Top UK artists urge Starmer to protect their work on eve of Trump visit
Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Elton John among creatives arguing that Labour’s AI proposals could result in ‘an artist’s life work to be stolen’
‘We’re insanely hubristic’: how The Rest Is History became the world’s biggest history podcast
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on storytelling, their strangest interactions with fans and bonding over The Lord of the Rings
‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over ...
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race
Australian culture, resources and democracy for $4,300 a year? Thanks for the offer, tech bros, but no thanks
T-shirt wearing billionaire Scott Farquhar has articulated AI’s claim on Australia with rare honesty – so what will we and will we not give up?
Materialists effect: mentions of A24 film studio up 65% in dating app profiles
Exclusive: Alternative dating app Feeld reports that the once-boutique studio is now a worldwide signifier of edgy yet popular entertainment
Reeves to host bosses of UK and US financial firms as Trump visit begins
Chancellor hosting Downing Street talks with Treasury secretary, which are aimed at securing more US investment
What did Elon Musk say at far-right UK rally and did his remarks break the law?
X owner accused of using ‘dangerous and inflammatory’ language at protest organised by Tommy Robinson
US and China reach deal to transfer TikTok ownership, trade officials say
Framework deal is breakthrough in long-running dispute over app’s ownership amid security concerns in Washington
Hackers steal private data of Gucci, Balenciaga and McQueen customers
Cybercriminals steal details of potentially millions of people in attack on labels’ parent company Kering
‘Tinder Swindler’ Shimon Hayut arrested in Georgia on Interpol request
Hayut, a convicted fraudster who was focus of a Netflix documentary, was detained on as-yet unknown grounds
US agrees commercial terms on TikTok sale, as Trump says China talks went ‘very well’ – as it happened
The US and China have reached a framework deal on short-video app TikTok at talks in Madrid today, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said
Online meetings and bureaucracy delaying MoD reform, says former military chief
Sir Tony Radakin says ‘extraordinary Teams calls with 20 or 30 people’ partly at fault as he calls for action to be taken
Who buys an MP3 player in 2025? Why music streaming doesn’t always cut it
Nostalgic tech; autumn garden hacks; and what to wear when it rains
‘We’re in big trouble’: pope concerned at Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar proposed pay
Pope Leo criticises executive pay packages and talks about gap between rich and poor, in his first media interview