AGP Executive Report
Last update: 31 minutes agoRobotaxis in London: Uber has started taking paying passengers in autonomous rides with Wayve tech, but a human supervisor remains in the car and fewer than 20 vehicles are live at first. Mobile upgrades (Northern Ireland): O2 switched on its next-gen 5G+ network across much of Northern Ireland, aiming for faster speeds and lower latency for up to 839,000 people. Mobile and TV bundles: Vodafone launched “SuperMobile” with a guaranteed minimum 15Mbps and is rolling out Vodafone TV in October, bundling Freely plus Netflix and HBO Max. Consumer confidence: YouGov/Cebr reports UK consumer confidence rose in August, with household finances still negative overall but improving. Food and shopping value: Which? says Aldi is the cheapest supermarket for a basket of 92 items, beating Tesco Clubcard prices by about £30. Health and safety: Regulators are moving on gene-edited strawberries and “sunshine” tomatoes for UK shelves, while MHRA filings progress for a Huntington’s gene therapy. Scams and privacy: Proton’s VPN probe found 85% of tested apps included trackers, with some grabbing GPS data.
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