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How to Rickroll any TV using Chromecast flaw

Security researcher Dan Petro has developed the 'Rickmote', which uses a flaw in Chromecast's wireless to push any video to the streaming stick. By Alex Hern

Teaching children the A to Z of bitcoin? There’s an app for that

From A is for Alternative Currency to Z is for Zero-Confirmation Transaction, iPad app explains cryptocurrency to kids. By Stuart Dredge

Apple agrees to pay $450m settlement in ebook price fixing case

iPad manufacturer to pay damages contingent upon appeals court ruling over whether it conspired with publishers to fix prices

Paper’s Pencil crosses the Atlantic promising neater tablet scribbling

After 10m app downloads, US firm FiftyThree launches its stylus accessory in the UK, France and Germany. By Stuart Dredge

10 things you need to know about translation technology

Understanding a foreign language is getting easier with the range of translation apps for your smartphone and computer

Paul McCartney re-releases five of his classic albums as iPad apps

Band on the Run, McCartney, McCartney II, RAM and Wings over America get reworked for the modern-day App Store. By Stuart Dredge

FCC extends deadline for user comments on net neutrality

Systems overwhelmed by surge in submissions protesting against plan to allow cable companies to open up 'fast lanes'

Microsoft to announce big job cuts as it integrates Nokia handset business

Report reveals software giant planning biggest round of job cuts in its history, with chief executive saying 'nothing is off the table'

Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette leader, wins the Google vote

Pankhurst, born Emmeline Goulden in 1858 into a radical Manchester family, helped women win right to vote from 1918

Boot up: 3D printers in DIY stores, mobiles in parks, jailbreaking unrest

Plus Ingress on iPhone, Sotherby's on eBay, LinkedIn still trying and Glass creator does a runner. By Samuel Gibbs

Sotheby’s and eBay team up to stream high-end auctions online

Senior figures at eBay believe tie-up will appeal to customers who bid for collectibles on the site already

Apple denies iPhones are ‘a national security threat’ to China

Chinese state broadcaster labelled iPhone a location tracking threat that could expose ‘state secrets’. By Samuel Gibbs

Lumo Back Bodytech review: a vibrating cummerbund to improve your posture

A belt with a sensor monitors the way you sit and how often you stand and the app keeps track of how you are doing

Neil Young becomes PonoMusic CEO after the Kickstarter gold rush

Musician steps up to run digital music company that he founded, ahead of launch for gadget and high-def downloads store. By Stuart Dredge

iRobot Roomba review: the joys of a hoovering robot

Over a year the robotic cleaner could save me more than £900. What's not to like?

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  • SpaceX’s Starship returns to launch pad from orbit in victory for company
  • Art ‘must not be sacrificed on the altar of corporate profit’, Liberal senator says as AI policy debate rages
  • The 143 best holiday gifts in 2026 – obsessively tested by the Guardian US
  • ‘Don’t lie to me to get free stuff’: how small businesses are fighting back against influencers behaving badly
  • Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage hits governments
  • ‘I relive that mission every single day of my life’: how Black soldiers handled the Vietnam war
  • ‘Still standing’: king jokes as he appears on Elton John’s Rocket Hour
  • From Ukraine to Gaza, this is why we need to tell better stories about war
  • Guilty or redeemed? Our critics’ verdicts on this week’s UK cinema releases
  • SpaceX Starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse
  • Microsoft outage shakes up companies, schools and local governments across US
  • Microsoft ‘deeply sorry’ for disruption affecting millions and says it’s ‘not related to cyber or AI’ – as it happened
  • Nvidia scandal: US treasury chief blames Lutnick’s commerce department over alleged lack of action
  • How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK
  • Trump bought Nvidia stock as he helped chipmaker with change to export rule
  • Microsoft outage hits hospitals, GPs, schools and police across UK
  • Microsoft scrambles to fix global outage affecting Teams and Outlook
  • A global Microsoft 365 outage has hit millions – what happened and when will it be fixed?
  • Marlon Brando cool to Jensen Huang joke: how the black leather jacket became a meme
  • Robert Pattinson reportedly leads James Bond contenders
  • The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition
  • The dark side of reselling apps: ‘If you include your pants, I’ll pay more’
  • US university students tell surveillance cameras to Flock off
  • What’s behind Australia’s surge in teen extremism?
  • ‘It was a train wreck! I was terrified’: how the new James Bond will be announced – and what can go wrong
  • Farewell, Cybertruck: why the winding down of the ‘Maga hat on wheels’ is a sign of the times
  • Gentle Monster to Conclave: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Tell us: have you been affected by the Microsoft outage?
  • Heartland review – Jessica Chastain’s Netflix country music thriller is more miss than hit
  • A baffling trail from Australia to Singapore: what is Megaspeed, the company implicated in downfall of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang?

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