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Technology

  • X owner Elon Musk

    Australia
    X pushes back at order to hide Sydney church stabbing footage as US user reposts video

    Elon Musk’s X says it opposes demands from Australia’s eSafety commissioner that it remove the content globally
  • Man wearing glasses, grey suit and blue shirt stands in front of 'Google' logo

    Alphabet
    Company hails ‘once-in-a-generation’ AI opportunity as revenue rises

  • Microsoft logo on black background

    Microsoft
    Heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in latest quarter

  • a man waves in front of a ghost logo

    Snapchat
    Parent company sees shares surge as improved ad system pays off

  • Black sign with TikTok logo in front of bushes and building windows

    ByteDance would shut down TikTok in US rather than sell it, sources say

  • A person's hand holds a phone showing the Meta logo

    Meta
    Value falls $190bn as investors react to plan to increase spending on AI

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News

  • a man in a short sleeved t-shirt speaks on stage

    Meta says revenue will be weak as it spends even more on AI

  • Mustafa Suleyman

    UK competition watchdog steps up scrutiny of big tech’s role in AI startups

  • People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on 22 March 2023.

    Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it

  • people look at a Tesla Cybertruck

    Tesla sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but company shares still surge

Privacy

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure

  • John Naughton

    One engineer’s curiosity may have saved us from a devastating cyber-attack

    John Naughton

    • China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns

    • US reprimands Microsoft for security failures that allowed Chinese hack

    • At least a dozen Westminster insiders targeted in WhatsApp phishing attack

    • Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking

    • Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?

    • Hackers obtain patient data from NHS Dumfries and Galloway

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Spotlight

  • three side by side images of apartment photos that might be seen on social media, with captions advertising rooms with disclaimers like "must be ok with rabbits", "must be ok with five other housemates if anyone asks please say you are my cousin visiting on a foreign exchange program", "very cheap deal as long as you can water my plants and do my laundry"

    ‘Must love dogs and rude roommates’: the scramble to get around New York’s Airbnb crackdown

  • Matt Hicks, the star of I Wanna Marry Harry and very much not Prince Harry.

    Best podcasts of the week: The reality show that duped women into falling for a fake Prince Harry

  • Looty’s Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor in front of the Benin brass plaques at the British Museum, London.

    ‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone

  • Hangzhou Opens First Hello Kitty Theme Restaurant<br>HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 29: Two girls chat at a Hello Kitty theme restaurant on June 29, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A Hello Kitty theme restaurant was authorized opened firstly in Hangzhou. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade?

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Opinion & analysis

  • 3D rendering of the head and face of a child robot against a futuristic space background in pink and blue.

    Can AI image generators be policed to prevent explicit deepfakes of children?

  • A gun-metal gray, space-age-looking, boxy car.

    What the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for Tesla

  • Reesa Teesa filmed a 50-part series describing her ordeal after meeting a man she calls ‘Legion’.

    Who TF Did I Marry captivated millions. What made the TikTok series so relatable?

    Lottie L Joiner
  • Google logo and the words ‘artificial Intelligence’

    If costs force Google to charge for AI, competitors will cheer

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Games

  • Children playing the OG Game Boy in 1989.

    Pushing Buttons: readers’ memories of the game-changing Game Boy at 35

    The little grey box – 35 years old this month – has kept you going, helped you through grief and long journeys, and been your companion through childhood
  • Top Spin 2K25 video game screenshot

    TopSpin 2K25 review – game, set and match to an engrossing tennis sim

  • Hangzhou Opens First Hello Kitty Theme Restaurant<br>HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 29: Two girls chat at a Hello Kitty theme restaurant on June 29, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A Hello Kitty theme restaurant was authorized opened firstly in Hangzhou. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’: what’s next for Apple Arcade?

  • The original 1989 Nintendo Game Boy

    The Game Boy at 35: a portal to other magical worlds

  • Kyle MacLachlan stands at a podium with a microphone against a hazy orange background

    Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream

  • Monument Valley 2.

    ‘I was trying to create the sound of a really warm hug’: the poignant story behind Monument Valley 2’s music

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Inside Silicon Valley

  • A woman wearing augmented-reality goggles, touching the 'screen' at the foreground of the image

    Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion?

  • Derek Shaw

    Derek Shaw obituary

  • American tech journalist and author Kara Swisher, known for her newly released "Burn Book," poses for a portrait in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

    ‘Musk needs to be adored … Zuckerberg is out of his depth’: Kara Swisher on the toxic giants of Big Tech

  • woman speaking at a lectern

    Crypto Super Pac spends $10m on Katie Porter attack ads in California race

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Reviews

  • Nothing Ear a review earbuds visible through the transparent lid of their charging case on a table.

    Nothing Ear (a) review: cheaper, smaller, longer-lasting earbuds

  • Fairphone Fairbuds review earbuds sitting on top of their charging case.

    Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceable batteries

    • Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 review: best-sounding noise-cancelling earbuds

    • Apple MacBook Air M3 review: the laptop to beat

    • Literary Theory for Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen review – the deep roots of AI

    • A Million Days review – low-budget sci-fi thriller asks if we should trust AI with our survival

    • The Lie Detectives: Trump, US politics and the disinformation damage done

    • Nothing Phone 2a review: a standout budget Android

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Devices

  • A jumper displaying an electronic message

    Wearables
    Wearable tech: how the human body can help power the future of smart textiles

  • A woman in a bright red dress on a stadium track

    Smartphones
    ‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’ – Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture

  • The inside tablet screen of the Honor Magic V2.

    Tablets
    Honor Magic V2 review: exquisite hardware let down by software

  • Emma Beddington

    Internet of things
    I am being terrorised by my robot vacuum cleaner

    Emma Beddington

In depth

  • The text AI assistants spit out is ineffably generated … ChatGPT.

    TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English

    • A robot-powered fast food kitchen.

      ‘Eat the future, pay with your face’: my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

    • a child uses a laptop

      Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills

    • neopets

      How Neopets’ nostalgic revival tripled users in six months

    • The Dexmo force feedback glove from Dexta Robotics.

      ‘Smell is really important for social communication’: how technology is ruining our senses

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