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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hospitalized for stroke in Mexico City

The 73-year-old Apple co-founder had been slated to speak at a business conference when he suffered a ‘minor but real stroke’

Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lays off staff

Chief executive of parent company G/O Media Jim Spanfeller says in staff memo ‘our business model … did not align with Jezebel’s’

Ex-minister Gavin Williamson warned as he takes job at payment card provider

Advisory committee on business appointments tells MP he must not utilise contacts in government in Lanistar role

AI could cause ‘catastrophic’ financial crisis, says Yuval Noah Harari

Historian and Sapiens author says sophistication of technology makes it difficult to forecast its dangers

Like horses laid off by the car: BT tech chief’s AI job losses analogy draws anger

Harmeen Mehta criticised for equating human workers with ‘beasts of burden’ and denigrating right to strike

How Scorsese, Coppola and Schrader went viral on social media

Hollywood’s old guard have been finding a new audience through frank opinions, unlikely videos and fan interaction

Optus went down and the smart lights came on. And then Marayke was stranded in bed

The Optus outage was devastating for people with disability like Marayke Jonkers who rely on internet-assisted technology for life’s essentials

Apple suffers setback in fight against EU order to pay £11bn tax bill in Ireland

Top adviser to European court of justice says ruling three years ago in tech giant’s favour should be set aside

Best podcasts of the week: Tales of transition, queer joy and more to mark Transgender Awareness Week

In this week’s newsletter: Figures from Charlie Craggs to Mika Onyx celebrate the full spectrum of the trans experience in a new Anthem Talks series. Plus: five of the best podcasts about recent history

Apple iPhone 15 review: a few more pro features each year

USB-C, a faster chip, improved 48MP camera and dynamic island reach Apple’s regular smartphone line

France is reckoning with the harms of online porn. But will anything change?

A government-backed report is damning about the porn industry, painting it as inherently criminal. Sex workers, on the other hand, strongly disagree, says French journalist Marie Le Conte

Optus outage: network offers free data to customers as it faces Senate inquiry and government review

Optus will provide eligible customers with 200GB of extra data as compensation, now blaming ‘network event’ for catastrophic outage

Optus outage: Is this a good time to switch plans? And can I get compensation?

Optus customers left without phone and internet may be about to seek refunds, though it’s not straightforward

What’s next for Optus as national outage damages already frail reputation

Optus hit with another disaster barely a year after it copped the worst cyber breach in Australian history

MyGov to use face or fingerprint recognition instead of passwords in bid to fight scams

Announcement of change to Australians’ accounts from 2024 comes amid concern over ‘scam-in-a-box kits’ being sold on dark web

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  • 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
  • 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?
  • Calls for crackdown on China chip exports – as it happened
  • ‘Women are pitted against each other. It’s a bloodsport’: Billie Piper on industry infighting, Elsinore’s Oscar buzz and thriving on personal crisis
  • Darth Vader’s lightsaber, used in Star Wars movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, sells for nearly $5m
  • ‘Looks like we’ll have to talk to people’: Australia sent back to time before email with major Microsoft outage
  • A timeline of the affair scandal that sank Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
  • Who is Colette Kress, interim Nvidia CEO after Jensen Huang exit?
  • Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after alleged affairs
  • Nvidia turmoil continues as Jensen Huang resigns over affairs scandal and company appoints interim CEO – as it happened
  • The Guardian view on venture capitalism: investor profits are no industrial strategy
  • Jensen Huang was a busted flush at Nvidia – he had to go

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