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Lando Norris agonised over whether to hand victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix back to team-mate Oscar Piastri but said it was the “fair” and “honest” thing to do. The Briton spent 20 laps debating the move with his team, as the drivers raced to McLaren’s first one-two for nearly three years, but said that he was “always quite confident” he was going to do it. “I didn’t deserve to win the race,” Norris said. “Simple as that. The fact I was in that position was incorrect. “If Oscar’s led the whole race, it’s not fair, and I don’t think…

In China, it’s possible to travel six miles in a driverless taxi for just about 50 cents. Self-driving cars, commonly called robotaxis, are being popularized at cut-throat prices in Wuhan, a sprawling metropolis of over 11 million people in central China. It has ambitions to become the world’s first driverless city, even as the vehicles often struggle to navigate the streets. “You’ll never have to buy a car,” a passenger inside one of the white robotaxi sedans said in a video that has been viewed over 80 million times on Chinese social media platform Weibo since last week. The fleet of 500…

We all love a good deal. Especially on our daily coffee which, in some places, is closer to £4 a cup nowadays than £3. High street coffee shops enjoy offering us a deal too – especially if we buy into their loyalty models, which until recently seemed nearly as attractive as a silky smooth latte. And yet almost four years after launching its wildly popular subscription, Pret A Manger has become the latest coffee chain to ditch it in favour of a less generous scheme. Under the current system, subscribers who pay a monthly fee of £30 get up to five ‘free’ coffees…

Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage. It’s the first time a figure has been put on the incident and suggests it could be the worst cyber event in history. The glitch came from a security company called CrowdStrike which sent out a corrupted software update to its huge number of customers. Microsoft, which is helping customers recover said in a blog post: “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices.” The post by David Weston, vice-president at the firm, says this number is less than 1%…

Malaysia says it has intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a collision with another ship before fleeing the scene and turning off its tracking system. The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country’s eastern coast. The ship had collided with the Singapore-flagged Hafnia Nile on Friday, causing both ships to catch fire. Officials in Singapore say all crew members from both ships were rescued. Malaysia’s coastguard said Ceres I had left the location immediately after…

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says “a significant number” of devices that were impacted by a global IT outage on Friday are now back online. In a social media post, the company – whose faulty security update caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world – added it “continues to focus on restoring all systems”. Microsoft has estimated that the incident, which is being described as one of the worst IT outages in history, impacted 8.5m computers around the world. Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit, with some still struggling to fully restore their systems. “We understand the profound…

On Tuesday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition government will present its first federal budget following a narrow election victory. A weakened Mr Modi, reliant for the first time on coalition partners, is widely expected to usher in a reset in his spending policies, while maintaining fiscal prudence. Analysts suggest the new government may need to focus more sharply on the rural majority, who have not benefited as much as the wealthy from the country’s rapidly growing GDP. The fact that this is Mr Modi’s third term will preoccupy him with thoughts of leaving a lasting legacy and may “tempt”…

US President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he would end his re-election campaign, and said Kamala Harris, his vice-president, should take his place. “I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” he wrote on X. “Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump.” Ms Harris taking over looks likely, although it is not a done deal. Several others were touted as potential replacements for Mr Biden but have backed Ms Harris. If the endorsement becomes official, a running mate will be needed. Delegates will vote next…

Amazon’s warehouses are especially dangerous for workers during the company’s annual Prime Day event, as well as the holiday season, according to an investigation by the US Senate. Prime Day, held on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, is “a major cause of injuries for the warehouse workers who make it possible,” said a report released Monday by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The report noted “the extremely unsafe conditions in Amazon warehouses” during the two peak periods and called on the company to do more to protect warehouse workers. During its ongoing investigation, the…

Tech shares slumped Wednesday as investors shed the behemoths that fueled Wall Street’s monster stock rally this year. The Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 2.8%, logging its worst day since December 2022. The S&P 500 lost 1.4%. The Dow rose 0.6%, closing at another record high and above 41,000 for the first time. That comes exactly two months after the Dow first closed above the 40,000 level. Shares of tech heavyweight Nvidia (NVDA) slumped 6.6% and rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares dropped by 10.2%. The selloff comes after a Tuesday report from Bloomberg that the Biden administration is mulling plans to impose…