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Radio 5 Live,22 Oct 2026,53 mins

Standing down standing charges?

Wake Up to Money

Available for 29 days

Sean Farrington explores what scrapping standing charges on gas bills could mean for households. We also look at why websites worldwide were taken down to address critical cyber-security vulnerabilities in in a crucial programming language. And, over in the US, Meta has received millions of sign-ups for its AI agent. We get the lowdown on how these digital assistants actually work.

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