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Rod Sims says Facebook should be forced to negotiate with SBS under news media bargaining code

Despite dozens of deals to pay Australian news publishers for content, social media company has left out SBS and the Conversation

Buffalo might never have happened if online hate had been tackled after Christchurch

Meta, Twitter and Google have done little to fight radicalisation, violating their own rules, says the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Imran Ahmed

Sonos launches cheaper Ray soundbar and new voice control system

Own-brand voice recognition update can replace Google or Alexa for faster, more private music commands

Google IO: Pixel 6a, Pixel Watch and Android 13 unveiled

New Pro earbuds and upcoming Pixel 7 phones, tablet and software shown off during virtual event

TechScape: Apple, Google and Microsoft are about to make passwords a thing of the past

In this week’s newsletter: safer than two-factor authentication and easier than remembering dozens of codes, the ‘Fido’ system will make our digital lives smoother

UK watchdog will have power to impose huge fines on big tech firms

According to the government, Digital Markets Unit will protect small businesses and consumers

YouTube Kids shows videos promoting drug culture and firearms to toddlers

Breaking Bad-themed cooking show and music with lyrics about cocaine among content deemed appropriate for children as young as two

Picture perfect: how to take, store and print photos from your phone

If you keep precious camera moments locked away on a mobile they are at risk of being lost

Alphabet revenue falls short as YouTube and TikTok battle for users

Supply issues, inflation and war in Ukraine fuel Google parent company’s first-quarter struggles

Google doodle marks Earth Day 2022 with stark images of climate crisis

Time-lapse satellite images show glacial retreat at Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching, deforestation in Germany and Greenland glacial melt

Upon my death, delete: how to plan your digital legacy

Whether you want your information destroyed, stored or memorialised, many tech platforms now offer options for handling users’ data after death

EU agrees sweeping new digital rules in effort to curb big tech’s power

Digital Markets Act seeks to prevent the likes of Google and Facebook parent company Meta from dominating digital markets

Russia blocks Google News after ad ban on content condoning Ukraine invasion

Google announced action against users who ‘exploit, dismiss or condone’ Putin’s war

Sites reported record 29.3m child abuse images in 2021

Rise of 35% on previous year may represent improvement on the part of platforms, says nonprofit centre

John Barilaro tells court he felt ‘broken’ after Friendlyjordies videos appeared on YouTube

Former NSW deputy premier abused at shopping centre, called ‘corrupt’ and sworn at in front of daughter, court hears

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  • Push for electrification finally takes centre stage in pre-Cop31 climate talks
  • 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

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