Every week, the Money team answers a reader’s financial problem or consumer dispute – you can email yours to moneyblog@sky.uk. Today’s is… EDF has added £250 to my bill for gas I used between January and March 2024 due to an error they made at the time. EDF has said it will review it, but […]
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The bosses of English football’s new watchdog will next week pitch up to a summit of the game’s most powerful clubs as they await the outcome of the probe into alleged financial improprieties at Manchester City. Sky News has learnt that David Kogan and Richard Monks, respectively the chair and chief executive of the Independent
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The UK’s information watchdog will investigate reports that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has been used to generate sexual imagery of children. Grok was developed by Musk’s xAI in 2023, designed to be a “truth-seeking” assistant with a witty, rebellious personality. Integrated into X, formerly Twitter, it uses real-time data from the platform to generate
The world’s second-largest economy and major electric car maker is to ban hidden door handles, a common feature on electric vehicles (EVs). China will ban hidden door handles from next year, making it the first country to do so. Instead, cars must have a mechanical release function for handles, except for car boots, according to
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Investigators have raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. French prosecutors said they were widening their probe into the platform and had summoned its billionaire owner for questioning. The investigation, launched last month, centres on allegations of algorithm abuse and fraudulent data extractions. It has now been
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A financial and property technology business which integrates elements of the homebuying process has clinched a $25m funding injection as it seeks to accelerate its expansion. Sky News understands that OneDome will confirm on Wednesday the pre-Series C fundraising, taking the total sum it has raised to $40m. The latest round includes a media-for-equity deal
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A man has been sentenced for breaking into a house where actor Anya Taylor-Joy was staying and using a crowbar to try to get into her bedroom. Kirk Holdrick, 43, and another man smashed their way into the London mansion in balaclavas in the early hours of 12 February 2023. They were confronted by Taylor-Joy‘s
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Houston has a problem. Once again, NASA‘s new mega-rocket has suffered a significant leak of explosive hydrogen propellant during a countdown rehearsal. It means plans to launch four astronauts on a mission around the moon have been delayed until March. Lift-off had been scheduled for as soon as Sunday. But the space agency says the
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SpaceX has announced it has acquired artificial intelligence start-up xAI in a deal that that brings together two companies owned by Elon Musk. In a statement, Mr Musk said the deal would create “the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost
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Sarah Ferguson’s charity has announced it will close “for the foreseeable future” following fresh revelations about the former duchess’s relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. A spokesman for Sarah’s Trust said: “Our chair Sarah Ferguson and the board of trustees have agreed that with regret the charity will shortly close for the foreseeable future.” “This
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