Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks

Pete Hegseth had threatened to cancel $200m contract unless it was given unfettered access to Claude model

TikTok and Snapchat posts urge London pupils to join ‘school wars’ fights

Met urges pupils not to get involved and asks platforms to ban accounts promoting ‘fights’ with images of weapons

UK social media ban for under-16s edges closer with Starmer expected to back it

Liz Kendall to launch consultation next week that will also explore alternatives such as curbs on infinite scrolling

Met police to pilot facial recognition identity checks, mayor confirms

Sadiq Khan reveals 100 officers will use roaming technology for six months but opponents call its use ‘alarming’

World Economic Forum CEO quits after Epstein links examined; Ineos Quattro earnings fall – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Tell us: how will the UK’s landline switch-off affect you or your family?

The UK will phase out traditional home phones by 2027, but the switchover has been stressful for some. How do you feel about the change?

Rolls-Royce boss pushes for UK taxpayer support for new jet engine

Firm, which has announced record profits and £9bn share buyback, has £3bn project for smaller commercial planes

WPP to sell assets and cut jobs in radical shake-up to counter AI threat

Group aims to be ‘simpler, lower-cost, AI-enabled business’ and achieve £500m of annual savings by 2028

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

Keen bosses, strange mistakes and a looming threat: workers on training AI to do their jobs

Some say the technology is devaluing their work, while others reckon it is not yet – and might never be – good enough to replace them entirely

Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings

Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs

Twenty-year-old to testify at US trial about harm from social media addiction

Woman says ‘addictive design’ of Meta and YouTube hooked her before she was 10, causing depression and body dysmorphia

Nvidia quarterly earnings show immunity to AI bubble fears as it cashes in on datacenter boom

Chipmaker’s quarterly earnings surpassed Wall Street’s expectations every quarter for multiple years

Top US body-camera maker reports record revenue amid Trump immigration crackdown

Axon sees ‘major opportunities’ as Congress proposes $20m for ICE body cameras but data privacy experts warn of risks

Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say

Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit