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Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking

Campaigners sought to sue for £3bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales

TechScape: what to expect from the online safety bill

Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be targets for Ofcom if the government passes the proposed legislation

How can we tame the tech giants now that they control society’s infrastructure?

It’s hard to see how the ‘platform power’ of the likes of Amazon can be curbed, given that they are running vital cloud services

Pixel 6 review: the cut-price Google flagship phone

Top camera, Android 12 and Tensor chip but competitive pricing makes for a bargain

Memory lanes: Google’s map of our lives

Google’s Street View helps us navigate the world, but it’s also a portal on forgotten places and secret moments

What is the Australian government doing to crack down on big tech, and why?

Three main triggers have spurred the Coalition to show it is actively curbing the power of the giant global tech companies

Pixel 6 Pro review: the very best Google phone

Brilliant camera and experience puts Pixel on par with Samsung and Apple, while undercutting on price

Google parent Alphabet posts revenues of $65bn as ads move online

Profits of $1bn on top of largest revenue figure in 14 years to continue big tech’s profitable march

Will Ireland’s corporation tax rise see tech companies leave Dublin?

Analysts question if Dublin’s reputation as a leading tech hub could be undermined by new 15% tax rate

UK agrees to end tax on US tech giants when global deal takes effect

Deal means US will not retaliate against UK for imposing digital services tax, Treasury says

Google Pixel 6 phones launch with custom chips and aggressive pricing

Top new Androids have bigger cameras, Tensor processor and five years of support

Google warns of surge in activity by state-backed hackers

More than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university

TechScape: UK online safety bill could set tone for global social media regulation

Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Facebook and Google will be watching closely as MPs and peers consider proposed landmark legislation

‘Welcome to the party’: five past tech whistleblowers on the pitfalls of speaking out

Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, joined a growing list of Silicon Valley former employees to call out company policies

Google Maps to show the lowest carbon route for car journeys

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said the initiative could save 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year

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  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • 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
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  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
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