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Six grand and a Rolex: lure of riches sucked me into online fraud

As hacking gangs use more and more young fixers for their internet scams, one 18-year-old reveals how he and his friends made a fortune

‘I lost £95,000 in a bank scam after my solicitor’s email was hacked’

Sally Flood managed to claw two-thirds back, but says lenders should do more to protect customers

HSBC to close 27 more branches across UK this year

Wave of closures announced as more customers switch to online and mobile banking

Digital bank Revolut becomes UK’s most valuable fintech startup

Valuation more than triples to £4.2bn after Cash injection by early Airbnb and Spotify backer

This tax season, don’t let your business provide a payday for hackers

Small accounting firms are particularly at risk from bogus emails designed to steal lucrative personal information

Don’t give up on cash yet: there’s a value to seeing what you spend

Cards and contactless are convenient – but New York is right to fight for cash

BBC to axe Watchdog programme after 40 years

Consumer rights series will instead feature as segment of The One Show from spring

For all the brave words, Jupiter’s move is essentially defensive

The UK’s fund management industry is losing the war against index tracking

Built on rock: the geology at the heart of Oscars sensation Parasite

As in Uncut Gems and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a symbolic stone adds weight to Bong Joon-ho’s searing satire of Korean society

Mobile, broadband and pay-TV customers could save £1bn on bills

New Ofcom rules will force companies to offer the best deals when contracts end

Sunsets, supermoons and cold hard cash: 50 things you miss while staring at your phone

The average British child spends almost two days a week gawping at a screen. Meanwhile, a lot is going on around them – from fireworks to fox fights

Broadband: new warnings to end rip-off price rises

Under new rules, millions of users paying too much will have to be told of better deals

Amazon Choice label is being ‘gamed to promote poor products’

Which? says company must ensure algorithmic system is not used to mislead consumers

Boxed in: Amazon refused to take back unwanted delivery

Tony Harding, 79, was left with a heavy exercise bike he did not order and told he would have to dispose of it himself

The best apps to get fit with your friends: from Fitbit to Strava

We look at fitness communities to keep you on track, and devices from Apple, Garmin and others

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  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
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  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
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