‘My parents didn’t have a clue’: why many digital natives would not give their kids smartphones
Online bullying, violence and paedophilia have made young people sceptical of unfettered access to technology
From matcha lattes to Dubai chocolate – how supermarkets fight to cope with TikTok trends
Food fads were once dictated by restaurants, now it is viral videos influencing stores what to stock … and quickly
OnlyFans owner in talks to sell UK-based adult content platform for £5.9bn
Site with annual revenues of £1bn in discussions with consortium led by US investment firm Forest Road Company
Draining cities dry: the giant tech companies queueing up to build datacentres in drought-hit Latin America
In Brazil, the Chinese social media giant TikTok is said to be the latest company planning a supercomputer warehouse that will use vast amounts of water and energy
What to do if you can’t get into your Facebook or Instagram account
How to prove your identity after your account gets hacked and how to improve security for the future
Tell us: how long do you spend looking at a screen?
We would like to hear from people about their screen time experiences
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media
Tracking apps might make us feel safe, but blurring the line between care and control can be dangerous
Apps like Life360 and Find My Friends are changing the landscape of what’s considered to be an expression of love – and not necessarily for the better
A 14-step guide to taking a (fleeting) break from social media
Meditate instead of scrolling. Ha, just kidding. Doomscroll on news sites and gnash your teeth at the state of the world
Could a ‘digital diet’ help me fix my bad phone habits?
Smartphone Nation by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr vows to help us take control. But can her methods beat the algorithms?
BBC boss says disinformation ‘trust crisis’ putting social fabric of UK at risk
Tim Davie pitches BBC as unifying force as he announces plans to make more news content for YouTube and TikTok
France derides Russia’s false claim of drug use by Macron, Merz and Starmer
Élysée warns against Kremlin’s disinformation efforts after ‘cocaine’ conspiracy theory spreads online
The Guardian relaunches app and updates homepage design
Podcasts and puzzles get a boost as part of ‘mobile first’ strategy with 1 million daily active users of app
‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?
It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?
Greyscale and prune your algorithm: ‘digital nutritionist’ offers advice on cutting down screen time
Kaitlyn Regehr says parents worrying about their children need first to look at their own usage