Reeves could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays

Move to give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says it will ramp up prices and inflation

Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want

Rule Breakers review – rousingly feelgood real life story of Afghan girls’ robotics team

This story of emancipated young women escaping draconian social strictures brims with enthusiasm and features a cameo from Phoebe Waller-Bridge

FCA’s first deputy CEO calls for stronger grip on vital tech firms

Sarah Pritchard suggests City regulator will make use of oversight powers amid growing number of outages

How Google’s DeepMind tool is ‘more quickly’ forecasting hurricane behavior

‘Less expensive and time consuming’ model helps with fast and accurate predictions, possibly saving lives and property

E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers

The average Australian generates about 22kg of e-waste yearly. Here’s how to responsibly recycle your unwanted devices

The 47 best gift ideas for US tweens in 2025 – picked by actual tweens

It turns out tweens aren’t shy about sharing the holiday gifts they want – including sweatpants, Jellycats and Legos

Father of teen whose death was linked to social media has ‘lost faith’ in Ofcom

Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’

Big content is taking on AI – but it’s far from the David v Goliath tale they’d have you believe

Deals between media conglomerates and tech companies serve both sets of interests, while leaving artists by the wayside, says video essayist, writer and researcher Alexander Avila

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees

Scrapping green subsidies is short-termist sabotage – and as usual the consumer will pay

Weaning ourselves off gas is the only way to reduce energy bills long term. Cutting support for this is exactly the ‘sticking-plaster politics’ Labour promised to end, says CEO of Electrify Britain Camilla Born

AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign

Anthropic says financial firms and government agencies were attacked ‘largely without human intervention’

US markets struggle amid tech sell-off and economic uncertainty

Wall Street endured its worst day in a month on Thursday as fears that tech companies are now overvalued loom large

Question 1: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz?

Quizmasters are banning smart devices, using dedicated apps and finding plain old honesty can combat trivial offences