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A company which claimed to have invented "the world's first robot lawyer" has agreed to pay a nearly $200,000 settlement over its marketing claims. DoNotPay faced action from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after allegedly claiming its AI-powered tool could "sue anyone with the click of a butt

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A painting found by a junk dealer while he was clearing out the cellar of a home in Italy is an original portrait by Pablo Picasso, according to Italian experts.

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A Japanese snack company has issued a public apology after raising the price of its popular puffed corn snack for the second time in 45 years. Umaibo (literally translated as 'delicious stick'), the snack known for its affordability and nostalgic appeal, has been a staple since 1979, originally cost

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A jumper worn by the late Matthew Perry has sold for over six times the estimated sale price at an auction marking the 30th anniversary of the hit tv show Friends.

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An English man who won the lottery and fulfilled his dream of creating a crazy golf course in his garden is welcoming organisations supporting people with disabilities to test it out. 

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Crates of bananas delivered to a discount supermarket chain were found to contain €7 million (c. £5.85m) worth of cocaine. The drugs – 95 kilograms in total – were delivered to a number of stores in cities across the western German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, police said.

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Diageo has released a first-of-its-kind 90% paper-based bottle trial for Johnnie Walker Black Label exclusively at Johnnie Walker Princes Street’s 1820 bar in Edinburgh.

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A unique and unpublished coin from the reign of David I of Scotland (1124-1153) that was minted in Carlisle fetched a hammer price of £32,000 – doubling its pre-sale estimate. The coin was initially estimated to sell for £15,000-20,000 and was bought by a collector bidding via the

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An unruly passenger whose behaviour forced his plane to divert has been ordered to repay the airline for the additional fuel costs. In an unusual move, a court in Perth, Australia ruled that the 33-year-old man should pay $8,630 AUD (c. £4,400) to the airline to cover fuel costs in addition to

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A stash of medieval coins minted around 1320 AD has been discovered during a construction project.

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A man is suing a real estate company after finding out out that Jeff Bezos purchased his home for a discounted price. The Brazilian businessman claims he was deceived into selling his Miami Beach mansion for $6 million (c. £4.5m) less than its worth.

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A detectorist who stole an estimated £3 million worth of Viking treasure has been sentenced to a further five years and three months in prison after failing to pay back over £600,000.

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A man has been accused of using generative AI to fraudulently obtain more than $10 million (c. £7.6m) in royalties from music streaming services using fake music and fake listeners. New York man Michael Smith, 52, was arrested by the FBI last week in connection with the alleged fraud, which in

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