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Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation

The new social network with its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk

Twitter hit by 40% revenue drop amid ad squeeze, say reports

More than 500 advertising clients have reportedly paused spending since Elon Musk’s takeover in October

TechScape: TikTok has been spying on reporters – exactly no one is surprised

In this week’s newsletter: Inside the social video app’s new scandal. Plus, Musk continues to Trump tech and Apple might finally make the metaverse interesting

I’m horribly addicted to Twitter. Will Elon Musk save me from myself this year?

If only Musk would sacrifice his fortune and reputation and close the site, people like me could get back to doing something useful with our time

Cabinet minister’s Twitter account hacked to promote cryptocurrencies

Education secretary Gillian Keegan’s account was completely altered, with profile picture showing Elon Musk

Twitter restores suicide prevention feature

Move follows criticism of Elon Musk after #ThereIsHelp feature disappeared from searches

Twitter’s CEO post is a non-job if Elon Musk can’t vacate it

Tesla shareholders hoping for the full attention of their distracted CEO are likely to be disappointed

Firefox and Tumblr join rush to support Mastodon social network

Elon Musk admits banning links to Twitter rival was a mistake

Twitter users voted Elon Musk out. But CEO or not, he’ll still call the shots

Even if the multi-billionaire owner accepts his user poll and stands down, his machinations seem likely to ruin the company, says tech writer Sarah Manavis

Go out in flames or fade away? Rightwing Twitter rant rekindles dilemma for ageing rockers

Former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris has sparked debate among musicians about how to tackle senior years

Elon Musk sells new $3.6bn tranche of Tesla shares

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title

TechScape: I read Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ so you don’t have to

In this week’s newsletter: The leaks don’t reveal a hotbed of leftwing bias at the social media company – just a thin-skinned billionaire rehashing culture wars of years past

Elton John quits Twitter over change that ‘allows misinformation to flourish’

Musician’s comments come after Elon Musk said he would grant ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts

How to start a blog: tips to make yours successful and profitable

From the benefits of choosing a niche subject to building a community and bringing in income

Elon Musk ‘resolves’ Apple row over ‘removal of Twitter from iPhone store’

After chat with Tim Cook the tycoon admits misunderstanding and Apple had ‘never considered removing platform’

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  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread
  • Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire
  • ‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?
  • Signal One review – Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis ballast high-concept, low-risk first contact yarn
  • White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
  • Pink Narcissus review – garish colour and dreamlike images in a homoerotic vision of 60s New York
  • Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns
  • Let this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance
  • Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?
  • World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China
  • French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations
  • Plan for AI legal assistants in England and Wales ‘cannot replace funding and staff’, lawyers say
  • Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images
  • OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market
  • Apple debuts revamped ‘Siri AI’ and new child safety features for iPhones and iPads
  • The Guardian view on children and the internet: rolling back big tech’s untrammelled power
  • Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns
  • Child phone nudity law could largely end online child sexual abuse if widely adopted, Jess Phillips claims – as it happened
  • Revealed: the ‘less lethal’ weapons Australian police don’t want you to know about
  • If Australian datacentres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return

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