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My bedroom is a phone-free zone and I feel so much better for it

I get more and better sleep, feel less anxiety and even get out of bed quicker – and it’s all because social media sucks

iPhone users to be given option to turn off feature that slows down devices

Apple chief Tim Cook says update for iOS will provide new option, but urges against using it for risk of sudden shutdown problems

How to quit your tech: a beginner’s guide to divorcing your phone

Six very busy people attempt a digital detox

HMRC forces Apple to pay £137m extra tax

‘Corporate income tax adjustment’ made as settlement after multi-year audit by tax authorities into iPhone-maker’s UK operations

Apple questioned by US Senate over practice of slowing down iPhones

Apple now under pressure from both sides of Atlantic over admission it slows phones with older batteries, after French government opened investigation

Apple plans ‘more robust’ parental tools after iPhone addiction claims

Company says it has ‘always looked out for kids’ after open letter from investors said it should do more to tackle children’s overuse of smartphones

Apple investors call for action over iPhone ‘addiction’ among children

Open letter highlights growing concern that Silicon Valley is damaging youth and urges new parental controls, child protection committee and release of data

Apple apologises for slowing down older iPhones with ageing batteries

US firm admits it introduced feature, that affects the iPhone 6, 6S, 7 and SE, without users’ consent to cope with ageing batteries

We’re all addicted to smartphones. Are flip phones the miracle cure?

A new iPhone might be tempting at Christmas – but imagine escaping the endless distraction and becoming better organized in the process. I’ll do it if you do

Apple faces lawsuits over its intentional slowing of older iPhones

Plaintiffs from two separate class-action lawsuits claim Apple did not have user consent to slow iPhone performance and that it was forcing new purchases

Apple reduces speed of iPhones as batteries wear out, report suggests

New data supports claims that iPhone 6S performance is poor until old battery is replaced, sparking fresh speculation that Apple intentionally slows down phones

Apple fixes HomeKit bug that allowed remote unlocking of users’ doors

Security flaw in latest iPhone and iPad iOS 11.2 software meant hackers could potentially gain remote control of lights, cameras and locks in smart homes

Apple under fire over reports students worked illegal overtime to build iPhone X

Manufacturing partner Foxconn had student interns working 11-hour days to make most expensive iPhone ever

What I learned after downloading every iPhone App of the Day for a month

I’m pining for the time the iPhone was new and apps were still cool. Can the App Store’s new daily feature rekindle the magic?

iPhone X review: Apple finally knocks it out of the park

The company’s most important smartphone in years does not disappoint, with Face ID and an all-screen design that spells the end of the home button

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  • Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange boxes have been gamified by fans
  • Cassette tapes were the voice notes of my youth, bringing tales from the diaspora to our living room
  • ‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
  • AI wealth boom sending San Francisco home prices surging: ‘It’s ridiculous’
  • ‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
  • 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
  • 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

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