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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s data regulator has resisted calls from lawmakers to investigate the prenatal tests of a Chinese gene company over how it handles the genomic data of consumers, letters reviewed by Reuters show. Reuters has previously reported China’s BGI Group was collecting genetic data from millions of women for research …

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By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) -Google has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft, claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Microsoft and Amazon have faced mounting scrutiny around the world over their dominance of the cloud computing industry, with regulators …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Microsoft’s plan to pump 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into Britain over the next three years, its single largest investment in the country to date, will underpin future growth in artificial intelligence (AI), the UK government said. Britain, where the economy is forecast to be sluggish in the coming years, is pushing …

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By William Schomberg and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Former British finance minister Alistair Darling, who steered the country’s economy and banking system through the shock of the global financial crisis in 2007-08, has died aged 70 after undergoing treatment for cancer, his family said on Thursday. Darling was named chancellor of the exchequer by former …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s National Grid will pay some households to use 550 megawatts less electricity between 1630 and 1800 GMT on Friday evening, it said on Thursday. Under the so-called demand flexibility service (DFS), homes that have signed up with their suppliers are paid for turning off appliances such as ovens and dishwashers during a …

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