‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant
Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK’s own regulators, including the Treasury
The best dehumidifiers: 14 favourites to beat damp and cut bills, tested
Fed up with condensation, mould and musty smells? A dehumidifier could help – plus they’re a cheaper and greener way to dry laundry compared with tumble dryers
Salesforce’s CEO backtracks after saying Trump should send troops into San Francisco
In tech this week: The CEO of the city’s largest private employer apologizes, Amazon Web Services’ outage and OpenAI’s Sora makes waves
Joke’s on you, fleshbag! Channel 4’s first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim on so many levels
The AI-generated host of Dispatches raises worrying questions about Channel 4’s environmental impact. She’s also a dead-eyed host who might leave Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Kevin McCloud fearing for their future
UK women in tech: we would like to hear from you
A report has asked why women in tech are leaving their jobs and why those still in the sector are not progressing at the pace they should
Instagram keeps flubbing on teen safety. Will its new ‘PG-13’ guidelines make a difference?
The content guardrails introduced this week feel like hollow posturing after the failure of past promises
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words
Garmin Fenix 8 Pro review: built-in LTE and satellite for phone-free messaging
Top adventure watch upgraded with 4G calls, messages, live tracking, satellite texts and SOS for going off the grid
Bryan Cranston thanks OpenAI for cracking down on Sora 2 deepfakes
Users of generative AI video app were able to recreate the Breaking Bad actor’s likeness without his consent, which OpenAI called ‘unintentional’
‘I’m having a great day’: AWS outage offers some a brief glimpse of a tech-free existence
There was a different side to the chaos of the Amazon outage that affected crucial services around the world, such as no exams, light switches not working, and less work to do
Amazon says Web Services are recovering after outage hits millions of users – as it happened
Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank, Ring doorbells and Amazon’s own shopping site among services hit by online outage
I’m a digital nomad who works on the road. These seven travel gadgets go with me everywhere
From ultra-portable laptops to organizers for all your cables, the right gear makes all the difference
Nasa looks to other companies for US moon program as Musk’s SpaceX lags behind
Nasa head said agency is opening up contracts for crewed lunar program Artemis after SpaceX had to delay timelines
Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’
When my kids wrote a song using AI, all I could think was: you missed the fun part
The arrival of AI is a chance to remind kids that the joy of creativity is not in what you made, but in the process of making it