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VW, Audi and Skoda owners angry over fault in SOS warning system
eCall contacts emergency services in an accident – but it is causing problems for some…
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How YouTubers turned running for London mayor into content
Several internet personalities will be on the ballot on 6 May, though most know they h…
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Amazon’s sales up 44% as US economy soars 6.4% in first quarter
Company makes $8.1bn profit for quarter as positive economic reports suggest US shakin…
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Echo Show 10 review: this rotating Alexa display follows you around
Novel motorised smart screen tracks your movements to keep facing you for media and vi…
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A striking look at the UK justice system – podcasts of the week
Josie Bevan considers her own family’s story and societal flaws in Prison Break. Plus:…
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Dutch couple move into Europe’s first fully 3D-printed house
New home in shape of boulder is first legally habitable property with load-bearing wal…
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Apple sales rise to $90bn amid Covid buying surge
Bumper results lead strong quarter for US tech giants, as Facebook and Alphabet also r…
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Substack: the future of news – or a media pyramid scheme?
The company says it’s creating a viable alternative for readers and writers – but is i…
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Killer farm robot dispatches weeds with electric bolts
Makers say machine could be part of an agricultural revolution of automation and susta…
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Facebook blocked hashtag calling for Narendra Modi to resign over pandemic
Users based in India noted on Twitter that the #ResignModi hashtag had been blocked fr…
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New Pokémon Snap review – chilled photography game could be snappier
Nintendo Switch; Nintendo Trekking through forests and meadows in search of quirky cr…
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‘Self-driving’ cars could get green light for use on UK motorways this year
Automated lane-keeping systems likely to be allowed only when traffic is moving slowly…
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Alphabet: revenue soared for Google owner as Covid brought more people online
Company exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with $55bn in revenue, even as it continue…
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Facebook allows advertisers to target children interested in smoking, alcohol and weight loss
Social media giant gave organisation behind a page for Australian 13- to 17-year-olds …
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‘They’re playing chicken:’ inside Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook’s feud
Tensions between Facebook and Apple have been growing, but is it just an attempt to ge…
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Argentinian buys Google’s domain name for £2
Designer living in Buenos Aires says he snapped up google.com.ar after noticing it ava…
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Apple iOS 14.5 update includes ‘app tracking transparency’ feature
Setting means iPhone users can stop advertisers following their digital lives – to the…
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Tesla reports record quarterly profit as electric car sales boom
Car company makes $438m on revenues of $10.39bn Delivery doubled to 184,800 vehicles…
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How a hi-tech search for Genghis Khan is helping polar bears
Researchers are going on a bear hunt, using AI and radar to spot dens and track the th…
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Surge in UK catalytic converter theft continues despite Covid lockdowns
Car insurer Admiral reports 44% jump in claims last year, with average cost more than …
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Always take the weather with you: 100 years of forecasting broadcasts
In the century since the first on-air report in 1921, meteorologists have - almost - g…
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The lockdown habit that’s hardest to break: using an iPad as a babysitter | Emma Brockes
How am I supposed to wean my children off screens when they know I’m addicted too? It…
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Twitter under fire over deletion of critical Covid tweets in India
Lawmakers and rights activists say removals risk people’s health and harms freedom of …
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‘In the game, I knew myself as Hannah’: the trans gamers finding freedom on Roblox
37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenager…
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OnePlus 9 review: a good, well-priced top-spec smartphone
Big, fast screen, flagship chip, long battery life and slick experience – but a few co…
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MP Craig Kelly ‘absolutely outraged’ after Facebook removes his page for misinformation
Facebook says no one is permitted to share misinformation about Covid on the platform …
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Spotify expected to report subscriber slowdown
Such an update would be another signal that Covid lockdown entertainment boom is over …
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In space, no one will hear Bezos and Musk’s workers call for basic rights | Robert Reich
The bosses of Tesla and Amazon want to take humans to Mars and beyond – but won’t show…
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‘They’re stealing our customers and we’ve had enough’: is Deliveroo killing restaurant culture?
The takeaway service may have felt like a lifeline during lockdown, but its ambitious …
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Digital world-beater Arm needs a helping hand from Boris Johnson | John Naughton
The UK government is finally taking a look at the sale of the chip designer to US firm…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX delivers new crew to International Space Station
Tech boss ‘proud’ to be working with space agencies as astronauts begin six-month miss…
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Bitcoin tumbles after reports Joe Biden will raise taxes on rich
Cryptocurrency falls below $50,000 as White House looks to bring levy on investment ga…
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Australian man Craig Wright’s claim he invented bitcoin to be considered by UK court
London’s high court allowing Wright to pursue operator-publisher of bitcoin.org over w…
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Mortal Kombat review – schlock video game adaptation packs a small punch
A silly and dated new attempt to transport the classic fighting game to the big screen…
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Ransomware hackers steal plans for upcoming Apple products
Group behind REvil ransomware claims stolen files include plans for two laptops and a …
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Signal founder: I hacked police phone-cracking tool Cellebrite
Moxie Marlinspike accuses surveillance firm of being ‘linked to persecution’ around th…
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The social networks ‘designed to tear us apart’ – podcasts of the week
Sudhir Breaks the Internet considers the ethical and practical dilemmas underpinning o…
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Clap Hanz Golf review – virtual golf that’s fun for everybody
iPhone, iPad (via Apple Arcade); Clap Hanz Exuberant presentation and a fast-moving co…
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James Dyson: the Brexit cheerleader now caught up in ‘Tory sleaze’
Profile: revelation of his tax texts with Boris Johnson have brought the industrialist…
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Gadgets should make life easier. So why can’t I turn on this no-touch tap? | Adrian Chiles
Technology can change the world for the better – or make it weirdly complicated, as I …
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NatWest will refuse business customers who accept cryptocurrencies
Head of the lender’s risk committee categorised cryptocurrencies as ‘high risk’ NatWe…
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Apple and Google ‘hold data hostage’ and stifle competition, Senate told
Spotify, Tile and Match aired their grievances against the companies at a Senate antit…
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Amazon to bring pay-by-palm technology to Whole Foods
Customers’ palm ‘signature’ will be linked to credit cards Concerns raised about pri…
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Study explores inner life of AI with robot that ‘thinks’ out loud
Italian researchers enabled Pepper robot to explain its decision-making processes “He…
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How is babby formed? RIP Yahoo Answers – your eccentricity will be missed | Joanne McNeil
After 16 years, the ‘knowledge sharing’ site is being closed down – and without much t…
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Boris Johnson ‘promised James Dyson he would fix tax issue’
Entrepreneur pressed PM directly by text message last year about Covid ventilator driv…
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Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app A …
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Apple launches new iMac, iPad Pro, AirTags and Podcast subscriptions
More powerful M1-powered computers and tablets join raft of new products and services …
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The positivity problem: why online star ratings are too good to be true
The internet can be an angry place full of cynical opinions but there’s one realm wher…
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Tesla crash: investigators ‘100% sure’ no one driving car in fatal Texas incident
Investigators trying to determine whether Autopilot driver-assist system or Full Self-…
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Mobile phone masts in rural England to be up to 20% taller in rules shakeup
Antennae up to 30 metres high will be allowed under plans to improve phone and 5G netw…
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Apple and Parler agreement could restore rightwing platform to App Store
App was barred over ties to US Capitol attack but companies have discussed content mod…
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UK government orders investigation into Nvidia’s $40bn Arm takeover
Culture secretary cites competition and national security concerns over Cambridge-base…
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Huawei ‘may have eavesdropped on Dutch mobile network’s calls’
Chinese firm could have been monitoring calls of KPN’s 6.5m users without its knowledg…
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Two die in Tesla car crash in Texas with ‘no one’ in driver’s seat, police say
Car ran off road and hit a tree north of Houston, before bursting into flames, local m…
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Bitcoin records biggest one-day drop for almost two months
Fall comes amid warnings over speculation by novice investors in cryptocurrencies such…
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Galaxy S21+ review: the big-screen Samsung phone for slightly less
Top chips, good camera and four-year support make for a lot of phone if bought at a di…
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Attack of the drones: the mystery of disappearing swarms in the US midwest
When groups of sinister drones began hovering over homes in America’s Midwest, the FBI…
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Press play for Petflix: boom in gadgets for pandemic puppies as owners return to work
The realities of ownership are dawning as the UK’s lockdown eases and the dogs left at…
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From the archive: could a computer predict the result of the 1970 World Cup?
The miraculous machines had taken us to the moon the year before, surely now they coul…
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AI ethicist Kate Darling: ‘Robots can be our partners’
The MIT researcher says that for humans to flourish we must move beyond thinking of ro…
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Chinese firms prepare to charge into Europe’s electric car market
Tesla could be in for a shock as far-eastern rivals use cheap money to gain traction a…
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Bytes of spring – technology firms join a rush to go public
This year has brought a glut of internet flotations – not just in the US but in London…
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‘In this world, social media is everything’: how Dubai became the planet’s influencer capital
Once a small port on the edge of a desert, Dubai is now a magnet for reality stars and…
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I’ve lost my conversational mojo – can I relearn the art of small talk?
Been up to much lately? After a year of isolation, I’ve forgotten how to talk to peopl…
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Haunted by shame: victims of bank transfer scams tell of lasting trauma
Fraud can have devastating consequences on victims, and not only financially Mary Hig…
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Poppy Gustafsson: the Darktrace tycoon in new cybersecurity era
Gustafsson’s firm, founded when she was 30, is marketed as a digital parallel of a hum…
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Google location data: what does Australian court ruling mean and how can I turn off my tracking history?
Two experts on the significance of the ACCC court win that found Google ‘partially’ mi…
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Ground zero for gaming memes: 10 excellent video game TikTok accounts
With a global audience of 800m monthly users, most of them under 21, the video sharing…
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Amazon must ‘do a better job’ for its workers, says Jeff Bezos
But company’s founder pushes back against criticism of its work practices in letter to…
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Advocates say kids’ Instagram product would ‘put young users at great risk’
Children’s health advocates urged Mark Zuckerberg to abandon the plan citing the negat…
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Google ‘partially’ misled consumers over collecting location data, Australian court finds
Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’…
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A riveting tale of electoral fraud – podcasts of the week
The makers of Serial examine a string of voter irregularities. Plus: how conspiracy th…
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Instagram apologises for promoting weight-loss content to users with eating disorders
Social media platform says it was a ‘mistake’ and that harmful terms have been removed…
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Three days of pain: how I built a gaming PC
For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving…
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Amazon’s warehouse boom linked to health hazards in America’s most polluted region
Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s Inland Empire, brin…
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Facebook planned to remove fake accounts in India – until it realized a BJP politician was involved
Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook’s enforcement of rules against pow…
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Fantasian review — Beautiful, if not always bold iPhone game
iPhone, iPad (via Apple Arcade); Mistwalker/Apple This role-playing game by Mistwalker…
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Court tells Uber to reinstate five UK drivers sacked by automated process
Ruling in Amsterdam overturns company’s decision to exclude operators for alleged shar…
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Coinbase, US’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, makes Nasdaq debut
Analysts expect company to be valued $65bn to $100bn, making CEO and co-founder Brian …
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‘I blamed myself’: how stigma stops Arab women reporting online abuse
Women in the Middle East and north Africa say social codes leave them unable to talk a…
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‘Can babies see ghosts?’ The best of Yahoo Answers
After 16 years, one of the internet’s first – and most surreal – Q&A platforms is …
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Diana Nguyen: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
We asked Australian comedians to find the good bits online and share them with us. Dia…
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FBI hacks vulnerable US computers to fix malicious malware
US justice department says bureau hacked devices to remove malware from insecure softw…
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Just say no: negativity is secret of political tweet success, study finds
Want to go viral on Twitter? Steer clear of positive terms, Spanish researchers say Y…
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Value of cryptocurrency bitcoin climbs 5% to record high of $63,000
Several digital currencies surge a day before launch of Coinbase trading platform on W…
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Amazon Echo Dot (4th gen) review: Alexa’s new small budget ball
Smart speaker ditches puck shape but keeps solid sound and function with or without LE…
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Phone wet and won’t turn on? Here’s what to do with water damage (hint: putting it in rice won’t work)
While many smartphones are advertised as ‘water resistant’, this doesn’t mean they’re …
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Microsoft launches faster new Surface Laptop 4
Notebooks offer choice of Intel and AMD chips for first time, plus better webcams and …
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Facebook knew of Honduran president’s manipulation campaign – and let it continue for 11 months
Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts’ popularity for nearly a year after …
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Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment’
Critics argue the new integration could mimic notoriously faulty background checks wit…
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‘Facebook isn’t interested in countries like ours’: Azerbaijan troll network returns months after ban
State-backed harassment campaign targets journalists and dissidents in authoritarian c…
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Sonos Roam review: the portable speaker you’ll want to use at home too
Cheaper wifi speaker has Bluetooth plus Google or Alexa for great indoor and outdoor m…
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Ministers urged to give UK home-workers a ‘right to disconnect’
Addition to employment bill would help people switch off and protect mental health, sa…
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From pencil sharpeners to a $539m lawsuit: how big tech weaponised patents
In 1842, the US patent office registered 14 designs, including a bathtub and a ‘corpse…
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Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin join $100bn club
Surge in share price of parent company Alphabet moved pair on to eight-man list The G…
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Apple and Google block NHS Covid app update over privacy breaches
App was to have been updated before English lockdown easing, but firms objected to dat…
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Visually impaired users complain after rail websites go greyscale for Prince Philip
Gesture backfires as customers highlight accessibility issues, with one saying UK has …
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Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platf…
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How Facebook let fake engagement distort global politics: a whistleblower's account
The inside story of Sophie Zhang’s battle to combat rampant manipulation as executives…
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Another huge data breach, another stony silence from Facebook | Carole Cadwalladr
The social media giant is still a law unto itself. Can anybody hold it to account? Ha…
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Facebook ‘still too slow to act on groups profiting from Covid conspiracy theories’
Over 100 Instagram accounts are promoting dangerous antivax views and selling ‘detox’ …
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