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Zillow settles antitrust lawsuit with the FTC
Zillow has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which had accused the online property platform of paying rival Redfin $100 million to exit the internet listing service (ILS) market for apartment rentals. Under the settlement, the agreement that shut down Redfin’s ILS business is reversed, and Redfin must re-enter…
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Frankie Thompson: Horrible Things review – a show to make you shudder with laughter
This is a review of Frankie Thompson’s fringe show “Horrible Things” at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, praising it as a wildly inventive mix of clowning and performance art. The reviewer highlights Thompson’s use of lip-synced audio clips and audience-involving stunts to satirise male figures and behaviour, giving the show a high rating for its comic invention…
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Home buyers get 41% less space for their money compared to a decade ago with Manchester buyers seeing the biggest squeeze
Home buyers across Britain are now getting 41 per cent less living space for their money than they did a decade ago, according to new analysis, with the squeeze felt most acutely outside London. Manchester has suffered the sharpest decline, as rising prices mean the same £300,000 budget buys significantly smaller properties than in 2016,…
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
OpenAI is pushing beyond its core chatbot to build AI agents capable of autonomously completing complex, multi-step tasks across professions, not just for software engineers. Its flagship effort, ChatGPT Work, adapts the company’s Codex coding tool for white-collar workers such as accountants, investors and doctors, granting AI systems deep access to email, Slack, phone and…
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US clean energy capacity set for record 45GW growth in 2026
Clean energy capacity in the United States is set to grow by a record 45 gigawatts in 2026, according to S&P Global Energy, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to curb the solar and wind rollout in favour of fossil fuels. The increase, roughly 25% above the previous record set in 2024, is being driven by…
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Why are more movies not shot in IMAX?
Shooting films in true IMAX remains rare because the format demands specialist equipment, huge budgets and technical trade-offs that most Hollywood productions avoid. While the results are visually striking, IMAX film cameras are bulkier, heavier and noisier than standard cameras, making them impractical for smaller sets or fast-paced action sequences, and only directors such as…
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Oracle Exadata Database@AWS offers advantages, but trade-offs remain
Oracle has made its Exadata Database Service generally available on Oracle Database@AWS, a year after the underlying AWS offering first launched. The move gives customers running Oracle’s high-performance database hardware access to AWS’s cloud infrastructure, but licensing experts have cautioned that switching brings meaningful cost and complexity trade-offs, alongside concerns about misleading sales tactics from…
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I dug through hundreds of Labor Day sales to find real deals on high-quality products that last
The Guardian’s Filter team has rounded up 22 of the best Labor Day sales on durable, well-reviewed products, timed to help shoppers ease into autumn while making the most of the long weekend’s discounts. The selections span kitchenware, home comfort and cleaning essentials, chosen for their staying power rather than fleeting trends. Highlights include: -…
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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
Anthony Albanese will use Wednesday’s national cabinet meeting to address growing state-level opposition to proposed federal controls on datacentre developments, arguing that a planned new AI approval law will complement rather than override state rules. The push comes as conservative-led governments in Queensland and the Northern Territory resist federal requirements that datacentres be powered by…