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The great sci-fi hunt: help us find the best independently published books

Damien Walter: The search is on for the best sci-fi, fantasy, horror – or just plain weird – books that might otherwise go unseen and unloved

Digital capitalism produces few winners

Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google might post huge profits, but many of their staff see little financial benefit, writes John Naughton

Will Topshop and Google change fashion shows for ever?

Melanie Rickey: A London fashion week collaboration between the high street and the internet giant reimagines runway shows for the digital age

Why a stream of consciousness will kill off websites

Forget the website, the page and the visit – the dominant metaphor for the future of the internet is the time-based stream, writes John Naughton

New versus old media: how best to get information to smallholder farmers

Projects based on radio, mobile technology and social networking give an insight into what works best for farmers

A deeper dive into Zynga’s mobile games growth strategy

CEO Mark Pincus talks of 'mobile-first focus' already in place, but is it paying off? By Stuart Dredge

Facebook: two thirds of users log off for weeks at a time

Reasons for taking a break include 'excessive gossip or drama from friends' and considering it a 'waste of time', survey finds. By Lisa O'Carroll

Instagram users begin fightback against stolen photos

Many users are finding their photos on other sites – and critics say Instagram is not doing enough to prevent image theft

Path fined $800,000 by FTC over iOS privacy breach

Social networking app grabbed personal contact data from iPhone and iPad users and allowed children under 13 to sign up. By Charles Arthur

Facebook beats revenue expectations with mobile boom

Social networking company performs better than expected thanks to surge in people accessing site via mobile

Twitter Vine porn: searches for explicit content banned on app

NSFWVine account suspended after it was used to upload an X-rated video to new app which featured it in editor's picks. By Josh Halliday

Diet Coke ‘hunk’ to return in TV ad campaign

Diet Coke 'break man' comeback will debut on Facebook at 11.30am on Monday. By Mark Sweney

Iran creates fake blogs in smear campaign against journalists in exile

BBC Persian staff victims of online identity theft designed to discredit them, with family in Iran facing harassment as well

Facebook admits it is powerless to stop young users setting up profiles

Director of policy for UK and Ireland admits company 'has not got a mechanism for eradicating problem' of underage users. By Mark Sweney

Facebook apologises after blocking founder of Gay Marriage USA Facebook

Murray Lipp was unable to access service and received notification that photograph of a gay couple was 'offensive'. By Benjamin Cohen

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  • Trump raked in more than $1bn from crypto businesses in 2025, filing shows
  • Enola Holmes 3 review – Netflix mystery franchise is starting to lose steam
  • Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
  • Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
  • Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio
  • Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
  • The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan brings genuine thrills – and a massive budget – to a well-trodden tale
  • UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
  • Spider-Man’s web of lies: what would actually happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider?
  • Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right?
  • Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom
  • Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
  • Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
  • UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
  • Michael Byrne obituary
  • Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
  • Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
  • The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
  • The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
  • Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
  • Oura Ring 5 review: a stunning generational leap for smart rings
  • Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
  • Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency
  • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
  • Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
  • US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
  • Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026
  • Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
  • Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
  • ‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?

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