The main political parties disagree about what the data suggests about longer-term economic health.

The decision comes as an investigation continues into what the EU calls China’s “unfair subsidisation”.

Cargo ships are having to take long detours to avoid the Suez Canal amid attacks by Houthi rebels.

Legal claim alleges Steam’s market dominance means consumers are paying too much for video games.

The bank is trying to resolve the glitch after payments were debited twice from some business accounts.

Apple and Google are getting up close and personal with user data to craft memos, summarize documents and generate images.

The iPhone maker, which has been slow to embrace artificial intelligence, will weave it into the technology that runs on billions of devices.

California legislators have made the biggest push to pass new laws to rein in the technology. Colorado passed one protecting consumers.

The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360.