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G7 plan will slash UK tax revenue from US tech firms, say experts

Global changes could mean Treasury loses £230m from Google, Amazon, Facebook and eBay

France fines Google for abusing online advertising dominance

Tech giant will pay £189m after settlement found it unfairly favoured its own tools for buying and selling ads

Global G7 deal may let Amazon off hook on tax, say experts

Exclusive: communique from ministers suggests deal only applies to ‘profit exceeding a 10% margin’, which could rule out Amazon

Microsoft’s Kate Crawford: ‘AI is neither artificial nor intelligent’

The AI researcher on how natural resources and human labour drive machine learning and the regressive stereotypes that are baked into its algorithms

‘Silicon Six’ tech giants accused of inflating tax payments by almost $100bn

Study claims firms paid $96bn less in tax between 2011 and 2020 than the notional figures cited in their annual reports

Gadgets have stopped working together, and it’s becoming an issue

Our reliance on technology means ever more devices and apps and ever less interoperability – and the ubiquity of Apple hasn’t helped

Skin in the frame: black photographers welcome Google initiative

Attempt to tackle racial bias long overdue say practitioners, but it’s not just about the equipment

Demis Hassabis: the deep mind Dominic Cummings turned to as the pandemic hit

The AI researcher and co-founder of Google’s DeepMind was one of many who pressed for an hard lockdown in March 2020

Thousands of YouTube comments on Sky News Australia video celebrate BLM activist being shot in head

Exclusive: The racist and violent comments appear below a video news report about Sasha Johnson who was shot in the head in London

EU cites ‘anti-vaccine campaign’ as reason to toughen social media code

European Commission proposes more factchecking and algorithm changes to tackle disinformation

ABC does deals with Google and Facebook that could see millions spent on regional news

The broadcaster’s managing director says the agreements under Australia’s media code ‘will provide a huge boost to the regions’

Doctors fear Google skin check app will lead to ‘tsunami of overdiagnosis’

There are nearly 10bn Google searches for skin, nail and hair issues each year, prompting the tech giant to create a ‘dermatology assist tool’

Android 12: everything you need to know about Google’s update

Upgrade is big design overhaul, improves speed and privacy and adds new features to Maps and Photos

‘Privacy by design’: Google to give people more power over their personal data

New privacy controls include allowing people to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of their search history and more reminders about location tracking

Privacy activists are winning fights with tech giants. Why does victory feel hollow?

Perhaps we wasted energy achieving privacy concessions, when we should have been building a more foundational critique of the power of big tech

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  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • 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

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