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UK chip designer Arm starts US listing process after snubbing London

New York’s Nasdaq to host IPO after British government failed to persuade tech firm to list in UK

Microsoft submits new Activision Blizzard deal to win over UK regulator

CMA opens new investigation into $69bn acquisition as tech firm offers to sell cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft

Elon Musk admits X ‘may fail’ after glitch deletes Twitter photos

Platform’s users voice concern as it removes pictures and links on posts made before December 2014

Left without emails by Virgin Media? After our report, you tell us ‘Me too’

More Consumer Champions readers share their frustrating experiences of the email glitch

No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy

The elderly, the poor and the unbanked are among the marginalised groups being excluded from our cashless society

Australia eyes UK online bill in fight with tech companies over encryption and child safety

The likes of Meta and Google are pushing back against moves in Australia and the UK to open up end-to-end messaging encryption

CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’

Outsourcer Sama facing legal cases brought by Kenya-based employees alleging exposure to graphic content

Can Britain recreate a microchip industry worth its salt?

UK governments let processor manufacturing drift overseas for years. Now Covid and war have shown how vital homegrown capability is, the country is scrambling to catch up. But so is everyone else

UK considers tighter rules on investment in China after US clampdown

Rishi Sunak mulls whether to follow US lead in restricting funding for advanced technologies

Can a bra detect breast cancer? This Nigerian entrepreneur thinks so

An aunt’s death led Kemisola Bolarinwa to develop a wearable device that can pick up Nigeria’s most common cancer much earlier

TechScape: Why Elon Musk is taking trying to mute anti-hate-speech group

The company formerly known as Twitter alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate drove away advertisers – but CCDH and legal experts say otherwise

Kenya halts Worldcoin data collection over privacy and security concerns

Issues raised include use of eye scans to prove ‘humanness’ and financial inducements to sign up

Chinese plans to limit smartphone use for children hit tech shares

Proposals would cut usage for 16- to 18-year-olds to a maximum of two hours, with under-16s limited to one hour

AI for all? Google ups the ante with free UK training courses for firms

US tech giant starts charm offensive on artificial intelligence with basic courses to help firms understand and exploit emerging phenomenon

Twitter sues anti-hate speech group over ‘tens of millions of dollars’ in lost advertising

CCDH dismisses lawsuit for damages saying Elon Musk’s X aims to ‘bully us into silence’

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  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
  • David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • SpaceX to list on US stock market at $1.77tn valuation in largest ever debut
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones
  • Diane Keaton’s nail clippers for $960: what’s behind the new boom in celebrity estate auctions?
  • Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
  • The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old
  • Helen Mirren speaks out about being called ‘evil Zionist’ on the street in London
  • Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims
  • SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued
  • Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fans
  • Cassette tapes were the voice notes of my youth, bringing tales from the diaspora to our living room
  • ‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
  • AI wealth boom sending San Francisco home prices surging: ‘It’s ridiculous’
  • ‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
  • 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
  • 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

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