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New HMRC rule in 34 days means Brits could be left ignored | Personal Finance | Finance

New HMRC rule in 34 days means Brits could be left ignored | Personal Finance | Finance

Published by Sam Flores

A new HMRC rule to become active next month could leave Brits in the financial lurch. New legal requires will mean that people who interract with the department on behalf of clients need to be registered, and meet “minimum standards”. From May 18, 2026, HMRC will introduce an online system for agent services accounts, replacing the current way to register. If an individual interacts with the department about another person’s tax affairs, and gets paid for it, officials consider them an adviser. The Government has said that “individual taxpayers may be affected if their tax advisers are no longer able to act on their behalf because they are either unable to satisfy the new registration requirements”, or if their tax adviser is sanctioned. If this were the case, they would not be able to legally act on behalf of their clients and could face penalties of up to £10,000. Officials would be able to suspend their registration for up to a year, requiring them to notify their clients. They would not be able to interact …

OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro

OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro

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OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup was backed by A-list fintech VC firm Ribbit, as well as General Catalyst and Restive. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, nor did Hiro ever disclose how much money it raised. Since Hiro said it will be shutting down its operations on April 20 and deleting all data from its servers on May 13, we’re going to call this an acquihire. Bloch said in his post that Hiro employees are coming with him to OpenAI. He didn’t specify how many employees that entails, but LinkedIn lists about 10 people associated with the company. Bloch did not respond to our request for comment. The company was founded in 2023 and launched its AI tool about five months ago. Hiro offered AI-powered financial planning for consumers. Users entered financial information like salary, debts, and monthly costs, and the app modeled different what-if scenarios to help them make financial decisions. Hiro was specifically trained to nail …

Over 60 and can’t get on the floor? A personal trainer shares her favorite standing core exercises for beginner-level seniors

Over 60 and can’t get on the floor? A personal trainer shares her favorite standing core exercises for beginner-level seniors

Published by Jenni Sidey

Strengthening your core is important at any age. However, a strong core becomes even more vital to our health and longevity in our senior years. The core muscles help to keep us stable, upright, and supported through everyday movement. Certain age-related changes, like vision loss or vestibular system deterioration in the inner ear, can begin to affect our balance as we get older. While falls become much more common for those over 60, strong core muscles can help improve balance and reduce the chances of serious injury. Unfortunately, many seniors have mobility concerns that make popular exercises like bird dogs, side planks, and dead bugs off-limits. That doesn’t mean that core training is off the table, though. Article continues below You may like When I start working with a beginner-level senior client who can’t get onto the floor safely, I always teach them the following three standing moves instead. You don’t need any equipment to do them, and they’re accessible for most fitness levels. How to do the standing core exercises for seniors These exercises …

Sam Altman Confirms Molotov Cocktail Incident in Personal Blog Post

Sam Altman Confirms Molotov Cocktail Incident in Personal Blog Post

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San Francisco police arrested an individual on Friday after they allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI’s Sam Altman and made threats outside his company’s headquarters. No injuries were reported, per OpenAI, which confirmed the incident in a statement, adding, “We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe. The individual is in custody, and we’re assisting law enforcement with their investigation.” View our latest statement regarding an incident that occurred early this morning at a North Beach residence. Officers have made an arrest, and no injuries were reported as a result of this incident. pic.twitter.com/t4DsF31uxh — San Francisco Police (@SFPD) April 10, 2026 Hours later, Altman himself confirmed the incident by way of a personal blog post seemingly sparked by both the shock of the Molotov incident and his headline-making week in the wake of a damning investigation by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz in The New Yorker. “Images have power, I hope. Normally we try to be pretty private, but …

A year later, L.A.B. Golf’s weird science got bigger … and more personal

A year later, L.A.B. Golf’s weird science got bigger … and more personal

Published by Jenni Sidey

Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. In February 2025, I went to Creswell, Ore., to see whether cult putter manufacturer L.A.B. Golf’s zero-torque premise could do something no golf instruction or my own overactive brain ever could: remove a variable without removing me from the process. In March 2026, I went back on the heels of something heel-shafted—L.A.B. Golf’s unusually country-club-coded LINK.2 blade putters, a more familiar silhouette from a company better known for shapes that look like dares. This was the growing company’s clearest attempt yet to package its zero-torque worldview in a shape traditionalists might actually recognize (and embrace). An older golfer at the Springfield, Va., country club where I first tested a stock LINK.2.1 looked it over lustily and declared it the “Patek Philippe of putters.” My takeaway from that first visit wasn’t that L.A.B. had invented a magic wand. It was that Lie Angle Balance—the company’s namesake way of building putters so they resist twisting and stay more stable through the stroke—could strip out one of putting’s smallest, most persistent …

Coronation Street star Liam McCheyne reveals personal challenge linked to soap storyline

Coronation Street star Liam McCheyne reveals personal challenge linked to soap storyline

Published by Sam Flores

Coronation Street star Liam McCheyne has shared that he is embarking on a personal challenge bearing a close connection to his character’s storyline on the soap. The young actor, known for the role of Dylan Wilson on Corrie, took to Instagram to announce he’d be running the Manchester marathon to raise funds for a charity that’s doing “unbelievable work”. “Now, I don’t usually do videos like this, but I have a massive favour to ask and I really hope that you can help,” McCheyne began addressing his followers in a clip posted yesterday. “I’ve signed up to do the Manchester Marathon. I signed up last week, so I’m really cutting it short,” he said of the sports event taking place on Sunday, 19 April. “I’ve got two weeks to train, I’m gonna give it my best shot,” he added. ITV Related: Best streaming services The soap star explained he’s running to raise money for Charlie’s Promise, an organisation dedicated to putting an end to knife crime in the UK in memory of teen Charlie Cosser, …

Key HMRC change will ‘improve transparency’ as Brits’ benefits checked | Personal Finance | Finance

Key HMRC change will ‘improve transparency’ as Brits’ benefits checked | Personal Finance | Finance

Published by Sam Flores

HMRC has marked a major milestone in its efforts to improve efficiency. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) – the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers, which provide the valuations needed to support local taxation and benefits – was assimilated into the department on April 1. This will “improve transparency”, the Treasury said. The VOA determines rental values to inform benefit payments, including local housing allowance – a way of calculating housing benefit or universal credit for private tenants in the UK, based on the area you live in and your household size – as well as council tax bands and business rates. Officials added: “The move will improve the experience of taxpayers and businesses, support HMRC’s delivery of the government’s commitment to reform the tax system and is expected to deliver between 5% to 10% of additional savings in Valuation Office administrative costs by the 2028 to 2029 tax year.” The Government has said it wants to “crack down” on universal credit fraud in order to recoup £1.3billion in overpayments. Officials said in December …

New acting AG plans to operate as Trump’s personal lawyer

New acting AG plans to operate as Trump’s personal lawyer

Published by Sam Flores

Pam Bondi’s tenure at the Department of Justice started out with such promise. She understood from the beginning that her job was to serve not as attorney general of the United States, but as attorney general of Donald Trump. She was his personal legal hit woman, and she took on the assignment with energy and enthusiasm. For a solid year she fulfilled her duty as a top Trump sycophant, showing not even the slightest compunction at behaving like a schoolyard bully and shameless apple polisher. During what would turn out to be her last major public appearance in office, she testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11 that Trump is “the greatest president in American history” and, in an attempt to divert attention, argued that the committee should be talking about the stock market instead of the Epstein files. The assumption was that the “audience of one,” as Trump is called, would undoubtedly be pleased by her combative attitude and rousing defense of him, but it turned out that he had already soured …

Muscle loss is one of the most common side effects when using GLP-1 medications—a personal trainer and nutritionist says these two strategies will help you keep hold of it

Muscle loss is one of the most common side effects when using GLP-1 medications—a personal trainer and nutritionist says these two strategies will help you keep hold of it

Published by Jenni Sidey

GLP-1 medications have revolutionized weight loss. Designed for chronic weight management and to treat type 2 diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy essentially work by promoting weight loss through increased fullness and reduction of appetite. These medications have been credited with helping some users with chronic obesity lose considerable amounts of weight. However, this weight loss isn’t always just fat loss. Article continues below You may like London-based nutritional therapist and personal trainer Tomas Mitkus says it can also be coupled with significant muscle loss, unless you follow two tried-and-tested strategies to preserve it. “One of the key drivers for body composition changes with GLP-1s is loss of muscle mass,” the founder of Healthier Sapiens tells Fit&Well. “There is some research that shows approximately 30% of the body weight lost on GLP-1 drugs is muscle mass. If you lose 50 pounds, 15 pounds could be muscle loss.” The body will actively catabolize muscle, Mitkus explains, as a safety mechanism. Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips and wellbeing …

Artemis II Astronauts Get Personal About Historic Mission

Artemis II Astronauts Get Personal About Historic Mission

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The astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are called a crew, but they really regard themselves as a team, right down to just getting around the Orion spacecraft’s cabin. But they have been intently focused on the overall success of the Artemis program, as there is a lot at stake because it’s the first crewed deep-space flight in more than 50 years. And the astronauts are acutely aware of that and how what they will impact future moon missions. “Part of our ethos as a crew and our values from the very beginning were that this is a relay race,” Mission Specialist Christina Koch said during a virtual news conference with reporters Wednesday evening. “In fact, we have batons that we bought to symbolize physically that. We plan to hand them to the next crew. And every single thing we do is with them in mind.” Koch referenced tasks she and the Orion crew have performed so far during their mission, such as manually piloting the spacecraft and ensuring that procedures are as they should …