After my baby was born, I became a target for grifters. I thought I’d be better prepared

The healthcare system’s focus is largely on the birth itself. Then if you’re lucky and your baby is healthy, you’re set adrift in social media feeds full of parenting influencers

‘My loo looked like a crime scene!’: eight readers on their strangest social media purchases

From faulty menstrual cups to T rex chopsticks, social media can lure us into some very unusual impulse buys. Readers share the most ridiculous and regrettable

Seized ransomware network LockBit rewired to expose hackers to world

Four arrested and LockBit victims will get help to recover data after joint operation in UK, US and Europe

TechScape: Why the EU is taking a €500m bite out of Apple

Apple has been fighting allegations about its music streaming business for years, but the company could still emerge with its head held high

Drones could deliver medical supplies under UK travel watchdog plans

CAA proposes allowing operators to fly drones at low heights beyond the line of sight

Taylor Swift, the pope, Putin: in the age of AI and deepfakes, who do you trust?

Rumours and gossip changed the course of French history. Now they’re weapons for ‘newsfluencers’ and dictators in the 21st-century information wars, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history

The long read: Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask

Why is Apple facing a €500m fine from EU over music streaming?

European Commission will reportedly hand down punishment after tech organisation imposed ‘unfair trading conditions’ in the music streaming market

The Guardian view on political deepfakes: voters can’t believe their own eyes

Disinformation campaigns and forgeries are an old problem – but AI poses new threats and needs a new response

EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguarding

Video platform under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age verification

EU opens formal investigation into TikTok; Bank of England ‘could worsen recession’ without interest rate cuts soon – as it happened

The European Union to investigate if TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children, as Andy Haldane urges central bank to consider interest-rate cuts

Banning phones in England’s schools will not address online safety, say campaigners

Call made for more ambitious legislation to protect children from harmful content on tech platforms

YouTube prankster invades stage during Oppenheimer’s best picture Bafta presentation

YouTuber who has a history of infiltrating awards ceremonies got on stage while the Oppenheimer team were receiving their award

Disconnect Me review – man attempts digital cold turkey in personal-challenge journey

With a subject as complex as monitoring the effects of smartphone use, Alex Lykos’s film could have paid more attention to sourcing and methodology

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England

Teaching unions say guidance includes practices already adopted and most schools already have policies in place