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Adblocking almost as popular on mobile devices as desktops

Increased use follows introduction by Apple of ability to block ads on iPhones and iPads

Apple iPhone sales projected to be stagnant for Q1 2016

Analysts predict slowest-ever iPhone sales growth of just 1% in the first three months of its financial year, down from 46% same quarter in 2015

The Witness review – an incredibly impressive collection of puzzles

The long-awaited game from the makers of Braid takes the format of classic PC adventure Myst and draws you into a world of puzzles

Innovation or e-waste? Apple’s rumoured plan to ditch headphone jack

An online petition accusing the company of creating ‘mountains of e-waste’ is gaining signatures, but this is an industry developing at breakneck speed

Apple may owe $8bn in back taxes after European commission ruling

The commission’s crackdown on multinational corporations extended to tech giant in investigation that revealed potentially illegal use of Ireland tax shelters

Stock market’s 2016 rout has tech firms reeling – and may prove fatal for some

Across the sector shares – including Apple, Alphabet, Twitter and Facebook – have tumbled and smaller companies such as GoPro have not recovered

The anti-eviction blues: audio reports from San Francisco’s gentrifying streets

As the San Francisco tech boom has sent rents skyrocketing and pushed out established businesses, Erin McElroy and others at the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project have been gathering oral histories of some of those affected

Bug displays Chrome user’s porn hours later on Apple computer

Student’s incognito mode browsing reappeared after closing private window when he loaded video game Diablo III

Apple boss Tim Cook clashes with US government over encryption

White House tech summit reportedly saw Apple’s CEO call for a ‘no backdoors’ policy when it comes to communications encryption

Apple promises a good night’s sleep with new iPhone feature

‘Night Shift’ makes screen of mobile device redder at night, following research that suggests it can help with sleep

Streaming for joy: how to master internet TV

21 tips, tricks and shortcuts to help you take control of Netflix, Roku, iPlayer and other streaming services and devices.

Angela Ahrendts: the woman aiming to make Apple a luxury brand

Confirmed last week as the tech giant’s highest-paid executive, the ex Burberry chief is charged with making the Apple ‘experience’ even sleeker. It might also mean larger profits

Silicon Valley appears open to helping US spy agencies after terrorism summit

Obama administration acknowledges ‘complicated first amendment issues’ after top counter-terrorism officials traveled to California to woo technology executives from companies including Apple, Facebook and Twitter

Revealed: White House seeks to enlist Silicon Valley to ‘disrupt radicalization’

Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and YouTube will attend the meeting with intelligence agencies to discuss terrorists on social media and encryption

Apple shares fall after reports of cuts to iPhone 6S and 6S Plus production

Cuts come after softer demand for new Apple iPhone handsets reportedly causes inventories to build up, sparking fears it is a ‘one-product company’

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  • Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham have met away from No 10 to discuss transition – as it happened
  • Quantum of Solace: a heartbroken James Bond is fuelled by rage in Daniel Craig’s most underrated 007 film
  • US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
  • You’re only supposed to blow the bloody hooves off: AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook
  • Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?
  • AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts
  • How to Live on Earth review – Benedict Cumberbatch exudes positivity in response to the climate crisis
  • Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds
  • Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator
  • Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave
  • ‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
  • 500 Miles review – kids hit the road to visit Irish grandad Bill Nighy in YA tearjerker
  • ‘Climate change is a form of oppression’: the voices affected most by environmental crisis
  • The Morrigan review – spirit of pagan demon queen unleashed in Irish burial chamber horror
  • The 31 best Prime Day deals in the US on things our editors actually tested and love
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  • Landship review – soldiers yearn for tinned meat in muddy first world war drama that stays inside the tank
  • Self-doubt, burnout … and Taylor Swift: why Toy Story 5 is the ultimate millennial girl movie
  • 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

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