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What’s the cheapest way of buying an iPhone 8?

Don’t be suckered in: navigating the multitude offers reveals buying an iPhone 8 outright and signing up to a cheap sim-only deal is the most cost-effective option

UN report attacks austerity budgets for growing inequality

Study says spending cuts have encouraged rise of robots and AI and heightened job insecurity, particularly for women

Robots and AI can bring down pension age, says TUC

General secretary Frances O’Grady calls for debate about who benefits from new prosperity and how workers get a fair share

Let’s move to Arundel, West Sussex: land of turrets and tea rooms

No, this is not Frozen’s Arendelle. But it’s an easy mistake to make

Would you pay $1 to find out how many other people have paid $1? A new website shows curiosity pays

Johan McCubbin’s site is the latest in a line of ridiculous but lucrative internet stunts, from the Million Dollar Homepage to the I Am Rich app

Keith Mann: the ‘inside man’ who has exposed tech-industry sexism

Fed up with being disrespected, the female co-founders of an art startup invented Keith as a business partner – and discovered he was taken a lot more seriously than they were

Hasta la vista, PPI! Schwarzenegger fronts FCA’s £42m campaign

Robotic head modelled on star features in watchdog’s ads pointing out chance to claim will terminate after 2019 deadline

Damage limitation as I try to find out why Uber sent me £110 car ‘cleaning bill’

After an uneventful journey home, it claims the seat was stained and the picture it sent was meaningless

Samsung TV owners furious after software update leaves sets unusable

Customers say recently acquired televisions stopped working after the company sent out an upgrade a week ago

Dixons Carphone warns on profits as customers keep phones for longer

Retailer says weak pound has made handsets more expensive, meaning that fewer people are getting upgrades

Bill Gates gives $4.6bn to charity in biggest donation since 2000

Recipient of 64m Microsoft shares is a mystery, but is expected to be tech tycoon’s foundation

What that Google memo didn’t tell you about pay inequality in America

The wage gap is more than simply one very memorable statistic – it’s a measure of inequality that shrinks and expands according to age, industry and race

Amazon to take on Ticketmaster in lucrative ticketing market, report says

World’s largest retailer sees US market as ripe for the taking, following consumer dislike for fees and sports teams desire to boost merchandise sales

Average UK broadband speed slower than most of Europe, report finds

Britain is behind European countries including Germany, Spain and Sweden, while Singapore has best service

Pilotless planes: what you need to know

Can technology leapfrog from military drones to passenger planes flying themselves or is it simply a bad idea?

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  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but not everyone is convinced
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 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

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