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Rio Tinto to buy US lithium producer Arcadium in $6.7bn deal

Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car market

OpenAI raises $6.6bn in funding, is valued at $157bn

The startup behind ChatGP, which is reportedly planning to become a for-profit business, is now valued on par with Uber

French AI summit to focus on environmental impact of energy-hungry tech

Event will push for greater transparency and aims to rank AI firms in terms of ability to meet climate goals

HSBC calls on tech firms to help refund victims of fraud

Bank says new UK compensation rules will fail to curb APP scams and prove financial sector is not the problem

All 23andMe board members but CEO resign over no adequate buyout offers

The board has rejected both of Anne Wojcicki’s buyout proposals to save the struggling genetics company

Users of ‘throuples’ dating app Feeld may have had intimate photos accessed

Alternative relationships site says it has resolved concerns about data security that tech firm claims to have uncovered

Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI

Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy

BP extends use of AI in five-year deal with spy tech firm Palantir

Oil and gas company to use artificial intelligence to speed up decision-making by engineers

‘Throuples’ dating app Feeld nearly doubles turnover to £39.5m

Platform registered at industrial estate in Cumbria and catering to alternative relationships has expanded globally

Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’

Annual survey highlights growing concern about platform content and trust in information disseminated

Nvidia shares slump amid reports US is ramping up antitrust investigation

Fall overnight comes after it shrinks by $279bn on Tuesday in biggest one-day drop in value by US company

Publish data on ride-hailing apps ‘to cut exploitation and emissions’, say campaigners

Campaign group says firms such as Uber should reveal data on driver miles to help boost wages

VAT should be cut on refurbished electricals, says Currys boss

Alex Baldock wants to keep gadgets out of landfill as UK’s largest electricals retailer embraces repair and reuse

X goes offline in Brazil after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws

Millions of users shut out and 500,000 switch to rival platform Bluesky as providers enact supreme court ban

‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman?

In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some say his metaphysical theories could contain wonders

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  • AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable
  • ‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Stop! That! Train! review – RuPaul-led zany drag comedy is a riot
  • The best robot vacuums in the UK to keep your home clean and dust free, tested
  • Strictly Ballroom review – Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale
  • Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • 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
  • Peter Asher on being music’s incredible ‘Everywhere Man’: ‘The secret is simple’
  • ‘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

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