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Renting

Student housing in London costs 150% times maximum maintenance loan

Student loans nowhere near cover the cost of renting after a 20 per cent price rise

26 Oct 2023
<p>Gulabi House</p>
Interiors

Five private homes to peek inside at Open House Festival next month

Meet the architects and occupants of stunning homes as they open their doors from 6-17 September

27 Aug 2023
<p>The final Friday in August is the most popular date for home moves</p>
Buying & Mortgages

Why today is the most popular day of the year to move house

Once again, this weekend looks set to be a busy one for home movers

25 Aug 2023
Celebrity homes

Inside the Holland Park home Simon Cowell just sold for £15 million

An unnamed new owner will be able to count Ed Sheeran and the Beckhams as neighbours

24 Aug 2023
<p>House prices to income ratios across London, see interactive heatmap below </p>
Property News

Revealed: new house price to income ratios for every London borough

Despite cooling prices, London homes still cost several times the average salary

23 Aug 2023
<p>Sixty per cent of private renters in London have seen their rent increase in the past year</p>
Renting

Two in five renters are one payslip away from being unable to pay rent

As rents climb higher, many tenants don’t have the emergency funds to cover another month

22 Aug 2023
<p>The Mayfair apartment may not have been modernised, but it still fetched more than £5,000 per square foot</p>
Luxury

Sale of unmodernised apartment sets new price record for Mayfair

Unlike other high-priced properties in the area, the apartment was unmodernised when it was sold

21 Aug 2023
<p>The garden at a property on Oakley Street is one of the largest in Chelsea</p>
Buying & Mortgages

How flats could be an affordable way into London’s poshest areas

Exclusive data shows buyers get more bang for their buck from flats in fancy areas

9 Aug 2023
Property News

Twickenham stairwell up for auction with £20,000 price tag

The stairwell is being sold with no guarantee of what it could be used for in future

31 Jul 2023
<p>Following 18 months of testing its technology on the streets of Milton Keynes, British startup Imperium Drive has opened its Fetch service to the public</p>
Tech

Driverless car rental service Fetch launches in Milton Keynes

Though the vehicles can navigate the roads without a driver in the seat, they are remotely operated by an operator

1 Jun 2023
<p>Women walking or running alone in London are turning to apps in an attempt to feel safer </p>
Tech

Epowar: New app uses AI to make women runners safer

Women’s safety in London has come under the spotlight in recent years following murders such as that of Sarah Everard

1 Jun 2023
<p>Bjørn Karmann demonstrates his Paragraphica AI camera</p>
Tech

This camera takes AI-generated images

Paragraphica generates pictures based on the weather, date, and other information

1 Jun 2023
<p>Destinus hopes to fly passengers around the world at hypersonic speeds</p>
Tech

Hypersonic plane will whisk passengers to Australia in just 4 hours

Other firms such as the US’s Boom Supersonic are also working on reviving supersonic travel, promising London to New York trips that could take as little as 3.5 hours

9 May 2023
<p>Discord includes public and private servers that you can join to start chatting with other users</p>
Tech

Why Discord wants all its users to change their usernames

The messaging app wants to make it asier for you to connect with friends

7 May 2023
<p>It looks like the plug will be pulled on Apple’s Lightning cable </p>
Tech

EU gives stark warning to Apple not to throttle charging speeds

The iPhone 15 will not be sold within the EU if Apple hobbles generic USB-C cables

5 May 2023
TSB has issued a warning on the scale of social media scams taking place through services such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Tech

TSB warns about scams on platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

Social media companies must ‘urgently clean up their platforms’, the bank said.
5 May 2023
<p>£106,000 a pop for Champagne balloon ride </p>
Tech

Try fine French wines in a balloon at the edge of Space for £106,000

Booking has opened on flights above Earth in a balloon and it’s the greenist form of Space tourism

24 Apr 2023
<p>Could you tell if something was human or AI, like Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard in Blade Runner? </p>
Tech

Can you spot the bot? Take the ‘human or not’ gaming challenge

This free-to-play viral game asks you to detect if you are chatting to a real person or an AI within two minutes.

21 Apr 2023
<p>Some celebrities like Taylor Swift, who have millions of followers, have retained verification for free </p>
Tech

How to spot a Twitter faker as old blue ticks disappear

Twitter now has rules to prevent scammers and impersonators.

21 Apr 2023
<p>Imgur is Reddit users’ go-to  choice for sharing images </p>
Tech

Reddit’s favourite image-sharing site bans porn

Imgur is removing nudity, pornography, and sexually explicit content, to ‘remain a safe and fun space’

21 Apr 2023
Tech

How to stop gift card scammers tagging you on Instagram

Shein has already warned customers about the scam

20 Apr 2023