Zombie news: the strange resurrection of the local paper
The ghosts of regional journalism are being used to sell ads and score political points – but there are also…
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Caroline Ellison: victim or crypto queen?
Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and Alameda CEO emerged as the star witness for the prosecution in the trader’s trial for…
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How a brilliant civil servant led John Lewis astray
Sharon White never really understood retail democracy.
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The Vanilla Vigilante is suing capitalism, one product at a time
The lawyer Spencer Sheehan has filed hundreds of cases against companies that, he says, misrepresent their products.
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Sewage, shortages and spills: how UK water companies have failed
Is this a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry?
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Putin’s secret navy
A small group of Western businesses holds back EU sanctions, and keeps money flowing into Russia’s war machine.
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The algorithms quietly stoking inflation
The prices of most goods are not set by humans, but by automatic processes set to maximise their owners’ gains.
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CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?
If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.
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