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Almost 700,000 UK homes stuck with slow broadband

Despite better coverage, 2% of customers are unable to use Netflix or YouTube, says Ofcom

Will you lose out if you back a venture on Kickstarter?

After complaints about a project called Zen Blanket, we look at the pros and cons of crowdfunding

Watchdog plans purge of rip-off rates for loyal broadband customers

New subscribers get deals on average £13-£15 cheaper each month, according to TalkTalk

O2 poised to receive millions from Ericsson over software failure

UK network’s CEO will meet executives from Swedish firm to discuss compensation

Human rights for the 21st century: by Margaret Atwood, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Dave Eggers and more

The right to live offline, to self-define, to choose, to a healthy planet ... as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, leading authors reimagine it for today

Broadband users overpaying up to £220 a year by not haggling

Most firms don’t reward loyalty with older people overpaying the most, saysWhich?

O2 announces goodwill gestures after millions hit by data outage

Provider repeats apology for customers’ loss of connection and offers compensation

O2 outage: more than 30m mobile customers unable to get online

Users of Tesco Mobile and Sky Mobile also hit as O2 blames supplier’s software glitch

TSB staff to get £1,500 each as reward for handling IT fiasco

Payout will cost bank £11m and will replace March bonus, which is linked to profits

Why did LG play pass the parcel with our repaired TV?

It insists it’s out for delivery but the courier says it doesn’t have it

Christmas shoppers warned over safety as fake goods on rise

Police warn of counterfeit product danger with online customers most at risk

Whether you’re unaware or don’t care, counterfeit goods pose a serious threat

’Tis the season to be ripped off. We look at the problems with online shopping

Which electric bike should I get? And are they safe?

I’m thinking about giving it to my 80-year-old dad, but I’m not sure if he’ll cope with the extra speed

Lloyds customer loses £5,200 in email scam – but can’t get refund

Business account holder prepares to sue bank after paying real bill into bogus account

Mattress firm tells customers beds do not record them sleeping

Privacy policy reference to collecting audio alarmed Sleep Number’s customers

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Film & Tech News

  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
  • Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors
  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • ‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces
  • Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate

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