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UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google’s mobile platforms

CMA examining impact of tech firms’ operating systems, app stores and browsers on consumers and businesses

Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint

Inaccurate notices branded with broadcaster’s logo sent to iPhone users but tech firm works on improvements

‘Don’t allow you to go to the bathroom’: big tech’s call center workers in Greece on strike

Workers at Teleperformance, customer support company for Apple, Google and Netflix, accuse it of union busting and surveillance

Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes

Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create ‘litigation, reputational and financial risks’

Apple says it will update AI feature after inaccurate news alerts

One alert claimed BBC story said Luigi Mangione, alleged murderer of US healthcare CEO, had killed himself

Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations

Settlement of proposed class-action lawsuit represent nine hours of profit for Apple, which has denied wrongdoing

I spent a week working, exercising and relaxing in virtual reality. I’m shocked to say it finally works

Bar some glitches, I think a tipping point has been reached, says Ed Newton-Rex, founder of Fairly Trained, a non-profit that certifies AI companies that respect creators’ rights

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster

Notifications from a new Apple product falsely suggested the BBC claimed the New York gunman Luigi Mangione had killed himself

Losing our voice? Fears AI tone-shifting tech could flatten communication

As Apple Intelligence rollout continues, linguists say tools to rewrite texts and emails add ‘extra layer of inauthenticity’

Passwords are giving way to better security methods – until those are hacked too, that is

It’s a war that will never end. But for small-business owners, it’s all about managing risk while reaping rewards

Apple Watch Series 10 review: thinner, lighter and basically the same

Tenth generation Apple smartwatch gets a bigger screen and body overhaul, but blink and you might miss it

Apple facing near-£3bn UK lawsuit over cloud storage ‘monopoly’

Which? claims firm engaged in anti-competitive practices that led to 40 million people ‘being overcharged’

Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple

The Girls creator is set to adapt Michael Lewis’s bestselling 2023 book on the controversial FTX founder

Apple MacBook Pro M4 review: faster, better and cheaper

Chip, memory, battery and power upgrades add to laptop’s appeal along with new webcam and Apple Intelligence

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and other business leaders congratulate Trump

Heads of Amazon, Meta and Apple swift to congratulate Trump as Musk celebrates and declares victory for himself

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  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones

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