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Volkswagen has introduced a subscription service for its ID.3 electric hatchback, requiring owners to pay a monthly fee to unlock the vehicle's full performance capabilities. The ID.3 Pro and Pro S models, while capable of producing 228bhp, are supplied with 201bhp as standard.

An American state is to consider a bill proposing to create a register of job applicants who fail to show at interviews. Ohio's dystopian House Bill 395 would allow employers to report applicants who skip interviews without notice, NBC4 Columbus reports.

Remote workers have been told to stop bringing desktop PCs and printers into Starbucks cafés in South Korea. The coffee chain was forced to issue a statement asking people "refrain from bringing desktop computers, printers, or other bulky items that may limit seating and impact the shared spa

A dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare when a couple checked into a 'five-star' EasyJet hotel in Rhodes, which turned out to be a noisy construction site.

Dubai’s billionaire ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has fitted solar panels on his Highland estate without planning permission.

A police force has defended spending nearly £13,000 on a coffee machine after criticism from auditors. Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia spent a total of €4.66 million on a new "innovation lab" which was originally set to cost just €250,000.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has presented President Donald Trump with a unique, customised gift made of pure gold and glass during a White House press conference. The item, a glass sculpture resembling a silicon wafer, was mounted on a 24-karat gold base and engraved with the president's name. Mr Cook descri

A lightsaber wielded by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy is expected to fetch up to $3 million (c. £2.25m) at an upcoming auction.

A significant collection of 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic tools, unearthed in Kent, has sold for more than £41,000 at auction.

A 17th-century Armada chest, rediscovered after being left in a Devon coal shed for years, is going up for auction.

A coalition of Scottish heritage and design organisations have been successful in buying the Bernat Klein Studio at auction.

The UK's strict new age verification rules can be bypassed using popular video games, Internet users have found. Thousands of websites and online platforms now require users based in the UK to verify their age before accessing adult content, following the commencement of key provisions in the Online

New legislation aims to make it easier for Americans to finance tiny homes.

A visitor to the Centre-Pompidou Metz in eastern France has eaten Maurizio Cattelan's artwork "Comedian", which consists of a fresh banana taped to a wall.

US-listed shares in doughnut chain Krispy Kreme and camera maker GoPro surged on Wednesday, marking the latest flare-up of the "meme stock" phenomenon. Driven by retail traders organising on social media forums like Reddit's WallStreetBets, the rally echoed the GameStop mania of 2021.