UK regulator to investigate Apple over ‘unfair’ App Store terms

UK watchdog opens inquiry over claims US firm is imposing ‘anti-competitive’ terms on app developers

Our 11-year-old daughter ran up a £2,400 Roblox gaming bill

My wife was in hospital and couldn’t monitor her spending on in-app purchases

Syringes and a flaming heart: iPhone reveals more than 200 new emojis

Options for couples with different skin tones and a bearded man or woman also part of iOS 14.5

Facebook v Apple: the looming showdown over data tracking and privacy

Facebook says collecting user data across the internet makes for ‘better experiences’. Apple – and privacy groups – are pushing back

Google apps feel strain as firm’s privacy standoff with Apple drags on

Google failure to update more than 80 apps to comply with Apple’s ‘nutrition label’ requirement means users are being told apps are out of date

Forget Zuckerberg and Cook’s hypocrisy – it’s their companies that are the real problem

We are all in thrall to the corporate giants that control digital technology. Only by seeing that can we hope to change them

Is big tech now just too big to stomach?

The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?

Apple Fitness+ review: ‘Short of getting a trainer, it’s good at getting me to push myself’

Paying $14.99 a month for workout videos when you can find them free on YouTube might seem pricey, but Josh Taylor finds some advantages

iPhone update lets Apple Watch users unlock Face ID in a mask

Company’s iOS 14.5 release will allow masked users to access devices with help from Apple Watch heart-rate sensor

Apple and Facebook at odds over privacy move that will hit online ads

Tim Cook lambasts firms ‘built on misleading users, data exploitation, on choices that are not choices at all’

Apple records most profitable quarter ever as sales soar amid pandemic

Company announces sales for last three months of 2020 totalled $111.4bn, fueled largely by release of latest iPhones

Google announces plan to tackle privacy issues in online advertising

Company attempts to chart middle ground between Apple’s privacy-first approach and the needs of advertisers

Never mind machines getting cleverer – is technology making me stupider?

Thanks to too-useful apps and gadgets I have managed to lose some basic skills, from map-reading to finding my phone. Is this the real threat from AI, asks Adrian Chiles

Hyundai’s value surges by $9bn amid reports of Apple electric car deal

South Korean firm backtracks on statement confirming ‘early discussion’ with US company

Elon Musk: I tried to sell Tesla to Apple

Musk says Tim Cook ‘refused to take the meeting’ when a struggling Tesla could have been bought for a song