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Fit to burst: Inside the 8 July Guardian Weekly

Inside the cryptocurrency crash. Plus: pictures that changed the world

My mum is locked out of her Apple iPad and can’t get her photos

A reader writes that their 79-year-old relative can’t access her tablet or iCloud account

Nottingham named worst UK city for broadband outages

Internet downtime for the city averages 70 hours a year, with 11m Britons losing almost two days a year

Mobile deals: how to buy a smartphone for less

They are essential tools but can be expensive. From trade-ins to refurb there are ways to get a better deal

TechScape: What the crypto big freeze means for your money

In this week’s newsletter: Crypto giant Celsius is freezing out users as it tries to solve a mammoth lending crisis. So what happens if money in the bank isn’t really there?

‘Insecurity was my biggest motivator’: how Dragons’ Den’s Steven Bartlett became a ‘happy sexy millionaire’

He’s an entrepreneur, a successful podcaster and a TV star – and still only 29. He explains what drives him, why he is happy to interview controversial guests and how he deals with critics

The Splitwise app is excellent for divvying up the bill, but it can’t fix human nature

It’s great to split everything fairly – until you’re transferring each other 34p, and haggling over who had more of the tequila, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Fines for nuisance callers could be raised to £17.5m

Internet users will also be given tools to restrict cookie consent boxes under proposed data legislation

Best running gear: top gadgets to keep you motivated

From music on the go to GPS watches and apps such as Strava, tech to help you clock up the miles

Apple and Google’s mobile browser ‘stranglehold’ may face UK investigation

‘Effective duopoly’ holds back Britain’s tech sector and restricts customer choice, says CMA

TikTok investigating claims executive said he ‘didn’t believe’ in maternity leave

UK-based e-commerce boss Joshua Ma to step back from role, according to reports

Cryptocurrency and tax: could you end up paying the ATO more than you earned?

A lot of investors don’t understand their liability, warn tax agents, while others call for the complicated Australian system to be overhauled

I’ve finally put something on eBay that people want – now I wish I hadn’t

I was so excited when eBay started, until I realised no one wanted my stuff – so why do I feel so emotional about this sudden flood of unexpected interest, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

MPs to investigate influencer pay amid evidence of racial gap

Influencers working across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram face wildly varying rates of pay

Alexa, why have you charged me £2 to say the Hail Mary?

Patricia Collinson, 87, unwittingly ordered an Amazon subscription for app to say a prayer

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  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • SpaceX to list on US stock market at $1.77tn valuation in largest ever debut
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
  • Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?
  • Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
  • The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old
  • Helen Mirren speaks out about being called ‘evil Zionist’ on the street in London
  • Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims
  • SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued
  • Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths 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

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