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Is Hut Group’s vaulting ambition a leap too far in cutthroat online market?

The e-commerce retailer is looking for £920m and a huge valuation from its stock market debut – but reasons to be wary

Apple becomes Wall Street’s first $2tn company

Tech giant behind iPhone hits crucial share valuation of $467.77 but closes at $1.979tn just after breaking barrier

This tech giant up for sale is a homegrown miracle – it must be saved for Britain

If the Tories truly want to reshape the country, they should help to buy Arm

Yes, the tech giants are big – in truth, probably too big to break up

Despite Congress’s threats, no politician or president will want to panic fragile stock markets with antitrust action

Our health is all we have. But now Google wants it too

The EU probe of the search engine’s deal for Fitbit is a harbinger of a future in which Big Tech is central to healthcare

Has Amazon Fresh chosen the prime moment to take on UK supermarkets?

Despite the surge in online groceries Amazon still faces an uphill struggle for market share. It may be easier to just buy a supermarket

Wiley’s racism flowed because social media is a petri dish of hate

The rapper will pay for his antisemitism but nothing else will change. Twitter and Instagram were once cute but have turned vicious, writes the comedian Nish Kumar

A journey to mindful sex: how a new app is helping women find sexual wellbeing

Ferly uses cognitive behavioural therapy and other techniques to help its users overcome sexual difficulties or to become more aware of their bodies and discover what works for them

Big Tech may not be afraid of a boycott. But it might fear a regulator

The exodus of Facebook advertisers gets headlines, but a British proposal to rein in the giants may be more effective

Sunak expands £500m fund for UK startups hit by coronavirus

Rishi Sunak extends Future Fund to include companies that have moved their headquarters abroad

Ex-Wirecard CEO arrested on suspicion of falsifying accounts

Markus Braun released on €5m bail amid mystery of billions missing from German payments firm’s books

Apple update to allow iPhone users to choose default apps

Move in autumn will let users set Gmail as default email app and Firefox as main web browser

Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever: access to the internet should be a universal right

The internet eased lockdown life for millions. But millions more still can’t get online, and that’s fundamentally unfair, says web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

Warner Music to float in US in first big-name launch since pandemic

Streaming firm will be joined a day later by ZoomInfo Technologies, with combined value of $20bn

Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap

Over the past two decades, scientists have laid bare our need to know more about women’s physiology. Can tech designed by and for women help?

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  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?

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