unchanged, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. The figure was in line with economists’ expectations and the Bank’s forecasts. Inflation hit the 2% target for the first time since 2021 in May
UK inflation stays at 2%, raising hopes of an interest rate cut
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Sir Keir Starmer will pledge to “take the brakes off Britain” by removing the power from local people to block new homes and infrastructure. Unveiling Labour’s first King’s Speech on Wednesday the prime minister warned that his new government will consult on “how, not if” developments should take place as he put economic growth at the heart of Labour’s agenda. The Times understands that new legal measures will force councils to quickly identify enough land to meet their predicted future housing needs
King’s Speech: Local residents will lose right to block housebuilding
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Conservative Party donations fell by 90% between the 2019 and 2024 elections, due to an exodus of the super-rich donors who bankrolled Boris Johnson’s campaign. Analysis of figures from the Electoral Commission shows that the Tories received only £1.8m in the six-week election campaign, down from £19.4min 2019 and the lowest in any Tory election campaign since 2001. Donations to Labour, meanwhile, increased from £5.4m to £9.5m, despite the fact that the money it received from unions halved
How Tory donations dwindled in run-up to the general election
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In Guernsey the King awarded royal status to a rare breed of goats that had been hidden from the Nazis in the Second World War. Local woman Miriam Milbourne rediscovered the goats, now known as royal golden Guernsey goats, on the island’s scrubland and moved them inside to prevent them from being slaughtered during Germany’s occupation of the island. There are believed to be only 1,350 of the animals left in the world but, wherever they are, they will have royal status
King and Queen award royal title to Guernsey goats saved from Nazis
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