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'What you see is what you pay' - why some US restaurants are banning tips - Published Wine waiter Caroline Kraetzer earns $40 (£30) an hour, double what most service staff in San Francisco are paid but then it costs a lot to eat at her restaurant. At a set price of $140 (£100) pe

New 10p coin enters circulation - will you spot one? - Published Something new might appear in your change when you pay in cash from now on: a 10p coin featuring the portrait of King Charles and the world's largest grouse. Sufficient demand for the coins mean newly-minted 10p pie

Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses. Unitree's founder reminded everyone at the World Robot Conference last week that the biggest challenge for hum

Trump administration preparing to revoke visas of up to 200K foreigners in largest mass visa revocation ever The Trump administration is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas from up to 200,000 migrants who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the U.S. on

'Burnham hints at tax increases' and 'Halt the hellrides'Published7 hours agoImage caption, Andy Burnham's arrival in Ukraine features on a number of front pages on Tuesday morning, but the key story for the Times is his refusal to rule out a tax increase in the autumn Budget. Th

Three reasons Chelsea could challenge for title - and one they may not - Published If football is won in both boxes, it seems as though Chelsea have one far better covered than the other. Xabi Alonso began his Stamford Bridge reign with an entertaining 3-2 Premier League win at w

In a little over a year, the Los Angeles Lakers raised the bar twice for what a professional sports team is worth. In June 2025, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter agreed to buy a majority stake in the Lakers from the Buss family in a deal that valued the team at $10 billion, a

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants peace but “is not ready to simply surrender” in an address Monday marking the country’s 35 years of independence. The UK and France pledged stronger military support for Kyiv, including faster deliveries of air defense weapons amid

Punishment to send a shiver needed - Vaughan - Published A punishment to "send a shiver down the whole team" may be needed after Brydon Carse became the latest England cricketer involved in a drinking controversy, according to Michael Vaughan. Pace bowler Carse was briefly placed

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday the data center trade isn't dead, but its next wave of winners could look very different. "The data center thesis, perhaps the greatest investment theme in a generation, is now under attack and it may never be the same," the "Mad Money" host said. Da

US President Donald Trump threatened new 50% tariffs on Canadian cars and trucks on Monday, escalating the two countries’ all-out trade war. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has threatened to retaliate with counter-tariffs, saying the latest negotiations made clear that Trump

Mamdani voices support for Jeffries amid Kushner meeting blowback New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Monday voiced his support for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) after the congressman received blowback for meeting with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-i

Byron Donalds: Kushner ‘just keepings lines of communication open’ with Jeffries meeting Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Monday said President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in recent weeks to create an opportunity for futu

A drone powered by an autonomous AI system killed three Ukrainians last month in what experts believe are the first Russian-inflicted deaths without a human in the loop, The New York Times reported. The drone in question was powered by a Nvidia minicomputer not sold in Russia but

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to attend September’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, Reuters reported, marking his first visit to India in seven years amid thawing ties between the Asian giants. About 400 officials are expected to accompany Xi to the gathering, where the two coun

The US is set to impose an additional 7.5% tariff on Chinese goods for industrial “overcapacity” before September’s meeting between the country’s leaders, Bloomberg reported, as Washington attempts to step up protectionist measures without drawing a reprisal from Beijing. The hik

Long-awaited media M&A appeared to be finally getting off the ground in recent months. But the delay of Paramount Skydance's $110 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has industry insiders now citing a chill on mergers and acquisitions. Last month, Paramount agr

California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a meeting with Paramount Skydance on Monday, saying the company demonstrated a "lack of good faith" in early settlement talks around its planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. "My office had a meeting with Paramount on Friday. P

Lockerbie bombing trial postponed days before it was due to start - Published The trial of a Libyan man over the Lockerbie bombing has been postponed for a third time, after new evidence on the 37-year-old case came to light three days ago. Jury selection was due to get under way

Beyond China's humanoid robots, a quieter machine revolution is unfolding - Published "I take a nap and the world changes," says Chen Tianyu. His world certainly does. The 28-year-old keeps up with the latest technology by spending his spare time in factories that are switching t

Trump’s super PAC drops more than $800K on Graham in South Carolina President Trump’s super PAC MAGA Inc. spent more than $827,000 to support Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) ahead of the state’s Republican Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, marking the group’s most significant spendi

Defense & National Security Newsletter Trump forgoes military strikes, attempts economic chokehold on Iran by Ellen Mitchell - 08/24/26 6:05 PM ET Link copied by Ellen Mitchell - 08/24/26 6:05 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newslet

FDA approves new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a new test for Alzheimer’s disease, marking the fourth time such a blood test has been approved in less than two years. Roche announced Sunday that the FDA had gran

Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart - Published Kit Harington has been tapped to join the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series as the wizarding world's celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO confirmed to the BBC. Harington

Palmer impresses as Chelsea edge past Fulham to give Alonso first win This content is not available in your location. There was an error Cole Palmer scores and sets up Joao Pedro as Chelsea give Xabi Alonso a winning start against Alvaro Arbeloa's Fulham at Craven Cottage in the

* Tech investors on edge ahead of Nvidia results * Oil settles down more than $2/barrel despite U.S. sanctions on Iran * Canadian dollar falls as US trade war looms * Investors await Nvidia earnings, Warsh speech at Jackson Hold (Updates prices after U.S. market close) By Sinéad

For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning of a coming jobs apocalypse driven by ultra-intelligent AI systems that will be able to replicate most human tasks more cheaply. Now, newly updated research from Stanford University economists suggests AI seems to b

AI - SYSTEMS What Nvidia's first Groq 3 LPU benchmarks tell us about its $20B gambleGemma 4 31B performance tests offer a best-case scenario for next-gen dataflow accelerators -

Zelensky says wartime election would ‘destroy’ Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that holding elections amid Russia’s war with Ukraine would “destroy” the country. “I believe that if we want to destroy the country, then we can move towards elections durin

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump for now in his effort to impose sweeping new restrictions on distributing mail ballots, putting on hold a lower-court ruling that had blocked key parts of the plan ahead of November's midterm elections. The justices, o

Ontario’s Ford warns US power could be cut as he trades insults with Trump Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday threatened to cut the province’s power exports to the U.S. as a trade war with President Trump plays out publicly for a second time. Ford told reporters “everything is o

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump administration lays out new $103K fee proposal for H-1B visas The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new proposed rule for H-1B visas on Monday that would charge a $103,265 fee for all workers seeking to gain employme

Data centers have become the largest driver of surging electricity demand that is straining US power grids. But the AI data center boom has also accelerated investment in a technology that could provide a silver lining for everyone—solid-state power transformers that replace indu

President Donald Trump's oil and gas stock holdings may have gained as much as $15.5 million this year, as energy shares surged amid the Iran war, according to a new report from Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee. Trump reported owning between $12.5 million and $45.6

President Donald Trump bought as much as $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June 23, according to a financial disclosure first reported by Reuters, two weeks after the record-setting IPO of Elon Musk’s company. It’s not clear what price Trump paid for the shares, but by that point

Data Center Construction at Midyear: Demand, Friction, and Building Discipline Data center buildouts are booming in 2026, but challenges like power, labor, and community concerns demand innovation and collaboration. August 24, 2026 Data center construction remains the defining in

Hot Chips 2026: Intel Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' comes with up to 256 P-cores, 1.28 GB of last-level cache — next-gen 18A-P CPU also brings AVX 10.2 and uses UCIe-S instead of EMIB Maybe a diamond in the rough. This Tom's Hardware Premium article is free to read with a Tom's Hardwar