‘We’re off in our transit vans after the show’: how Fix Radio built a hit station for builders

Louis Timpany was 22 and working on a building site when he had a brainwave – a radio station by, and for, tradespeople. Now with a huge listenership, Fix Radio is taking on the big beasts of the airwaves

Tech bros need to realise deepfake porn ruins lives – and the law has to catch up

Taylor Swift is just one of countless victims of deepfake videos. Firms feeding off this abuse should pay for the harm they cause

Scams promoted in fake news articles and deepfake videos cost Australians more than $8m last year

The National Anti-Scam Centre has warned people to beware after it had more than 400 reports of these investment scams in 2023

Crimes involving child abuse imagery are up by a quarter in UK, says NSPCC

Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Meta on collision course with Australian government after announcing end to journalism funding deals

Publishers informed on Friday Meta would not enter new deals when current contracts expire and Facebook news tab would shut down in April

Canada lawyer under fire for submitting fake cases created by AI chatbot

Chong Ke, from Vancouver, under investigation after allegedly using ChatGPT to cite case law – but those cases did not exist

Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp

Israeli company NSO Group is accused in lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of spying on 1,400 users over a two-week period

Revealed: the names linked to ClothOff, the deepfake pornography app

Exclusive: Guardian investigation for podcast series Black Box reveals names connected to app that generated non-consensual images of children around the world

Cat Janice, viral TikTok singer, dies aged 31

Singer had documented her experience with a rare form of cancer on platform and dedicated her last song to her son

Uncovering the higher truth of Jay Shetty

Celebrities call him ‘amazing’ and fans pay thousands – but what exactly do they get from this self-help guru with an iffy origin story?

US regulators investigate whether OpenAI investors were misled, say reports

Internal communications from CEO Sam Altman reportedly under scrutiny in SEC inquiry

We must start preparing the US workforce for the effects of AI – now

Artificial intelligence can make companies more efficient and workers happier – or cause mass misery. The choice is ours

The true story of the devastating 2015 Mariana dam disaster

Dead River investigates the cause and effects of the Brazil catastrophe. Plus: five of the funniest podcasts that also teach you something

To my horror, gen X is turning to voice notes – I don’t want to hear your mini-podcast

They appear on your phone uninvited, overlong and often three at time. This isn’t a message. It’s a one-woman show, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Tech firms say new Australian standards will make it harder for AI to protect online safety

The standards target generative AI’s misuse potential but Microsoft says its ability to flag problematic material could be hurt too