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Brexit hits Apple Mac customers hard as prices rise by up to £500

New laptops significantly more expensive and already-existing machines have prices raised by hundreds of pounds as Apple adjusts for new US dollar-pound sterling rate

Apple’s annual profits fall for first time in 15 years as iPhone sales decline

Company has sold 45.5m iPhones in current quarter, down 5% from last year as analysts worry that the world has reached ‘peak Apple’

Suge Knight sues Dr Dre for $300m – and claims Dre allegedly tried to have him killed

Former hip-hop mogul wants a third of Dre’s earnings, including Beats sale to Apple, which supposedly was the cause of Dre’s desire to see him dead, he alleges in new lawsuit

British businesses to pay more for Microsoft Office following pound slump

Post-EU referendum slide in value of pound to blame for Microsoft’s UK price rises, expected to be up to 13% for software and 22% for cloud-based services

Share your iPod photos and memories with us

The iPod turned 15 years old on Sunday and to celebrate we’d like to hear your memories of the innovative MP3 player

iPhone 7 being investigated after surfer claims it set his car on fire

Australian man says the iPhone ‘melted’ and destroyed his car while he was on the beach, as lithium-ion batteries under scrutiny amid major Samsung recall

Google Pixel review: an iPhone beater but not quite an Android king

First smartphone designed by Google from scratch ticks many boxes, but isn’t quite the stellar world beater some might expect

The real reason shops want you to sign up for e-receipts

Retailers are switching to proof of purchase in digital form – allowing them to track trending products, buying history and even customer movements

Apps to keep you in tune with the times

From your own digital DJ to making a ‘lip-dub’ video, there are lots of inventive new ways to enjoy music

Sony develops PlayStation games for smartphones in 2018

Reports say Sony has given a timeframe for its plan to bring its console brand to iOS and Android smartphones

Irish finance minister stands firm on Apple tax deal in budget speech

Michael Noonan pledge that Ireland’s 12.5% corporate tax rate ‘will not be change’ goes down well in Cork, home to Apple’s HQ

Supreme court suspicious of Samsung’s defense of copying iPhone design

Though their final ruling will not be known for months, justices have expressed limited patience for arguments defending patent infringements against Apple

FBI is trying to hack Minnesota mall stabbing perpetrator’s iPhone

FBI says it is reviewing ‘digital footprint’ of Dahir Adan, who was shot dead after stabbing 10 people in a knife attack for which Isis later claimed credit

Pixel is a direct challenge to Apple – and a referendum on Google

After fighting long proxy war the two tech titans are now in same arena, as Google bets big on its new phone brand transferring to a market dominated by iPhone

Silicon Valley comes to Naples: Apple prepares to open Italian academy

With 200 pupils set to start training, the mood is high in the unlikely suburb chosen for tech giant’s latest venture

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  • Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive
  • Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas
  • UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
  • HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • 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

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