TechScape: ‘Without the telcos, there is no Netflix’ – the battle between streamers and broadband

An explosion of data use has led to massive infrastructure costs. Is the era of cheap all-you-can-watch content about to end?

‘The office is for socializing’: how work from home has revolutionized work

Even as some firms are mandating workers come into the office, work from home has permanently changed the work landscape

UK chip designer Arm starts US listing process after snubbing London

New York’s Nasdaq to host IPO after British government failed to persuade tech firm to list in UK

Microsoft submits new Activision Blizzard deal to win over UK regulator

CMA opens new investigation into $69bn acquisition as tech firm offers to sell cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft

Hawaii fires: spread of conspiracy theories reveals tech firms’ failings

From secret ‘energy weapon’ starting fires to a global cabal razing the town for an experiment – false theories are fast gaining ground

Customer data used for unwanted romantic contact, UK poll shows

Almost one in three people aged 18-34 have been messaged by staff after giving personal details to a business

Elon Musk admits X ‘may fail’ after glitch deletes Twitter photos

Platform’s users voice concern as it removes pictures and links on posts made before December 2014

‘Very wonderful, very toxic’: how AI became the culture war’s new frontier

While the far right claims artificial intelligence has become too ‘woke’, experts argue it’s not a sentient being with its own viewpoints

Let’s ditch the tired tropes about video games – and research their impact properly

No, gaming isn’t a niche, violence-inducing pastime – it’s the defining entertainment medium of our time, says professor of psychology Pete Etchells

Left without emails by Virgin Media? After our report, you tell us ‘Me too’

More Consumer Champions readers share their frustrating experiences of the email glitch

No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy

The elderly, the poor and the unbanked are among the marginalised groups being excluded from our cashless society

Readers reply: which person has had the greatest impact on the course of the 21st century so far?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

UK to spend £100m in global race to produce AI chips

Funds to be used to order key components from major chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Intel

Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers

‘This screws us royally,’ says one disgruntled iiNet user as internet service providers such as TPG curtail email accounts for customers

Gone in two transfers: the email scam that cost Australian homebuyers their life savings

NSW residents Simon Elvins and his wife lost nearly $250,000 to a payment redirection scam – and they are not alone