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WWDC 2018 keynote: Apple to stop Facebook tracking on iOS 12 – as it happened

Tim Cook and friends kick off ‘dubdub’ in California, with new Apple Watch features, Siri Shortcuts, new Animoji, group FaceTime, ARKit and more

Apple’s new ‘digital wellbeing’ tools aim to help reduce screen time

‘Screen Time’ app show how long you spend on each app and lets people set daily limits

Donald Trump shuns iPhone security because it’s ‘inconvenient’, reports say

US president reportedly resisted White House security checks for Twitter phone for ‘as long as five months’

Google sued for ‘clandestine tracking’ of 4.4m UK iPhone users’ browsing data

Collective action seeking up to £3.2bn for claims Google bypassed privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser

Apple delivers best-ever second quarter despite sales worries

With revenues of over $61bn, Apple beat its 2015 record in the quarterly report released Tuesday, but sales of its most valuable product are slowing

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery – a wizarding fantasy on your phone?

The first Harry Potter game in years is out today on Android and iPhones. Here’s what to expect

iOS 11.3 update breaks iPhone 8 devices with third party-repaired screens

Software update disables touchscreen on £700-plus smartphones that have not had their screens repaired by Apple

Fortnite shoots to the top of teenagers’ most-wanted games list

Players snap up clothing items as iPhone version of free video game tops iTunes chart in 13 countries

Unsane: how Steven Soderbergh manages to thrill with just an iPhone

The director’s latest film, shot entirely on a phone, is a dizzying deep dive into the psyche of a stalking victim kept in a mental care facility against her will. Contains spoilers

What’s it like to play Fortnite on an iPhone?

One of the world’s most popular video games is now on phones, as well as everywhere else you look. We assess how it performs on a small screen

Purrfect plan: why a young couple made a video game about dating cats

Oliver Hindle and Ruby-Mae Roberts battled sleepless nights and health problems to create the ideal passion project: Purrfect Date, a feline romance adventure based on Lost

Musician, activist, soothsayer: the many talents of Moby

But did he really invent the iPhone and become a voice for the world’s anti-Trump security services? By Sophie Heawood

Apple devices make hundreds of false 911 calls from refurbishment centre

Emergency services in California field 1,600 calls and describe hearing people talking about maintenance and repairs, but cause is a mystery

Global smartphone market drops 9% in biggest ever fall

Demand for new phones appears to be waning with collapse in China market and Apple shipping 5m fewer devices

iPhone X lifts Dixons Carphone sales

Retailer plays down prospect of store closures as full-year profits slide after tough first half

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  • AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable
  • ‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Stop! That! Train! review – RuPaul-led zany drag comedy is a riot
  • The best robot vacuums in the UK to keep your home clean and dust free, tested
  • Strictly Ballroom review – Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale
  • Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • Peter Asher on being music’s incredible ‘Everywhere Man’: ‘The secret is simple’
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out

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