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My seven-year-old has run up £600 bill on my dad’s Kindle Fire

We didn’t discover it until my sister checked his Amazon account

EasyJet reveals cyber-attack exposed 9m customers’ details

Airline apologises after credit card details of about 2,200 passengers were stolen

Fraudsters use bogus NHS contact-tracing app in phishing scam

People receive SMS alert about contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus

Ebay enjoys lockdown renaissance as buyers and sellers flock to site

Up to 50,000 new sellers have signed up in April, with fast trade in everything from home office supplies to baking kit and dumbbells to hot tubs

Virgin Media and O2 owners confirm £31bn mega-merger in UK

Tie-up between parent groups Liberty Global and Telefonica aims to take on BT and Sky

‘Hey Google, dim the lights’: how smart home devices can save money

From energy-saving bulbs to leak detectors, smart tech offers many benefits at the touch of a button

The next wave of coronavirus disruption? Automation

New technology tends to be difficult to implement. Unfortunately for many workers, difficult is the new normal, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

No support from Dell over GP’s IT crisis in Covid-19 pandemic

Surgery’s computer system fails and PC maker fails to live up to vow of repair within 48 hours

Digital divide ‘isolates and endangers’ millions of UK’s poorest

Charities warn of ‘devastating effect’ as most vulnerable households left without access to web

Alone and disconnected: the woman left unable to call her dying partner

Problems with internet and phone service were once just an inconvenience. Now they can prove to be catastrophic

Best noise-cancelling headphones for working from home

Owning a decent headset can really help if you need some peace during the coronavirus lockdown

Don’t click on the traffic lights: upstart competitor challenges Google’s anti-bot tool

New charges for reCaptcha spur web security firm Cloudflare to seek out an alternative

‘Banks will behave better this time than during financial crisis’

Former Virgin Money boss backs sector’s response to coronavirus as she launches Snoop finance app

Can cut-price electronics websites ever be the real deal?

Fake goods, fake reviews ... it’s a minefield. But there are genuine bargains. Here’s how to find them

Nine ways to boost your broadband speed during lockdown

It can be infuriating when everyone is using the same wifi. Here’s what you can do to make your internet faster

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  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • 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
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • 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
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • 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

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