Fortnite-maker Epic Games lays off another 1,000 staff

Ofcom has made “urgent contact” with Elon Musk’s company xAI following reports its AI tool Grok can be used to make “sexualised images of children” and undress women. A spokesperson for the regulator said it was also investigating concerns Grok has been producing “undressed images” of people. The BBC has seen several examples on the…

Andy Burnham has been warned that the UK economy could barely grow next year if disruption in the Strait of Hormuz continues until the end of 2026. Treasury sources have confirmed that internal modelling presented to the new prime minister and chancellor suggests UK GDP growth could be as low as 0.3% in 2027, as…

Oil prices have surged as much as 64% in March – when they reached nearly $120 a barrel – in the biggest monthly gain since 1990 when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait took both countries’ oil off the market, resulting in an energy supply shock, said Nicolas Daher from the Economist Intelligence Unit.