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Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production

President rebukes tech firm after reports it will switch assembly of iPhones for US market from China to India

Labour’s open door to big tech leaves critics crying foul

Promises of tech-driven growth give big US firms access to Downing Street that leaves rivals in the cold

Minister accused of being too close to big tech after rise in meetings

Exclusive: Technology secretary Peter Kyle had 28 meetings with people in or close to tech sector in six months

Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch

Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job losses

Seeking Mavis Beacon review – tracking a Black female tech icon, who didn’t exist

Documentary investigates the whereabouts of the model who played an influential corporate character, as well as the relationship between race and technology

Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?

The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk’s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings

EU microchip strategy ‘deeply disconnected from reality’, say official auditors

Plan to supply 20% of the world’s chips by 2030 described as ‘essentially aspirational’

Microsoft says everyone will be a boss in the future – of AI employees

Tech company predicts rise of ‘frontier firms’ – where a human worker directs AI agents to carry out tasks

Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China

Report suggests tech firm – swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war – will make change as soon as 2026

EU fines Apple and Meta for breaching fair competition rules

First penalties under landmark Digital Markets Act are fines of €500m to Apple and €200m to Facebook owner

Nvidia’s CEO makes surprise visit to Beijing after US restricts chip sales to China

Jensen Huang causes stir on social media and is reported to have met founder of AI company DeepSeek

Fed chair says Trump tariffs could make inflation worse as US stocks slide further

Value of Nvidia dropped by billions on Wednesday after president imposed new restrictions on the chip giant

X’s UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk’s takeover

Social media platform formerly known as Twitter says 66.3% revenue drop was down to fall in advertising income

‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years

Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average

Sony hikes PlayStation 5 price by 25% as Trump tariffs bite

PS5 digital price in UK would rise to £430 and €500 in Europe as Japanese games developer cites ‘challenging economic environment’

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  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • ‘Greatest film-maker this country has produced’: Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Practice dates: should you swipe right on people you’re not attracted to?
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread

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