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Google Adword victory – ‘no’ to Esta copycats

As our campaign bites, Google at last takes action on US travel permits to enforce its own rules

Beat rogue builders or plumbers. Turn snooper with your smartphone …

The consumer minister has suggested we all record routine conversations with tradespeople in case something goes wrong. But isn't that taking our surveillance society too far?

Google Adword: time to close the ‘rogue sites’ loophole

Our story last week on the wiles of copycat websites overcharging the unwary for government services prompted a flood of mail

Amazon prepares to extend business into online food delivery

Internet giant to start delivering groceries in the US with a view to replicating the venture in the UK if it proves successful

Google Adword: beware copycat websites in paid-for search results

Web search results reveal scores of 'rogue websites' tricking the unwary into paying too much for government services

Apple’s multi-billion dollar, low-tax profit hub: Knocknaheeny, Ireland

Apple's Irish operation has a multi-billion dollar turnover – and a tiny tax bill. How does it do it?

Tax: how Amazon passed the Slough test and prospered

HMRC believes Amazon has no fixed place of business in the UK. Perhaps it needs to look again at what goes on in Berkshire

One in six admits to using mobile phone at funerals

Research by Co-operative Funeralcare reveals many people would not turn off device or even turn the sound down

How do I become … a voiceover artist

Doing a wide range of voices for ad jingles, films and animations requires versatility, imagination and more than a little practice

20 ways to keep your internet identity safe from hackers

Cybercrime costs Britain £27bn a year, and it could cost you dear too if you don't take basic precautions. James Silver asked experts for their top tips

Does Guardian iPad edition take me over download limit?

BT said the 'particularly big' downloads are to blame for me exceeding my monthly broadband allowance

Cineworld takeover of Picturehouse investigated amid competition concerns

OFT refers takeover to Competition Commission over fears some cinemagoers may face higher ticket prices and reduced choice

Bitcoin: the Berlin streets where you can shop with virtual money

The digital currency is rising in popularity among traders in the rebellious Kreuzberg area of Germany's capital

From Batman to Iron Man: the super-rich superheroes

Michael Moran: Money is the real superpower as vendettas dominate plotlines – when did these guys stop championing the oppressed?

Digital money talks, even when it trades in hats and hamburgers

Helen Lewis: The often bizarre trade in virtual goods exposes some timeless truths about human nature

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  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • 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

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