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Apple suggests iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change

US tech firm says giving government oversight of security changes could endanger encrypted products

First-generation Apple iPhone sells at auction in US for $190,000

Device launched by Steve Jobs in 2007 with promise to ‘reinvent the phone’ sells for 300 times original price

Sustainable smartphones calling? The eco-friendly new design rules to extend the life of your handset

EU design legislation will herald greener devices, with greater longevity for software and access to user-replaceable parts

Nvidia in talks to be anchor investor in Arm flotation, say reports

Semiconductor powerhouse could invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Cambridge-based firm

Big tech vows to fight climate crisis but employs fossil fuel-linked lobbyists

The biggest players in tech have contracted with lobbyists that also represent some of the biggest fossil fuel companies

UK man who pleaded guilty to celebrity Twitter hack gets five years in prison

Joseph James O’Connor, 24, pleaded guilty to cybercrime charges last month for hijacking famous accounts in a bitcoin scam

Big tech is trying to weaken new digital markets regulator, Rishi Sunak warned

A legal battle is brewing over how giant firms will be able to appeal against new unit’s decisions

15in MacBook Air review: Apple’s best consumer laptop, just bigger

Thin and light M2 Mac has fast performance, a very long battery life and one of the best screens on the market

Autocorrect can be ‘ducking’ annoying, but we’ll miss its accidental poetry when it’s gone

Apple’s AI-powered upgrade will stop its phones changing ‘Aperol’ to ‘a peril’ – and end an innocent, hilarious blip in time, says Guardian columnist Coco Khan

Apple’s Vision Pro VR is incredible technology but is it useful?

The new product is far ahead of its competition; however, it is not clear that there is a pressing need for it or that most people can afford it

TechScape: Is Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro more than just another tech toy for the rich?

There’s a disconnect between the eye-watering price of Apple’s new ‘spatial computing’ gadget and the promise of it – but it has some genuinely novel features

Ducking hell! Apple to tweak autocorrect that replaces one of the most common expletives

Cries of ‘stupid autocorrect!’ will be banished as a result of an AI-powered upgrade that will let users swear if they want to

Apple unveils 15in MacBook Air, iOS 17 and revamped watchOS 10

Alongside Vision Pro headset, firm revealed new Mac Pro, Mac Studio, macOS Sonoma and iPadOS 17

Apple reveals Vision Pro AR headset at its worldwide developers conference

Headset priced at $3,500 allows users to ‘browse the system simply by looking’ and tapping their fingers to select, says Apple

Apple won’t repair my three-year-old MacBook Pro for free

There was a known fault with screens, but the free repair only applies to models produced earlier

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  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • ‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces
  • ‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces
  • 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

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