For Elon Musk, the personal is political – but his march to the right affects us all Walter Isaacson’s biography of the Tesla, SpaceX and X owner shows insecurity and anger have driven him to extremes
The EU cable guys have tied down Apple, yet big tech is still bossing the Tories The tech giant has bowed to European legislation with a USB-C connector on its new iPhone but the UK government has failed to make messaging services toe the line on encryption
Free food and threats to bonuses: UK finance and tech firms fight working from home Banks and insurers join Google, Amazon and Meta in encouraging staff to spend most of week in office
Twitter gave at least 32 of Trump’s private messages to special counsel Newly unsealed court filings show company turned over messages after receiving search warrant in election subversion case
Rishi Sunak considers banning Chinese officials from half of AI summit Exclusive: Bletchley Park event, to be attended by world leaders, is taking place as concerns grow about Beijing spying on the west
Four large US publishers sue ‘shadow library’ for alleged copyright infringement The publishers are claiming unspecified damages from the file-sharing Library Genesis, which they say has distributed files illegally
Court of appeal judge praises ‘jolly useful’ ChatGPT after asking it for legal summary Lord Justice Birss used AI chatbot to write part of judgment in first known use by British judge
‘We get bombarded’: study reveals ‘shocking’ impact of online abuse on girls Happiness among girls and young women in UK at lowest since 2009 as 37% report being sent upsetting content
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches
MailOnline to pay Gabby and Kenny Logan damages over false claims Payout relates to article that wrongly claimed pair had received £500,000 to promote tax avoidance schemes
Social media firms ‘not ready to tackle misinformation’ during global elections Experts urge big tech companies to ensure their platforms are equipped to protect democracy in 2024 votes
‘Dancing femininely is the most metal thing’: the young women turning Slipknot into feminist anthems With videos that are part thirst trap, part protest, gen Z is changing the image of the nu metal fan
Google to pay $93m in settlement over deceptive location tracking Tech giant ‘continued to collect and store a user’s location data’ even if users turned off their location history, according to suit
Greater Manchester police officers’ data hacked in cyber-attack Details of thousands of officers may have been taken in ransomware attack on third-party supplier
Who is behind the latest wave of UK ransomware attacks? Greater Manchester police becomes latest entity to fall victim to this kind of hack