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Elon Musk’s 2025 recap: how the world’s richest person became its most chaotic
How the tech CEO and ‘Dogefather’ made a mess of the year – from an apparent Nazi salu…
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Roblox, James Bond and a billion-dollar multiplayer – here are our most-read gaming stories of 2025
In this week’s newsletter: The year’s most popular stories reveal how play, power and …
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The office block where AI ‘doomers’ gather to predict the apocalypse
Safety researchers feel excessive financial rewards and an irresponsible work culture …
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The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
As 007 makes his gaming return, you can climb a mountain in Cairn, play a scaredy-cat …
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‘Move fast, break stuff’: how tech bros became Hollywood’s go-to baddie in 2025
From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and El…
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Arc Raiders review – pure multiplayer pleasure
PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Embark Studios The breakout hit, which has players coming tog…
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Louis Gerstner, man credited with turning around IBM, dies aged 83
Gerstner was chair and CEO at a time when the firm was struggling for relevance faced …
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From that bird guy to ‘bus aunty’: the real social media personalities rising above AI slop
Online audiences seeking out authentic and passionate voices as antidote to AI-generat…
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Nvidia insists it isn’t Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith
The chipmaker’s sprawling partnerships are driving extraordinary growth but also bank …
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Could AI relationships actually be good for us?
From companionship to psychotherapy, technology could meet unmet needs – but it needs …
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I ran 1,000km to test the best running watches in the UK – here are my favourites
We ran more than 1,000km to test top-rated GPS fitness watches including Apple, Garmin…
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We combed the internet for the 25 best after-Christmas sales still available
Masterclass, Roku, Apple, Aritzia – we rounded up the best post-holiday sales for tech…
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‘It brings you closer to the natural world’: the rise of the Merlin birdsong identifying app
Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around t…
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AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025
Elon Musk’s net worth increased by nearly 50% to $645bn with founders of Google and Am…
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UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by se…
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The Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025
There was no shortage of fun and video games in the Diamond household in the last 12 m…
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The video games you may have missed in 2025
Date a vending machine, watch intergalactic television and make the most out of your s…
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Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign…
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‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories
From a family showdown on Guitar Hero III to the winter levels in Diddy Kong Racing, t…
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‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop
Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links …
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Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov
Like many of his US counterparts, the Russian science protege turned hugely successful…
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The best of the long read in 2025
Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year Vict…
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Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55
Game developer, who was also involved in Medal of Honor and Titanfall, was killed in a…
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MPs question UK Palantir contracts after investigation reveals security concerns
Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might ga…
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State of play: who holds the power in the video games industry in 2025?
This year has brought us many brilliant video games – but as wealth continues to conce…
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Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Is…
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A tape measure, a metal detector and a spirit level: 25 surprisingly useful things you can do with your phone
While many use our phones predominantly to doomscroll, smartphones have a range of lit…
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‘It can be quite a thankless job’: why driving examiners are calling it quits
A staff exodus and a broken booking system are helping to cause huge jams in Britain’s…
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‘Help! I need money. It’s an emergency’: your child’s voicemail that could be a scam
Steps to help combat fraud in which criminals use AI-generated replica of a person’s v…
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Tinsel and Home Alone back in style as TikTok seeks comfort in #90sChristmas
Emphasis this year is on nostalgia as present day feels ‘a bit more uncertain’, say tr…
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Elon Musk’s massive 2018 Tesla pay package restored by Delaware court
Decision from state supreme court on deal once worth $56bn and now worth some $139bn o…
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TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to sell US entity to American investors
Deal will allow app to continue operating in US as Elizabeth Warren condemns Trump and…
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What will your life look like in 2035?
When AIs become consistently more capable than humans, life could change in strange wa…
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The 20 best video games of 2025
A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage li…
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Karts, cakes and karaoke: the eight best party games to play with family this Christmas
Whether your household is in the mood for singing, driving, quizzing or shouting, here…
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Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals
AI Security Institute report finds most common type of AI tech used was general purpos…
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Simogo Legacy Collection review – remember when phone games were this wonderful?
PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2; Simogo A suite of iOS classics is lovingly preserved in …
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‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music
AI promises to have far-reaching effects in music-making. While some welcome it as a c…
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This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan
Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU…
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Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in
Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some r…
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Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
Companies such as Udio, Suno and Klay will let you use AI to make new music based on e…
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Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan
Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear …
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‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards
Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left…
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Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars
Party would also abolish zero-emission vehicle mandate, cutting legal requirement on c…
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Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen: after some misfires we finally have the first good Bluey video game
The new Bluey game is the first made in Australia, the first to involve creator Joe Br…
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Experts urge caution as Trump’s big bill incentivizes AI in healthcare
Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn agains…
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YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stori…
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Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws
California governor says order pushes ‘grift and corruption’ instead of innovation jus…
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Star Wars, Tomb Raider and a big night for Expedition 33 – what you need to know from The Game Awards
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine awards, including game of the year, while newly a…
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Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie
The media company is investing $1bn in OpenAI – and allowing its characters to be used…
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‘Charismatic, self-assured, formidable’: Lara Croft returns with two new Tomb Raider games
An all-new Croft adventure, Tomb Raider Catalyst, will be released in 2027 – and a rem…
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Teenagers are presenting Christmas wishlists, Powerpoint-style – my daughter included
A far cry from hand-scrawled letters to Santa, on graphic design platform Canva users …
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – how a tiny studio developed the Belle Époque-set gaming blockbuster
What started as Guillaume Broche’s personal project has been nominated for 12 Game awa…
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ICE is tracking pregnant women all the way to the delivery room: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention du…
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As AI floods our culture, here’s why we must protect human storytelling in games
Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn’t part of my plan, but a post-apocalypse game w…
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From ‘glacier aesthetic’ to ‘poetcore’: Pinterest predicts the visual trends of 2026 based on its search data
If search interest holds, glitchy glam, cool blue, aliencore and gummy bear aesthetics…
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Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China
Commerce department finalising deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict …
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‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earli…
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‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media
As midlife audiences turn to digital media, the 55 to 64 age bracket is an increasingl…
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‘Kids can’t buy them anywhere’: how Pokémon cards became a stock market for millennials
A surprising economic bubble is making it hard for anyone to buy Pokémon cards – espec…
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Is AI a bubble that’s about to pop? – podcast
Should we be worried about the vast amounts of money pouring into AI? And what will ha…
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How Australia became the testing ground for a social media ban for young people
From nascent policy idea in one state to passing federal parliament in just days, it’s…
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Don’t use ‘admin’: UK’s top 20 most-used passwords revealed as scams soar
Easy-to-guess words and figures still dominate, alarming cysbersecurity experts and de…
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Six greats reads: a train ride to the future; searching for the ‘sky boys’ and wallaby hunting in the English countryside
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces fr…
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AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements wit…
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Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say
Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘…
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Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canb…
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The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of …
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Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks
AVS Group, which runs 18 websites, has 72 hours to make changes required by UK’s Onlin…
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Tesla privately warned UK that weakening EV rules would hit sales
Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker also called for support for the secondhand market, d…
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eSafety commissioner questioned on Roblox and social media ban after Guardian investigation – video
Independent senator David Pocock asked the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, in…
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Instagram’s age-verification identified a moustachioed adult as over 16 – but how did it go with a 13-year-old?
Meta platform allows users under 16 in Australia to change their date of birth – but o…
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‘The Chinese will not pause’: Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
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‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal t…
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How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternativ…
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