The Guardian view on Labour’s competition policy: don’t let big tech set the agenda
Editorial: Ministers seem to think a more conciliatory approach to corporate behemoths is good for growth. The evidence suggests otherwise
Minister accused of being too close to big tech after rise in meetings
Exclusive: Technology secretary Peter Kyle had 28 meetings with people in or close to tech sector in six months
Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector
What’s new in AI – from effects on job market to Meta’s new app and ChatGPT changes – and a look at Musk’s first term
Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations for fourth quarter in a row amid AI boom
Tech giant has committed to investing $80bn in artificial intelligence this fiscal year as it reveals revenue of $70.07bn
Microsoft says everyone will be a boss in the future – of AI employees
Tech company predicts rise of ‘frontier firms’ – where a human worker directs AI agents to carry out tasks
Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’
Internal turmoil rises at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza war
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years
Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents
US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions
California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and more
OpenAI raises $40bn in deal with SoftBank that values it at $300bn
Japanese investor to put $10bn at first into OpenAI and $30bn more by end of 2025 if certain conditions are met
Skype shutdown surfaces sweet memories: ‘I proposed marriage’
Guardian readers share how the software connected them with loved ones when there were few affordable means to reach those for away
Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection
The company that pioneered voice communication over the internet has withered to dust in Microsoft’s hands. Still, I for one am grateful for it
UK watchdog drops competition review of Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership
CMA says tie-up does not qualify for an official investigation under Britain’s merger control regime
Some British firms ‘stuck in neutral’ over AI, says Microsoft UK boss
Survey of bosses and staff finds that more than half of executives feel their organisation has no official AI plan
Power struggle: will Brazil’s booming datacentre industry leave ordinary people in the dark?
While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system