Online tool finds £84,800 in unclaimed benefits in Peterborough

A number of high-profile websites, including X and ChatGPT, went down for many on Tuesday, due to problems affecting major internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare. Thousands of users began reporting issues with the sites, as well as other services, to outage monitoring site Downdetector shortly after 11:30 GMT. Cloudflare said th “significant outage” occurred after a…

The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election on a promise to cut taxes for millions of workers, Sir Ed Davey has said in a speech to his party conference. The Lib Dem leader said that if he gained power, he would raise the annual tax-free personal allowance to £15,000. He would also raise…

Tom GerkenTechnology reporter Jagex Imagine calling your friends, ordering a pizza, and opening up RuneScape on your PC. A lot of people around my age might read those words and be instantly thrown back to the days of dial-up internet, MSN Messenger and Napster. But before you instinctively type the letters “a/s/l” on your keyboard,…

The Governor of the Bank of England has said regulating artificial intelligence (AI) “is not the right place to start” but instead called first for “rigorous” testing to find vulnerabilities and create safeguards to contain risk. Writing his first-ever article for Substack, Andrew Bailey said the risks around AI were “real and increasingly significant”. He…

Earlier this month, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a 20% cut in business rates for pubs, social clubs and music venues in England, telling them “the cavalry is coming”. Some hospitality firms welcomed the move but others in the industry, such as hotels and restaurants, questioned why the 20% cut to business rates would…