
Patrick Hosking: Councils must face greater scrutiny after Warrington's investment fiasco - The Times
Twelve years into a bull market and quite a lot of people are now convinced they are hotshot investors. Youngsters trade crypto in the playground. Their parent

Energy firm apologises after telling customers to 'cuddle pets' to keep warm - The Independent
Tips condemned as ‘offensive’

Rolls-Royce sold more cars in 2021 than ANY other in it's 117-year history - Daily Mail
Chief executive Torsten Muller-Otvos said: 'Many people witnessed people dying from Covid and that made them think life can be short and you'd better live now rather than postpone until a later date.'

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones - The Register
Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Evergrande: Real estate giant moves from Shenzhen head office to cut costs - BBC News
The crisis-hit property developer is still struggling to pay more than $300bn in liabilities.

#NoSpendJanuary: Can it really be done? - BBC News
Every year, the hashtag #nospendjanuary is seen on social media - but how literally do people take it?

Covid: Shoppers swap party clothes for loungewear - BBC News
Comfy clothes were back in fashion after people were advised to work from home.

Nvidia promises British authorities it won’t strong Arm rivals after proposed merger - The Register
We're just two chip businesses, standing in front of the regulators, asking them to love us

Aldi issues message to anybody who steps foot in its stores - Birmingham Live
Aldi has hailed its "best ever" Christmas sales as trading rebounded in December.

Ovo Energy sorry over advice to cuddle pets to stay warm - BBC News
Ovo Energy, which owns SSE, says it is "embarrassed" over advice sent to its customers on how to stay warm.

JavaScript dev deliberately screws up own popular npm packages to make a point of some sort - The Register
Faker.js and colors.js sabotaged by maker