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Apple MacBook Air M2 review: sleek redesign takes things up a notch

Upgrade gets a bigger screen in a lighter, thinner body, plus rapid new M2 chip with tremendous battery life

Apple asks suppliers in Taiwan to label products as made in China – report

Nikkei says firm wants components bound for mainland to now comply with longstanding Beijing rule

Have the tech giants finally had their bubble burst? I’d hate to speculate

For the first time in the tech industry’s history, combined real revenue growth is negative rather than positive and some corporations may yet be facing an existential decline

Apple should scan iPhones for child abuse images, says scanning technology inventor

Prof Hany Farid says all online services should adopt idea backed by GCHQ and National Cybersecurity Centre

Will ‘connected cars’ persuade drivers to pay for a high-spec ride?

Manufacturers have spied a handy revenue stream by delivering upgrades ‘over the air’, but are car owners prepared to fork out?

Apple surpasses expectations as tech companies struggle in slow economy

The tech firm reported sales and profit of $83bn, in a positive sign for the company which lost its most valuable status earlier

TechScape: suspicious of TikTok? You’re not alone

The Chinese app is known for its aggressive data collection – but it is a fool’s errand to prove that it is a threat to the west

Apple reportedly will curb hiring next year in response to rocky economy

The company joins other tech firms in slowing hiring as fears grow that inflation will lower consumer demand

Apple to launch ‘lockdown mode’ to protect against Pegasus-style hacks

Firm says function is intended for users who face ‘grave, targeted threats to their digital security’

UK could force messaging apps to adopt new technology to tackle abuse images

Home secretary says new powers to require tech firms to remove encrypted abuse material would bring privacy and security

My mum is locked out of her Apple iPad and can’t get her photos

A reader writes that their 79-year-old relative can’t access her tablet or iCloud account

I am not a robot: iOS verification update marks end of ‘captchas’

Tests where you are asked to spot traffic lights or type out wobbly letters may be a thing of the past

Best running gear: top gadgets to keep you motivated

From music on the go to GPS watches and apps such as Strava, tech to help you clock up the miles

Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation

‘Effective duopoly’ holds back Britain’s tech sector and restricts customer choice, says CMA

EU deal will force iPhones to use USB-C charger by 2024

Bloc agrees move to legally require all smartphones to use common charger within two years

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  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • 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
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  • La Cabina/El Televisor review – horror and anxiety on the air and down the line in Franco’s Spain
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  • ‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
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  • Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35
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  • The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested
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  • 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?

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