Don’t steamroll, and go easy on the stats: how to win an argument – without making things worse
An MP, a standup comic, a barrister, a divorce expert and a debating coach give tips on the art of debate – and why you need to listen, not just argue
Twitter ‘unfit’ for banking over alleged complicity in Saudi rights abuses
Lawyers for family say Saudi government took brother’s data in breach and ‘arrested, tortured, and imprisoned’ him and others
The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman review – a tech tsunami
The co-founder of DeepMind issues a terrifying warning about AI and synthetic biology – but how seriously should we take it?
Fairphone 5 review: could this be the first phone to last 10 years?
Most ethical, sustainable and repairable handset gets big upgrade with even longer support
A sign of the times: Australia moves towards digital statutory declarations
The federal government will accept electronic signatures and video link witnessing from next year
Welcome to ‘the robot soundscape’: Australia’s music industry braces for the rise of music AI
The spectre of intelligent technologies is looming over Australian artists, and dominating the chatter at Brisbane’s Bigsound music conference
‘She is a snake – in the most positive way!’ How Taylor Swift became the world’s biggest pop star, again
In 2015, the singer’s career looked shaky as the media and public turned on her. But after the battle for her masters, her intimate lockdown records and the all-conquering Eras tour, she’s reclaimed her crown – and is now immune to hate
Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukraine offensive, book says
Biography alleges Musk told engineers to turn off communications network to hobble Ukraine drone attack on Russian warships
Social media platforms to face £18m fines for publishing animal cruelty content
In a change to the online safety bill, tech firms will have to proactively prevent material that facilitates animal torture from being posted
The Guardian view on electric vehicles: UK boom could run out of juice before it begins
Editorial: Britain’s transport needs to be low-carbon. State intervention is needed to coordinate the necessary investments to transform society
Look but don’t enter: NSW farmers urge tourists to stay outside the fence during canola season
Some farmers in central New South Wales are offering canola tours to avoid scores of social media influencers tramping across their paddocks
What does rejoining EU’s Horizon scheme mean for UK research and innovation?
Scientists relieved they can once again apply for funding from world’s largest such programme after three-year hiatus
Marie-Laure de Decker obituary
Photojournalist who reported from war zones with a compassionate eye for the victims of conflict
Best podcasts of the week: A lighthearted look back at the disastrous Liz Truss reign
In this week’s newsletter: Alice Levine and Matt Forde remember seven chaotic weeks in Westminster in the new season of British Scandal. Plus: five of the best musicals podcasts
eSafety commissioner flags policy on child abuse material after Apple backflip
Tech to scan cloud storage services is operated by Meta, Microsoft and Google, but Apple stopped development last year to focus on warnings for explicit images