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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

France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation exposure levels

Apple disputing tests by watchdog that showed radio frequency exposure was higher than permitted

iPhone 15 launch: Apple adopts USB-C and boasts better cameras

Company dumps Lightning port, and has titanium sides and new 5x zoom for top models, plus new Apple Watch Series 9

China troubles could upset Apple’s cart as it prepares to launch the iPhone 15

Geopolitics may affect sales in a big market – and customers may be annoyed by the new charging socket too

China reportedly extends iPhone ban to more workers as tensions with US rise

Apple shares fall as local government and state-owned firms latest to face restrictions on devices at work

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

Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials

The move suggests that China, which is one of Apple’s biggest markets, is unwilling to spare any US company in fight to boost homegrown technology

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power

Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps

The basic, better and best mobile phone options for kids

The lowdown on handsets, networks and parental controls, if your child is ready for a first mobile or an upgrade is required

A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good?

Engineers’ work on cycling and public transit have transformed the app – but rural directions remain a sticking point

Apple revenues fall for third straight quarter as company invests heavily in AI

CEO Tim Cook says increased R&D spending is in part driven by work on generative artificial intelligence

Beats Studio Pro review: Apple’s new top headphones love Android too

Bluetooth noise cancellers are best-sounding Beats yet and packed with cross-platform features

‘Ultra-rare’ pair of Apple trainers on sale for $50,000

Sotheby’s selling one of firm’s most obscure products, thought to have been custom-made for employees

TechScape: Will Meta’s open-source LLM make AI safer – or put it into the wrong hands?

The AI arms race heats up as Meta makes a deal with Microsoft while its Cupertino competitor toils away on ‘Apple GPT’. Plus, Twitter’s X-tinction

Artificial intelligence boom generates optimism in tech sector as stocks soar

The rush into AI has given the flagging technology industry a share price lift, but some investors still remain cautious

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  • Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate
  • Tell us your favourite film of 2026 so far
  • As Spielberg confirms whether ET was ‘slimy or dry’, we enter a new age of the celebrity interview
  • La Cabina/El Televisor review – horror and anxiety on the air and down the line in Franco’s Spain
  • Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices
  • ‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
  • The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’
  • Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones
  • Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35
  • ‘It makes no sense’: 16- and 17-year-olds on UK social media ban
  • The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested
  • Teddie Beverley obituary
  • Apocalypse when? ‘Earth’s Black Box’ to be installed in remote Tasmanian airfield
  • UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
  • Legislation proposed to stop lawsuits used to silence journalists and whistleblowers
  • Fears for Xbox as it puts its developers on the chopping block once again
  • I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life
  • Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator
  • ‘A neoliberal nightmare’: my ride on the Vegas Loop – Elon Musk’s answer to traffic jams
  • ‘Vegetarian Nigella’ and flirty hair flips: John Early and Kate Berlant take on diet culture in new influencer satire
  • The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding
  • Will it take a ‘Chornobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate AI?
  • Your Fault: London review – British-set remake of Spanish step-sibling romance lacks passion or fizz
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Nino review – time is running out for young man faced with cancer in shrewd sperm sample portrait
  • UK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend
  • Cactus Pears review – tender and subtle story of forbidden love and a poignant awakening in India
  • Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?
  • Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
  • Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit

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