LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s University of Manchester flagged a cyber security incident on Friday, saying it had detected unauthorised activity on its network. The university said in a statement that it was working to resolve the issue and establish what data might have been affected. (Reporting by Muvija M; editing by Sarah Young)
(Reuters) – England’s Ollie Pope said they have to get Steve Smith out of his bubble during the Ashes series and will look for ways of making the Australian run machine as uncomfortable as possible at the crease. Smith batted for 5-1/2 hours against India in the World Test Championship final at the Oval before …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain and the United States have agreed to work together on artificial intelligence safety, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday. “Today, the President and I agreed to work together on AI safety,” Sunak said at a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden. “The UK looks forward to hosting …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed Northern Ireland at the White House on Thursday, Biden said during a joint news conference after their Oval Office meeting. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu; Writing by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Tim Ahmann)
By Nick Carey and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could lose out on investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and see startups shift testing elsewhere if promised laws to regulate the technology are not passed before the next general election, startups and insurance companies said. Despite the government’s vision to be a world leader in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers buying cryptoassets will get a 24-hour “cooling-off” period for the first time from October under tougher marketing rules unveiled by the financial regulator on Thursday. Cryptoassets, such as bitcoin, have little direct regulation globally, but regulators are taking a closer look after the downfall of FTX last year, which left …
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By Kanishka Singh and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety later this year and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss the technology at their Thursday meeting, the UK government said. The summit will consider the risks of AI, including frontier systems, and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s labour market cooled further in May as starting salaries for permanent staff rose at the weakest pace in over two years, according to a survey of recruiters on Thursday that the Bank of England watches closely. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said the number of permanent staff placements dropped last …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market showed some improvement in May but further interest rates increases by the Bank of England are expected to put more pressure on demand and on prices in the coming months, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) measure of new …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain wants to put its economic ties with the United States on the same footing as the two countries’ defence and security cooperation to help both counter global threats, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will tell President Joe Biden this week. Having left the European Union, Britain is seeking to further align itself with …
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