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Saudi snitching app appears to have been used against jailed Leeds student

‘Terrifying tool’ under scrutiny as Salma al-Shehab’s tweets suggest widely available phone app was used to report her

‘Data void’: Google to stop giving answers to silly questions

Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes

Samsung Z Flip 4 launch: popular hi-tech flip phone gets upgrade

Cutting-edge folding phone unveiled with Z Fold 4 folding tablet, Galaxy Watch 5 and Buds 2 Pro earbuds

Google outage: tech giant apologises after software update causes search engine to go down

Users reported the search engine was down and problems with Gmail, Google maps and Google images

OnePlus 10T review: this phone fully charges in 19 minutes

Lightning-quick recharging could be game-changing for cut-price Android with top performance

Siri or Skynet? How to separate AI fact from fiction

Determining the way artificial intelligence is used and governed will be one of the century’s key political battlegrounds. Here’s what everyone needs to know

Have the tech giants finally had their bubble burst? I’d hate to speculate

For the first time in the tech industry’s history, combined real revenue growth is negative rather than positive and some corporations may yet be facing an existential decline

Pixel Buds Pro review: Google’s great AirPods Pro rival for Android

New and improved earbuds sound better, have noise cancelling, last longer and are very comfortable

Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected

Parent company Alphabet reports second-quarter revenue of $69.69bn, 13% higher than a year ago

Social media companies promise to reduce harmful content in New Zealand

Meta, TikTok, Google, Amazon and Twitter sign ‘world first’ voluntary code, which critics say is a move designed to fend off regulation

If our datacentres cannot take the heat, the UK could really go off the rails

It is understandable that railway infrastructure could not cope with last week’s temperatures, but why did Google and Oracle’s facilities go offline?

Google fires software engineer who claims AI chatbot is sentient

Company said Blake Lemoine violated Google policies and that his claims were ‘wholly unfounded’

Google to be banned in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Leader of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic accuses search engine of promoting ‘terrorism and violence against all Russians’

Google Pixel 6a review: this mid-range master is a true bargain

Top chip, brilliant camera, great software and solid battery life in a smaller body with a cheaper price

Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data

Researchers find movements can still be tracked despite firm’s vow to protect location history of people who visit abortion clinics

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  • 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
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
  • Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors
  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype

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