Tories planned to make millions from members’ data with ‘True Blue’ app
Exclusive: senior party officials worked on commercial venture that would allow brands to sell products to supporters
Best podcasts of the week: Charlotte Church raises a home town toast
The Welsh singer and actor explores family, love and working-class life through her Cardiff upbringing. Plus: five of the most controversial podcasts• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here
Amazon increased US plastic packaging despite global phase-out, report says
The same year, 2022, company replaced plastic sleeves in EU with paper and cardboard, and cut plastic packaging globally by 11.6%
Chinese mourners turn to AI to remember and ‘revive’ loved ones
Growing interest in services that create digital clones of the dead as millions visit graves this week for tomb-sweeping festival
George Carlin’s estate settles lawsuit over comedian’s AI doppelganger
Suit claimed Dudesy podcast violated Carlin’s copyright, calling it ‘a casual theft of a great American artist’s work’
How much is Elon Musk to blame for Tesla sales slip?
Investor points finger at CEO’s antics on X, but analysts say ‘train wreck’ quarter more down to problems in China and with EV demand
‘Many-shot jailbreak’: lab reveals how AI safety features can be easily bypassed
Paper by Anthropic outlines how LLMs can be forced to generate responses to potentially harmful requests
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
Trump sues ex-Apprentice contestants over ‘failings’ in setting up Truth Social
Former president seeks to block Wesley Moss and Andrew Litinsky from receiving Trump Media stock worth over $400m
Katie Price Instagram post banned by advertising watchdog over diet claim
Sponsored video promoted low-calorie diet without encouraging users to take medical advice, regulator rules
Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation
Exclusive: Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors
‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive
Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, workers say, as Amazon faces unfair labor practice charges
The Sun’s Hillsborough stories used to teach MPs how to recognise fake news
Exclusive: Russian bot effort to stir up Islamophobia also part of course on misinformation and disinformation
Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder and more musicians demand protection against AI
Letter signed by more than 200 artists makes broad ask that tech firms pledge to not develop AI tools to replace human creatives
Jon Stewart says Apple told him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan
Late-night host reveals Apple advised not to invite tech regulator on his Apple TV+ show and podcast the Problem with Jon Stewart