Photobucket’s shock hosting fee is holding web users to ransom
It’s asking for £300 a year to release them, having never charged anything for years
Automation will affect one in five jobs across the UK, says study
Workers in shadow chancellor John McDonnell’s constituency face highest risk of being replaced by robots, says research
Cryptocurrency craze wins over Harry Redknapp – but gets red card from others
Ex-football boss is ‘proper excited’ about something dismissed by IMF, bankers and economists
Personal details of almost 700,000 Britons hacked in cyber-attack
US credit monitoring firm Equifax says far higher number of British customers were affected than previously thought
Picturehouse staff protest over pay at start of London film festival
Living wage and union clampdown dispute leads to demonstration in capital after cinema firm’s threat of sackings
The Observer view on the future of work
We must focus our energies on helping those whose jobs will be removed by automation
How to save money on going out
Saving Money Week A trip to the cinema or theatre can be expensive, but here are some ideas to make your budget stretch further
Uber says its business is similar to a minicab firm
Lawyers for US firm – which was stripped of its London licence last week – say it has not introduced new employment practices
How to save money on broadband and mobile phones
Saving Money Week Are you paying too much for your home technology? Here are some ideas to make your budget stretch further
Robots have already taken over our work, but they’re made of flesh and bone
The triumph of ‘digital Taylorism’ means that many jobs in the modern economy have been sapped of their humanity, write professors Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger
Brixton’s Ritzy cinema workers to strike as pay row enters second year
Members of Bectu union to walk out for 24 hours as dispute over wages spreads to several other Picturehouse venues
I’m glad it’s all over for Uber in London – and I work for them
I enjoyed the early years. Then the company slashed fares in an attempt to crush its rivals, forcing us all to work longer hours for less pay writes an Uber driver
It’s one rule for big data, another for its 143 million victims
The massive – and avoidable – data breach at credit agency Equifax has left millions of consumers at risk, but don’t expect anyone to be held to account
Our home has become a star attraction for films, TV shows and magazines
Fancy hiring out your house to programme makers or for a fashion shoot? Meet a family who earn thousands
The Guardian view on universal basic income: tax data giants to pay for it
Editorial: Hillary Clinton should have ‘thrown caution to the wind’ and backed yearly payments to US citizens. These could’ve been dividends from a fund financed by levying duties on tech giants that profit from a collective loss of privacy