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‘Amazon slayer’: the Dublin minnow taking on the giants in drone deliveries

The Guardian speaks to Manna Aero founder and orders coffee via startup’s app to be delivered to a suburban home

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over ‘unlawful harassment’ of company

ChatGPT developer asks US federal judge to stop former founder making any further attacks

UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill

Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard

Roblox gives parents more power over children’s activity on gaming platform

Parents can block children from talking to certain people and get detailed screen-time insights on site popular with under-13s

Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by Saturday

AI firms are ‘scraping the value’ from UK’s £125bn creative industries, says Channel 4 boss

Government plan over copyright-protected work would put industries in ‘dangerous position’, Alex Mahon tells MPs

One brave woman wrenched back control of her data from the tech giants. Now, go and do the same

News that Meta – under legal challenge – will stop targeting ads based on a user’s personal data is huge, says former attorney general Dominic Grieve

Labour head of Commons tech group warns No 10 not to ignore AI concerns

Chi Onwurah urges government to bring forward AI safety bill instead of delaying it to curry favour with Donald Trump

Meta to stop targeting UK citizen with personalised ads after settling privacy case

Facebook and Instagram owner reaches legal agreement with human rights campaigner in case that could set precedent for millions

Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled

Dan Ives warns company is in ‘brand tornado crisis moment’ as it is removed from Vancouver auto show

Nvidia will spend hundreds of billions on US manufacturing, says CEO

Chipmaker’s promise is a sign that Trump’s ‘America First’ policy is affecting investment

UK cybersecurity agency warns over risk of quantum hackers

Organisations including energy and transport firms told to guard systems against powerful new computers

EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash

Tech companies could be fined billions if EU finds they have breached the Digital Markets Act

Google’s parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in its biggest ever deal

Alphabet’s acquisition of Israeli startup for $32bn follows rejection of takeover bid last summer

Some British firms ‘stuck in neutral’ over AI, says Microsoft UK boss

Survey of bosses and staff finds that more than half of executives feel their organisation has no official AI plan

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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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