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Sam Bankman-Fried trial: ex-girlfriend says he directed her to commit crimes

Caroline Ellison, who dated Bankman-Fried for years, tells court that he gave the orders to commit $10bn in fraud

Don’t look to Elon Musk’s X for reliable information on Israel or Palestine

Twitter’s accelerating demise is not among the worst atrocities of the past week. But, at a crucial time, it has managed to add to the world’s misery

From spiralisers to cordless irons, I’m a sucker for useless gadgets. Now I want a steamer

I don’t have bedbugs. I may never have bedbugs. So why am I lusting after the kit that would let me zap an infestation?

Amazon staff in Coventry to strike for four days including Black Friday

GMB union says online retailer’s planned wage rise is little comfort to staff facing ‘poverty pay’

Foodie funnies: James Acaster and Ed Gamble’s podcast Off Menu goes on the road

As it fills the Royal Albert Hall on tour, the comedians’ ‘dream restaurant’ show questions what ingredients a live performance really needs

Look at the horror of the Israel-Hamas war, then at Elon Musk’s X site. It’s clear he’s not fit to run it

He took Twitter, sacked staff and reduced its checks and standards. Now, in this time of crisis, it’s clear why that matters, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

TechScape: Can big tech grab a chunk of the billions earned by mobile operators?

The e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it’s not without risk – as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15

Revealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi Arabia

Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squalid conditions

Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders

US and UK companies with foreign operations use audits to prevent worker abuse – but auditors say the checks aren’t working

McDonald’s and Amazon’s ties to alleged labor trafficking: five key takeaways

Foreign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal limbo with few protections

‘I felt powerless’: how a crypto scam cost a finance boss £300,000

Investment manager tells of how fraudsters managed to persuade him to hand over his life savings

Downing Street trying to agree statement about AI risks with world leaders

Wording will form communique for AI summit next month where agreement on organisation to scrutinise technology is unlikely to be reached

X criticised for enabling spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation

Elon Musk endorsed users who have posted ‘wrong and unverifiable things’ while paid-for accounts spread fake news

SXSW Sydney explained: how will the Austin festival work in Australia – and who is it for?

The music, screen and tech worlds will converge for the festival’s first staging outside the US – but tickets are pricey for an event that’s hard to get a handle on

Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network

Police confiscate ‘illegal income’ of developer deemed to have used ‘unauthorised channels’ to connect to international networks

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  • 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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