First annual drop in UK house asking prices since January 2024

Newsflash: China has accused chip giant Nvidia of breaking the country’s anti-trust laws.Beijing’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has declared that, following a preliminary investigation, Nvidia was found to have “violated the anti-monopoly law of the People’s Republic of China”.The ruling relates to Nvidia’s acquisition of networking technology company Mellanox.The probe began last December.SAMR added that it has decided to conduct further investigation into Nvidia, whose high-end chips are in hot demand for artificial intelligence systems

Chinese economy slows amid Trump trade war and weaker consumer spending

China’s economy showed further signs of weakness last month as it comes under strain from Donald’s Trump trade wars and domestic problems, with factory output and consumer spending rising at their slowest pace for about a year.The disappointing data adds pressure on Beijing to roll out more stimulus to fend off a sharp slowdown, with a debt crisis denting the country’s once-booming property sector and exports facing stronger headwinds.Economists were split over whether policymakers should introduce more near-term fiscal support to hit their annual 5% growth target, with manufacturers awaiting further clarity on a US trade deal and domestic demand curbed by an uncertain job market and property crisis.Industrial output grew by 5.2% year-on-year last month, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday, the lowest reading since August 2024 and below the 5

Google’s huge new Kent datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

A new Google datacentre in Kent is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year , equivalent to about 500 short-haul flights a week, planning documents show.Spread across 52 hectares (128 acres), the Thurrock “hyperscale datacentre” will be part of a wave of mammoth computer and AI power houses if it secures planning consent.The plans were submitted by a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and the carbon impact emerged before a concerted push by Donald Trump’s White House and Downing Street to ramp up AI capacity in Britain. Multibillion-dollar investment deals with some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology companies are expected to be announced during the US president’s state visit to the UK, which starts on Tuesday.Keir Starmer’s government has forecast a 13-fold rise in the amount of computer processing power AI will use by 2035 and is scrambling to supply the datacentres to meet that demand in the hope the technology will boost Britain’s insipid economic productivity

Google Pixel 10 Pro review: one of the very best smaller phones

The Pixel 10 Pro is Google’s best phone that is still a pocketable, easy-to-handle size, taking the excellent Pixel 10 and beefing it up in the camera department.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.That makes it a contender for the top smaller phone with Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro, offering the best of Google’s hardware without an enormous screen

World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis goes for pole vault gold, hurdles finals and more – live

Men’s 110m hurdles: In the fourth heat Spain’s Llopis dominated, winning comfortably. He will be joined in the next round by China’s Xu in second, and Prince of Jamaica in fourth. Tinch of the US, who holds this year’s world-leading time of 12.87sec, finished in third. Tinch seemed to be holding back as he easily cruised into the next round

Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Sussex v Yorkshire, and more: county cricket, day one – live

Riverside: Durham v Worcestershire no play yet todayTaunton: Somerset v Hampshire no play yet todayThe Oval: Surrey 75-1 v NottinghamshireHove: Sussex v Yorkshire no play yet todayEdgbaston: Warwickshire v Essex no play yet todayThe County Ground: Derbyshire v Glamorgan no play yet todayBristol: Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire no play yet todayOld Trafford: Lancashire v Middlesex no play yet todayGrace Road: Leicestershire v Kent no play yet todayAtkinson with the final over before lunch, whites billowing in the wind as he tiptoes in. McCann drives the penultimate ball prettily for four and Notts finish 75 for one. Time to investigate the Surrey catering.Slater gets a something nasty and brutish from Fisher as lunch approaches. Notts 69-1