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YouView estimated to have added up to 230,000 subscribers since launch

TalkTalk adding up to 10,000 customers a week for joint venture internet TV service, despite poor high street sales of boxes. By Mark Sweney

Pinewood Studios submits revised plans for controversial expansion

Pinewood Studios, home of the James Bond franchise, wants to double production capacity on green belt land

NI beat BSkyB to Premier League internet and mobile clips deal

Sun, Times and Sunday Times publisher shut out fellow News Corp division as well as Yahoo, O2 and Perform Group. By Mark Sweney

Pearson reports slight profit downgrade

Parent company of FT Group says weak market conditions means that it expects operating profits of £935m for 2012. By Mark Sweney

YouTube owner Google poised to take stake in Vevo

Deal thought to be worth about £42m for stake of close to 10% in music video website founded by Universal and Sony. By Mark Sweney

TV and newspapers report decline in ad revenues during Olympics

Television advertising spend fell by £200m during the summer period, but outdoor ads were boosted by 25%. By Mark Sweney

Guardian News & Media to launch digital Australia edition

Katharine Viner, the Guardian's deputy editor, to lead digital venture which is backed by internet entrepreneur Graeme Wood. By Mark Sweney

FTC chairman defends Google search bias settlement as legally sound

Jon Leibowitz addresses questions about the role lobbying played in decision that came after two-year investigation

Google set for Brussels showdown

EU commissioner accuses internet search giant of giving undue prominence to its own services following complaints from rivals

Google cleared of search results bias after two-year US investigation

After FTC investigation, US regulators force internet giant to agree to change how it presents some search results but exonerated over bias

Twitter could be worth $11bn as it prepares to go public in 2014

Analysts base estimate on trading in secondary markets and Apple interest in the social networking firm. By Jemima Kiss

Digital entertainment downloads top £1bn for first time in 2012

Music, TV, film and game downloads fail to boost high street as physical sales fall 17.6%. By Mark Sweney

UK copyright laws to be freed up and parody laws relaxed

Downloading purchased CDs onto laptop to be legalised, but music industry call for levy on copying devices is rejected. By Mark Sweney

Guardian News & Media strikes video deal with ITN Productions

Two-year deal will supply a minimum of six UK video news packages each day for use on GNM's website network. By Mark Sweney

New York Times calls for editorial redundancies

Editor explains 'hard news' to newsroom staff

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  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
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  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
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  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
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  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP

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