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Apple launches second generation AirPods with wireless charging

Bluetooth earbuds have longer battery life, hands-free Siri and new wireless charging case

Apple launches new iPad Mini and iPad Air

Updated models bring small tablet back into line with the iPhone XS and iPad Pro

Can an external SSD match the Mac Mini’s pricey inbuilt storage?

David wants a new Mac Mini but doesn’t want to pay Apple’s eye-watering price for a 2TB SSD

Apple’s 30% app store commission unfair, Spotify claims

Music service files complaint with European commission over subscription ‘tax’

Samsung’s $2,000 Galaxy Fold changes the smartphone game

Folding tablet hybrid shows Asia, not US or Europe, is leading the way in innovation

It’s almost impossible to function without the big five tech giants

The ‘big five’’s grip on our online world is such that it’s almost impossible to function without them

Apple admits a manufacturing fault but I still have to pay

My new iPhone 7 is struck down with ‘loop disease’ but it will cost me £300-plus for a repair

How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol?

Back in 2016, Apple’s wireless earbuds were ridiculed by the tech industry. Now, thousands of memes later, the tables have turned

Apple store opponents crowdfund to ‘buy’ Federation Square building set for demolition

Tech giant’s flagship store would commercialise public square, campaigners say

How can I back up my bookmarks and access them online?

Jenifer wants a backup while EC wants a replacement for Google+, which is shutting down

‘Drinkable’ potato chips: the products keeping your phone grease-free

Pre-smashed One Hand Chips are far from the first to tailor the dining experience around our phone-centric lifestyles

Angela Ahrendts quits as head of Apple retail

Ex-Burberry boss steps down after five years leading firm’s shops and online division

Apple to pay 10 years of back taxes to France

US tech firm has not disclosed sum but French magazine says figure is close to €500m

From vacuums to vibrators: why spies are everywhere in our smart homes

Data-collecting devices can never be trusted, as the FaceTime bug has shown. From phones to doorbells, it’s the start of a civil-liberties nightmare

A new antitrust frontier – the issue closing partisan divides in the name of policing big tech

The left and the right are united in the pursuit of greater accountability and transparency from Silicon Valley’s power players

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  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • 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
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • 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
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

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