As AI tools get smarter, they’re growing more covertly racist, experts find
ChatGPT and Gemini discriminate against those who speak African American Vernacular English, report shows
Bill Gates, Dua Lipa, Meghan, Hillary: how interview podcasts became a must-have for celebrities
Pop stars, politicians, princes all seem to have the same job these days – podcast interviewer. But while these pods are great for brand-building and soft power, are they damaging the industry at large?
Viral TikTok shop shutter woman ‘immortalised’ in mural
Millions viewed footage of Anne Hughes dangling upside down while clinging to shopping trolley
‘To the train lady with dark brown hair … ’: extraordinary stories of four couples who found love via small ads
What are the chances of real romance via a ‘missed connection’? And has the internet turned these interactions from the stuff of romcoms to just a bit creepy?
Scroll on: why your screen-time habits aren’t as bad as you think they are
The increasing use of digital technology has inspired many scare stories, but is it reducing our attention span, does smartphone addiction actually exist – and should we even be feeling bad about it?
From riches to ankle bracelet: UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s stunning fall
‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ could spend up to 25 years in jail if convicted of fraud in the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard
Sam Bankman-Fried deserves 40 to 50 years for FTX fraud, prosecutors say
Manhattan prosecutors condemn former FTX chief’s ‘unmatched greed and hubris’ and seek long sentence for $8bn fraud conviction
China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour
Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online
Ian Mackintosh obituary
Other lives: Civil engineer specialising in dams who became a maths teacher later in life
McDonald’s hit by ‘technology outage’ in UK, Australia, Japan and China
Fast food chain working to resolve problem but denies it has been hit by cybersecurity attack
US supreme court to hear case about government requests to social media companies
The case will determine if the White House violated free speech protections when requesting social networks to remove Covid misinformation
Conspiracies and kill notices: how Kate’s edited photo whirled the rumour mill
With Princess of Wales out of sight for health reasons, impact of altered family photo has been magnified
Vulnerable man pleads with UK government to block extradition to US
Diogo Santos Coelho from Portugal faces a 52-year sentence for alleged cybercrime relating to RaidForums site
Growing safety concerns over lithium-ion batteries after four fires in one day in NSW
Firefighters responded to blazes set off by an ebike, an EV charging station, a garden hedger and a loose battery in a garbage truck
The proposed US TikTok ban hints at why Australia must further regulate social media
Stronger data privacy regulation could address some of Australia’s security concerns around the app