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We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?
My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse? • …
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Electric cars go mainstream as adoption surges across rich and developing nations
A wave of affordable Chinese-made EVs is accelerating the shift away from petrol cars,…
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Six great reads: ‘Fafo’ parenting, what tech does to us, and Patrick Bateman’s legacy
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces fr…
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Is it time to break up with US tech? – The Latest
With Donald Trump tearing up the world order, governments across Europe are having to …
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Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, …
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There’s a reason that Wii Bowling remains my mum’s favourite game | Dominik Diamond
At a family gathering over Christmas, I took on my 76-year-old mother once again at vi…
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AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publ…
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The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House - and what they teach us
Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcastin…
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‘This can’t be left to individual families’: how social media ban could affect under-16s
Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restricti…
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What technology takes from us – and how to take it back
Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon…
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South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power
The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil s…
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Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis
Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks…
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‘My Tesla has become ordinary’: Turkey catches up with EU in electric car sales
Popularity of EVs in country is part of global trend of emerging markets spurning foss…
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‘This train isn’t going to stop’: shocking Sundance film shows promises and perils of AI
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, co-directed by Daniel Roher, delves int…
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At Davos, tech CEOs laid out their vision for AI’s world domination
Tech chiefs waxed poetic about AI to delegates at Davos. Plus, the ‘human’ drama of AI…
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‘I didn’t have anything to prove’: what Traitors finalist Jade Scott learned about survival from video games
Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years…
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California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of Trump
Newsom launched a review of the platform, despite TikTok saying a systems failure was …
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UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round
Synthesia makes digital presenters for clients to use in corporate videos and counts 7…
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Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work
Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later fou…
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Blurry rats and coyotes with mange: the oddly thrilling subreddit dedicated to identifying wildlife
The most popular posts on r/animalid are exotic lizards and rare birds – but it’s the …
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Sam Altman’s make-or-break year: can the OpenAI CEO cash in his bet on the future?
Altman’s campaigning for his company coincides with its use of enormous present resour…
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Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is br…
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How the ‘confident authority’ of Google AI Overviews is putting public health at risk
Experts say tool can give ‘completely wrong’ medical advice which could put users at r…
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Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal
Guardian found OpenAI’s platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocau…
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The influencer World Cup: Fifa and the TikTok deal targeting an avalanche of posts
Partnership with tech giant speaks to push to engage younger fans but also has wider s…
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‘I’m picking winners’: UK business secretary takes activist approach to economic growth
AI evangelist Peter Kyle wants to scale up businesses, attract overseas investors and …
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Why Trump is worried datacenters might cost his party an election
The president wants big tech to pay more for electricity, but he’s curbing renewable p…
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‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but …
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Bezos’s Blue Origin announces plans to deploy thousands of satellites in 2027
Deployment will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into market do…
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Animal Crossing’s new update has revived my pandemic sanctuary
After years away revisiting my abandoned island uncovers new features, old memories a…
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TR-49 review – inventive narrative deduction game steeped in the strangest of wartime secrets
PC; Inkle The UK game developer’s latest is a database mystery constructed from an arc…
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My friends in Italy are using AI therapists. But is that so bad, when a stigma surrounds mental health? | Viola Di Grado
State provision for psychological health services is lamentable. Until things improve,…
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My analogue month: would ditching my smartphone make me healthier, happier – or more stressed?
When I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia, Walkman, film camera and physical map, I wasn’t …
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Is this man the future of music – or its executioner? AI evangelist Mikey Shulman says he’s making pop, not slop
Worth a staggering $2.45bn, Suno is an AI music company that can create a track with j…
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UK exposed to ‘serious harm’ by failure to tackle AI risks, MPs warn
Government, Bank of England and FCA criticised for taking ‘wait-and-see’ approach to A…
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‘Disgustingly educated’: will this trend make you cleverer?
Social media is filling up with influencers telling us how to become much more intelle…
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A beginner’s guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing
Embark Studios’ multiplayer extraction shooter game has already sold 12m copies in jus…
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok…
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Readers reply: should speed cameras be hidden?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects r…
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How can we defend ourselves from the new plague of ‘human fracking’?
Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightba…
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‘Still here!’: X’s Grok AI tool accessible in Malaysia despite ban
Experts warn use of VPNs makes it hard to limit access to technology that can create n…
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Why the Lumie Bodyclock Glow sunrise alarm clock is the best wake-up under the sun
Our reviewer loved this wake-up light more than any other he’s tested – it’s even knoc…
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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial…
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He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?
How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feeli…
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‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character
The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the prota…
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TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU
Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around wor…
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More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says
Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram,…
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Commodore 64 Ultimate review – it’s like 1982 all over again!
Showing the value of great design over visual impact, this faithfully resurrected home…
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Trump says Microsoft will pay more for its datacenters’ electricity
Microsoft’s president said firm won’t accept tax breaks in towns for its datacenters a…
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UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans
Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital fo…
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The five new gadgets I tried and loved at CES 2026 (that you can buy right now)
From smartglasses to nano phone chargers, these futuristic products from the Consumer …
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Google parent Alphabet hits $4tn valuation after AI deal with Apple
After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most…
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The Guardian view on regulating big tech: politicians must back Ofcom’s challenge to Musk | Editorial
A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety…
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Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game
When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was in so much pain that I didn’t …
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Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’
Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content cr…
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Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from ‘addictive’ social media
Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms ‘profiting from…
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‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests…
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Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI
As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people fall…
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Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI …
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The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2026
From the greatest cartoon racing game in history to a remastered version of an Alien-i…
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Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images
Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but …
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AI bubble: five things you need to know to shield your finances from a crash
Some experts have voiced fears a tech meltdown could hit our savings and pensions – he…
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No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool
Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate…
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The 15 best Nintendo Switch 2 games to play in 2026
From cosy museums and tropical islands to nightmarishly difficult adventures – and rev…
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Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?
Deluge of ‘nudified’ images on social media platform X raises questions about regulati…
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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now
PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, PC; Square-Enix This landmark role-pl…
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From final boss battles to the dangers of open-world bloat, TV and film can learn a lot from video games
In this week’s newsletter: Stranger Things’ climactic showdown is the latest pop cultu…
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The 15 best Xbox Series S/X games to play in 2026
This now venerable hardware remains an ideal platform for classics such as Minecraft a…
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Elon Musk’s xAI announces it has raised $20bn amid backlash over Grok deepfakes
AI company’s chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual …
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The 15 best PS5 games to play in 2026
New mind-bending puzzlers, landmark RPGs and furry multiverse adventures await you as …
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Nvidia announces new, more powerful Vera Rubin chip made for AI
Next generation of chips in ‘full production’ and will arrive later this year, Jensen …
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Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons ‘horrified’ at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her
Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create …
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I’m watching myself on YouTube saying things I would never say. This is the deepfake menace we must confront | Yanis Varoufakis
These inventions trigger rage, but also optimism. Maybe they will make people think mo…
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Sega co-founder David Rosen dies aged 95
Rosen, who led Sega from the 1960s into the 90s and who died on Christmas Day, was a h…
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Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills
Children are growing up as AI natives and experts say computing skills should be on pa…
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Readers reply: should we turn the internet off?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the o…
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AI’s reckoning with reality represents a growing economic risk for 2026
Revenues may be rising rapidly, but not by nearly enough to cover the wild levels of i…
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Digital wallet fraud: how your bank card can be stolen without it leaving your wallet
Fraudsters use phishing to steal card details, which fund a spending spree using Apple…
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What happened after Tesla opened a diner in Los Angeles?
The novelty of eating at a diner owned by the richest person in the world seems to hav…
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Elon Musk’s Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’
Lapses in safeguards led to wave of sexualized images this week as xAI says it is work…
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‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and wa…
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Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT re…
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‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge
The billionaire – who had no government experience – left various federal agencies in …
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Apple reportedly cuts production of Vision Pro headset after poor sales
Company had hoped the virtual reality device would herald a new era in ‘spatial comput…
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