AI not ‘messy’ enough to replace creative people, Charlie Brooker says
Black Mirror creator tells SXSW Sydney event he asked ChatGPT for a story outline but it was boring and ‘so derivative’
Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine
Users say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content
Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing
Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers
How many years of my life will be spent writing – and ignoring – emails?
A new survey has thrown up some dispiriting results about workplace communications, writes Anita Chaudhuri
Europe and the US should work with China. Joint climate action could be a win-win
From deals on electric cars to solar panels, all sides could benefit from the global green energy transition, says Simone Tagliapietra of the Brussels-based thinktank Bruegel
‘Social loafing’ found when working alongside robots
Study finds people tend to pay less attention when working with robots, just like with respected human colleagues
Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say
Official at Finnish intelligence service says espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion
X, formerly Twitter, rolls out US$1 annual fee for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines
Platform owned by Elon Musk says subscription trial is aimed at combating bots on the service
Pens away, laptops open – pupils told to type, not write, GCSE exam answers
Examining board AQA says parts of Italian and Polish courses will be assessed digitally in 2026
Cash stuffing: savers warned over TikTok trend of keeping money in envelopes
Budgeting hack can lead to large amounts of money being stolen in break-ins, insurer says
TechScape: Threads and Bluesky need to figure out what they want to be
In this week’s newsletter: The Twitter alternatives are gaining ground, and it wouldn’t take much to steal X’s crown as a news-sharing service
8 Found Dead review – corpse-strewn property horror finds the hell in holiday rental
Double booking is the least of the worries awaiting the vacationers arriving at this desert home
Half a million of us want to donate our data to British science, but it’s languishing unused because of privacy fears
Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
AI chatbots could help plan bioweapon attacks, report finds
Large language models gave advice on how to conceal the true purpose of the purchase of anthrax, smallpox and plague bacteria
Pixel 8 Pro: Google’s longer-lasting, AI-packed camera phone
Seven years of updates, advanced generative AI tools, top-class zoom and still undercuts high-end rivals