Ocado shares fall 17% after US partner announces warehouse closures
Online grocer had a deal with Kroger to build 20 customer fulfilment centres but three of the sites are to close
Uber hit with legal demands to halt use of AI-driven pay systems
Proposed legal case understood to allege that app has breached data protection law varying driver pay rates
European Commission accused of ‘massive rollback’ of digital protections
Proposed changes to AI Act would make it easier for tech firms to use personal data to train models without consent
How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming industry’s future
The use of AI in the surprise game-of-the-year contender has sparked a heated cultural and ethical debate, and raised existential questions for video game workers
Facebook and Instagram to start kicking Australian teenagers off platforms as social media ban looms
Meta users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin
Use smart tech, turn heat down, service boilers: how to save money on energy bills
From turning down thermostats to make savings to installing reflectors to push warmth back into your home
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos as it starts testing over next few weeks before global rollout
Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
Meta wins major US antitrust case and won’t have to break off WhatsApp or Instagram
Challenge to Meta could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, but judge ruled company did not hold social networking monopoly
Do you really need to buy a new TV? Seven simple ways to upgrade your setup (some are even free)
Don’t splash out just yet! From a system update to better room lighting, a little fine-tuning could save you hundreds
The Guardian view on crypto’s latest crash: it reveals who pays the price for a failing economy
Editorial: The bitcoin collapse lifts the lid on a society without opportunity, where risk is privatised and rightwingers sell illusions of freedom while ordinary punters bear losses
Klarna says AI drive has helped halve staff numbers and boost pay
Buy now, pay later firm says pay has risen by 60% with staff numbers mostly cut by attrition and tech investment
What is Cloudflare – and why did its outage take down so many websites?
Bet365, League of Legends, Sage, YouTube and Google were among those taken offline as provider tried to fix problem
Cloudflare says ‘incident now resolved’ after outage causes error messages across the internet – as it happened
Company says it believes the outage has now been resolved and a fix has been implemented
Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet
US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks says it believes issue ‘is now resolved’