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ABC can keep Google and Facebook payments for news, Coalition says

Government won’t reduce public broadcaster’s funding over potential windfall from new media code, communications minister vows

Google workers reject company’s account of AI researcher’s exit as anger grows

Timnit Gebru’s colleagues challenge claims she resigned while more than 1,800 sign petition of solidarity

More than 1,200 Google workers condemn firing of AI scientist Timnit Gebru

More than 1,000 researchers also sign letter after Black expert on ethics says Google tried to suppress her research on bias

Australian MP targeted by conspiracy posts calls for Facebook to be treated as publisher

Exclusive: Nationals’ Anne Webster reveals she is pressing for legislation to hold social media platforms to account for content they publish

Google broke US law by firing workers behind protests, complaint says

National Labor Relations Board files complaint over surveillance and termination after year-long inquiry

Post-Brexit Britain will have to do better than this to curb the power of big tech

Does the government grasp the scale of the challenge of digital regulation?, asks competition lawyer Michelle Meagher

Facebook and YouTube accused of complicity in Vietnam repression

Amnesty report accuses sites of openly signalling they will bow to authoritarian regimes

Morrison government’s updated Covidsafe app unlikely to improve results, experts say

Tech community has criticised government for failing to engage on new changes given app’s poor track record

For the sake of democracy, social media giants must pay newspapers

It’s only right that big tech should compensate publishers for using their content

Digital Markets Unit: what powers will new UK tech regulator have?

Key questions answered about the new technology industry watchdog

New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook

Alok Sharma says dominance of a few big companies hurts innovation and curtails customer choice

Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

With its iPhones, watches and forthcoming smart glasses, Apple’s gadgets are increasingly becoming extensions of our minds and bodies. It’s the big tech dream – but could it turn into a nightmare?

If you think Biden’s administration will rein in big tech, think again

The US president-elect is reported to have appointed former employees of Facebook and Amazon to his transition team

Tech giants join with governments to fight Covid misinformation

Facebook, Twitter and Google part of working group targeting false claims about vaccines

Fortnite maker Epic Games sues Apple in Australia for App Store ban

Video game company alleges Apple misuses its market power and forces apps to pay ‘monopoly prices’

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  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • 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

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