Victims of the 2023 data breach at genetics testing firm 23andMe are to share a $46.75m (£35m) payout, after a California bankruptcy court ruled that the company’s new owner must compensate as many as 6.9 million people whose personal information was exposed. The ruling, handed down on Tuesday, draws aContinue Reading

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Dogtooth Technologies, the British pioneer of AI-powered robotic harvesting, has raised more than £14 million to put its fruit-picking robots to work on commercial farms in the UK and overseas, in a deal that says as much about the state of the rural labour market as it does about theContinue Reading

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Businesses are taking on part-time staff at the fastest pace in three years, as owners look to meet rising demand for workers without shouldering the long-term costs of permanent hires. The part-time hiring index published by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) rose to a three-year high ofContinue Reading

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