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Facts won't fix this: experts on how to fight America's disinformation crisis
Trump’s false claims about the election and coronavirus are taking a dangerous toll. C…
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Strictly sparkle delivered direct to your ears – podcasts of the week
Claudia Winkleman and Clara Amfo, Strictly host and constestant, both continue with th…
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Texts, tweets and posts have replaced letters. Is our history becoming transitory?
In this remarkable year, our stories are at risk of being locked away on phones and fl…
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Apple pulls Vybe Together party app from app store
Party app was designed to promote ‘small gatherings’ rather than ‘large parties’, crea…
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Obsolete software from 1990s features in Brexit deal text
Descriptions of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Mail as ‘modern’ leads to questions …
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UK chipmaker Graphcore valued at $2.8bn after it raises $222m
British firm challenges rivals including Nvidia with chips used in artificial intellig…
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UK tech firms attract record $15bn in venture capital funding
Investments in 2020 are higher than in rest of Europe combined and help to create seve…
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How we are changing the way we rate sustainability of consumer electronics
Under the new criteria, products will lose marks if they do not meet a certain thresho…
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Obesity campaign with a side of fries
Boris Johnson’s health drive | Scientists using Windows 7 | Macbeth | Vaccine strategy…
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The video games you may have missed in 2020
You heard all about The Last of Us Part 2, Animal Crossing and Cyberpunk 2077. Here ar…
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Games prove Christmas hit as UK spends holiday in lockdown
About 25 million logged on to the PC gaming platform Steam on the biggest ever Christm…
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Facebook to close Irish holding companies at centre of tax dispute
Intellectual property to be repatriated to the US after IRS said it was owed $9bn in t…
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Tech platforms vowed to address racial equity: how have they fared?
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google and Amazon issued statements in response to Black L…
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In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020
From pranksters trolling Trump, to the 96-year-old who won us a new national holiday, …
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Substack: five of the best from the niche newsletter platform
Writers have embraced Substack to cut out the middle man. The result is an eclectic li…
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Control shift: why newspaper hacks are switching to Substack | John Naughton
An online platform where journalists sell content directly to subscribers is luring em…
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Race is on as carmakers shut, switch or sell combustion engine factories
Manufacturers’ share prices will be dependent on their ability to avoid losses on ‘str…
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The Brexit deal is done – but many crucial issues are unresolved
Security, data and the services sector are still in limbo after a ‘thin’ agreement str…
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The 20 best podcasts of 2020
We went down a YouTube rabbit hole, Alan Partridge made a triumphant return and a sing…
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Dozens sue Amazon's Ring after camera hack leads to threats and racial slurs
Class action claims weak security allowed hackers to take over the smart cameras used …
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Google told scientists to use 'a positive tone' in AI research, documents show
The company requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light …
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Data breach hits 30,000 signed up to workplace pensions provider
Fraud worries as UK company Now:Pensions says ‘third-party contractor’ posted personal…
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The 15 best video games of 2020
A queer coming-of-age story charmed us, a balletic shoot-em-up raised our adrenaline a…
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The US has suffered a massive cyberbreach. It's hard to overstate how bad it is | Bruce Schneier
This is a security failure of enormous proportions – and a wakeup call. The US must re…
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The bias battle: how software can outsmart recruitment prejudices
As the push to diversify the IT sector picks up speed, so too has awareness of unconsc…
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Elon Musk: I tried to sell Tesla to Apple
Musk says Tim Cook ‘refused to take the meeting’ when a struggling Tesla could have be…
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Joe Biden won't inherit Trump's millions of Twitter followers
Move marks a departure from past practice as in 2017 Twitter transferred followers of …
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'Everyone and their mum is on it': OnlyFans boomed in popularity during the pandemic
The site is best known for charging fees for nude content, but making money off it is …
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Apple plans self-driving car 'in 2024 with next-level battery technology'
It has been a bumpy ride for Apple’s Project Titan, but sources suggest a passenger ve…
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Tesla joins Wall Street's S&P 500 share index
Elon Musk’s car firm becomes stock market’s sixth-largest member on joining Tesla has…
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Telecoms sector has 'no belief' UK will meet broadband targets, MPs find
Select committee says strategy at risk from lack of inadequate planning and investment…
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Can a trippy VR film bring classical music to a new generation?
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel opens virtual reality film Symphony in Madrid Th…
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Menstruation apps store excessive information, privacy charity says
Exclusive: Privacy International finds apps collect information on birth control habit…
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iPhones vulnerable to hacking tool for months, researchers say
Analysis: NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware could allegedly track locations and access passw…
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Apple AirPods Max review: stunning sound, painful price
Top luxury noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones – but at a price that demands perfect…
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Prepare stories and invite a dog: eight tips for surviving a Zoom Christmas
Instead of gathering around the holiday table, we’ll be gathering around our laptops f…
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UK video game industry thrives amid lockdowns and US bidding wars
Sector grows as developers continue to work and consumers search for Covid boredom rel…
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'It's a colony': Why Texas won't take Silicon Valley's crown just yet
The San Francisco Bay Area remains the innovative center of the US tech industry. But …
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Calling all the shots: three decades on the frontline of photography
The Observer picture editor reflects on the evolution of photojournalism as he bows ou…
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Google Maps postcode error leads delivery drivers on wild pizza chase
A mix-up on the tech giant’s service has meant three years of frustration for Simon Bo…
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The sneaky revolution: 'It's changing absolutely every job'
The drawbacks of insecure work and the gig economy have crystallised in the past six m…
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It's a sign of a broken system when only credit card firms can force Pornhub to change
A New York Times blogpost put pressure on the porn site over videos of rape and child …
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Ten billionaires reap $400bn boost to wealth during pandemic
Covid-19 pushed many into poverty but brought huge benefits for some of the wealthiest…
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Alexa to summon the Queen as Amazon Echo airs Christmas broadcast
Users of smart speakers around the world can hear monarch’s speech without lifting a f…
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What we know – and still don’t – about the worst-ever US government cyber attack
Nearly a week after federal agencies were targeted, investigators are still unclear on…
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Cyberpunk 2077: how 2020's biggest video game launch turned into a shambles
Starring Keanu Reeves and hyped to the heavens, Projekt Red’s dystopian but glitchy ro…
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Suspected Russian cyber-attack growing in scale, Microsoft warns
Government agencies around world among targets in SolarWinds ‘espionage-based’ hack M…
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Taiwanese horror game pulled from sale again after backlash in China
Devotion first caused controversy in 2019 after gamers found poster seeming to insult …
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Twitter to remove tweets that spread lies about Covid vaccines
‘Anti-vaxxer’ misinformation to be tackled from next week, and conspiracy theories fro…
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: missing the sweet spot
Good keyboard, nice design and solid build let down by hot running, poor battery life …
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A memorable year: readers reveal their silver linings
From rediscovering nature in 2020 to getting to grips with Zoom, readers tell us what …
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Cyberpunk 2077: Sony pulls game from PlayStation store after complaints
Release of hotly-anticipated game has been far from smooth, with bugs and the makers f…
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True crime with a purpose – podcasts of the week
Pandora Sykes hosts The Missing, a new series bringing attention to mysterious real-li…
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190,000 UK properties can't access broadband speeds to meet modern needs
Ofcom says abut 0.6% of properties including homes and offices unable to access speeds…
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Google workers demand reinstatement and apology for fired Black AI ethics researcher
Timnit Gebru’s departure sparked outrage in the industry as it followed her paper crit…
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SolarWinds: company at the core of the Orion hack falls under scrutiny
Texas-based firm, which has become an industry dominant player, provides monitoring se…
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Zoom lifts 40-minute call limit on free accounts over Christmas
Limit suspended for two weeks including last day of Hanukah and New Year’s Day Zoom i…
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Facebook will move UK users to US terms, avoiding EU privacy laws
Company is reportedly making the change partly because the EU privacy regime is among …
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Pinterest pays $20m to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
Former chief operating officer Françoise Brougher accepts settlement on condition it i…
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An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available? | Adrienne Matei
These inventions could help our coronavirus crisis now. But delays mean they may not b…
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What you need to know about the biggest hack of the US government in years
Russian agents are suspected in the Orion breach, which affected the treasury and comm…
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Cyberpunk 2077 review – could it ever live up to the hype?
PC (version tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PS5, PS4; CD Projekt Blade Runner mee…
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Back to basics: how social workers returned to their roots during Covid
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of working with neighbourhoods as social w…
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Cyberpunk 2077 developers offer refunds after bug-ridden launch
CD Projekt Red, developers of science-fiction epic, have apologised for the state of t…
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Kids and grandparents separated at Christmas? Five ways to share the magic
Being apart doesn’t mean you can’t be together – here’s how to ensure the whole family…
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Tech the stress out of the festive season: five ways to lift your mood online
If all you want for Christmas is for your family to have a healthier relationship with…
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Portable projectors and virtual assistants: six of the best gadgets to help you connect with loved ones this Christmas
Celebrations don’t need to be cancelled. Get together with friends and family with the…
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From VR skiing to digital Lapland: eight ways to take a Christmas break without leaving the house
With an array of fun and affordable virtual activities available, you won’t be missing…
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Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines for illegal content
UK government sets out strict guidelines to govern removal of material promoting child…
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Best true wireless earbuds 2020: AirPods, Samsung, Jabra, Bose, Beats and Anker compared and ranked
Our updated list of great Bluetooth truly wireless earbuds – at the best prices right …
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Covidsafe app identified close contacts in just 20 NSW cases in six months, researchers say
Just 21% of the 618 people infected via community transmission had the app on their ph…
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Currys website crash wipes out £250-worth of gift cards
I was trying to buy Apple Watch SE on Black Friday and lost out on the chance to get o…
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More than half of UK's furloughed jobs at risk of automation – report
Covid crisis is accelerating change, study by Fabian Society and Community finds More…
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Google suffers worldwide outage with Gmail, YouTube and other services down
Outages disrupted vast majority of services, but search remained largely unaffected G…
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Joe Wicks tops YouTube list of most popular UK videos in 2020
Personal trainer’s frontroom-friendly workouts make him nation’s favourite during coro…
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Orion hack exposed vast number of targets – impact may not be known for a while
Analysis: eavesdropping on high-value targets is labour intensive so hackers may not h…
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UK's Codemasters accepts £945m bid from Electronic Arts
US games company behind Fifa 2021 and Harry Potter games makes offer for F1 2020 maker…
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Sony insists there is 'damage' to my carefully used headphones
It will not accept that the manufacture of the £279 pair may just be below par I am t…
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How lockdown unleashed a thriving online market for colourful clothes
From pink dungarees, to velvet boiler suits and African fabrics, it’s the bold and bri…
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How artificial intelligence helped me overcome my dyslexia
I rely on apps for help with spelling and grammar as if they were old friends. Now I’m…
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Jeff Bezos became even richer thanks to Covid-19. But he still won't protect Amazon workers | Robert Reich
The pandemic has made clear that corporations need more – not fewer – incentives to pr…
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Facebook oversight board says it 'won't shy away' from tackling Trump-style disinformation
Australian board member Nic Suzor says independent body ‘is not blind’ to election fra…
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If the UK really wants to be a sovereign nation, it should stand up to big tech | John Naughton
The government has come up with a clever new way of regulating the digital marketplace…
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Tech gift guide: ideas for last-minute Christmas presents
From speakers to watches through to tablets and games, there are lots of options What…
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I warned in 2018 YouTube was fueling far-right extremism. Here's what the platform should be doing
YouTube’s attempts to stay apolitical has kept it tied up in knots, focusing decisions…
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Call of the Sea review: escape (room) to a tropical paradise
Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC; Out of the Blue Games / Raw Fury Carefully crafted puz…
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Bike blog test ride: are commuter e-bikes worth the price tag?
We look at four e-bikes, from the hi-tech to the conventional, to see which offers the…
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Is your browser window full of open tabs? Time for a digital declutter | Hannah Jane Parkinson
Internet tabs, like gases, expand to fill their container. Close them all and feel the…
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The real stories of musical 'muses' – podcast of the week
About a Girl tells the stories of the women behind David Bowie, Bob Marley and more. P…
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'I'm pleased it is being used for people's safety': QR code inventor relishes its role in tackling Covid
Masahiro Hara came up with black and white pattern to optimise inventory in automotive…
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Google to let YouTube users opt out of gambling and alcohol ads
Company will roll out feature in UK next year but without guarantee it will filter out…
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Sci-fi surveillance: Europe's secretive push into biometric technology
Millions in EU science funding is being used to develop new tools for policing and sec…
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Facebook lawsuits: the biggest tech battle yet, and one that is long overdue
The biggest antitrust case in a generation has been compared to the years-long lawsuit…
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SpaceX Starship SN8 explodes on landing after test flight
Elon Musk tweets ‘Mars here we come’ after fireball engulfs prototype SpaceX’s Starsh…
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Stealth taxes on Uber and Airbnb won't hurt the masses
VAT on Uber taxi trips and Airbnb stays in post-pandemic revenue plans passes the fair…
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Elon Musk says he has moved from California to Texas
Billionaire, 49, confirms move to Wall Street Journal and says he plans to focus on ne…
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Facial recognition for pigs: Is it helping Chinese farmers or hurting the poorest?
Automation is revolutionising China’s pork farms but leaving independent farmers behin…
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Hackers accessed vaccine documents in cyber-attack on EMA
Papers relating to Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine reportedly targeted in attack on European M…
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