AI company Anthropic secretly bought millions of rare and out-of-print books to train its Claude AI model. They used a hydraulic-powered cutting machine to remove the pages for scanning before destruction.
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A tax on banks would bring down energy bills - and bank CEOs aren’t happy. Banks had an 8% surcharge tax on their profits, but the Conservatives cut it to 3% in 2023. Even just restoring the surcharge to 8% would raise £9 billion over 4 years.
A far-right mob marched through Glasgow, attacking a delivery driver and waving Nazi salutes. Since 2020 there has been been a large increase in attacks on ethnic and minority workers.
Australia is planning some of the world’s toughest AI regulations. There will be restrictions on water and energy use. And AI companies won't be able to train on Australian creators' work without their permission.
Why would an offshore crypto CEO give Nigel Farage's Reform £25 million?
When this bus driver was feeling ill because of the heat, this passenger stepped in to help. We need a maximum working temperature to protect workers.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced booing from students after he tried to give a speech praising AI.
Since 2010 the number of UK billionaires has doubled. If wealth trickles down, then why aren't we all richer?
"I would never, ever, want to use my flag to bully or intimidate anyone" - Big John. Bosh.
Billionaires, and the politicians they fund, will do everything they can to strip workers of their rights.
AOC: “There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned. You can’t earn a billion dollars"
Amazon staff were told to keep working for an hour around their dead coworker. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue picking items and loading trucks as the man lay dead.
The number of UK billionaires increased from 15 in 1990 to 156 in 2025. Does anyone still think that wealth will trickle down?
Journalist Christopher Snowdon, who works for the right-wing think-tank The Institute for Economic Affairs, was ridiculed for attacking the NHS.
"Quite often those who shout loudest about patriotism are people who are anything but patriots. Nigel Farage will say he's a patriot but then cheerleads on Donald Trump as he slaps tariffs on UK manufacturing"
An advert promoting an AI company at Bristol Airport has been pulled after backlash. The advert showed a female AI worker who will 'never ask for a raise'.
The inspiration for a character from Devil Wears Prada doesn't pay her interns.
With the UK economy predicted to be hit hardest by Trump's war, remember who supported it.
BREAKING🚨| IMF warn the UK will be hit the hardest of the G7 economies by the Iran war. Politicians like Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage who initially backed this war, have to answer one question - what the hell were you thinking?
How can Starbucks pay less tax than their workers? @unitetheunion.bsky.social
Nigel Farage wants to scrap workers' rights. Supermarket worker Finnola isn't having it.
Farage's Reform has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters - handing power to bad bosses and rogue landlords.
Royal Mail gave away almost £600 million to shareholder dividends and buyback schemes, instead of investing in the service. This is the cost of privatisation.