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Twitter hack: accounts of prominent figures, including Biden, Musk, Obama, Gates and Kanye compromised

Accounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been hacked as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrency

Margrethe Vestager was 100% correct over public mood on Apple tax case

Court defeat for Brussels is reminder of glacial pace at which international tax reform proceeds

Apple does not need to pay €13bn Irish tax bill, EU court rules

European commission failed to prove Apple had benefited from arrangement, court finds

Will Silicon Valley be your healthcare provider one day? It’s very likely

Chinese big tech was at the heart of China’s response to Covid-19. Now Apple and Google are doing the same in the west

Apple under pressure to act after TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong

Social media firms react to sweeping new national security legislation imposed by China

Privacy is not the problem with the Apple-Google contact-tracing toolkit

New tools give tech giants the power to shape communities and change behaviour, says Michael Veale lecturer in digital rights and regulation at University College London

Is it payback time for Apple as the EU goes after its licences to print money?

The giant faces a probe into its lucrative App Store and phone payment system

Google says it will no longer save a complete record of every search

The firm will now delete its saved records of a new user’s activity after 18 months

Apple update to allow iPhone users to choose default apps

Move in autumn will let users set Gmail as default email app and Firefox as main web browser

Apple ditches Intel for ARM processors in Mac computers with Big Sur

Firm starts transition to Apple-made chips for faster performance, longer battery life and innovative technologies

WWDC 2020: Apple leaves Intel and retires Mac OS X – as it happened

Follow the launch of Apple’s latest hardware and software updates as they are announced

Apple iOS 14: new features coming to iPad and iPhone

Firm announces latest innovations including for iPad and watch at US conference

Microsoft president’s criticism of app stores puts pressure on Apple

Cut of up to 30% charged by app stores obstructs fair competition, claims Brad Smith

Apple and Google not told of UK plans to use their tech with NHS app

Matt Hancock had doubts about US software’s accuracy in measuring proximity to potential coronavirus carriers

UK abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model

NHS will switch to alternative design by tech giants, says Matt Hancock in latest embarrassing U-turn

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  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
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  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
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  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
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  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
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  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories

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