How does live facial recognition work and how many UK police forces use it?
Technology has been deployed since 2020 in London, leading to concerns over data privacy and racial bias
Fashion’s Faustian pact: the high cost of Jeff Bezos’s Met Gala patronage
Billionaire’s role as honorary chair and main source of funding has led to boycotts and criticism event has lost its cachet
Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses
Exclusive: Varun Chandra’s talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of ‘lobbying behind closed doors’
Will human minds still be special in an age of AI?
We tend to think of intelligence like height – and imagine ourselves being overtaken. That misses the point
UK ‘invention agency’ grants £50m of public money to US tech and venture capital firms
Exclusive: Brainchild of Dominic Cummings, Aria is aimed at funding ‘crazy’ scientific projects to benefit the UK
Mystery sitter in Holbein portrait could be Anne Boleyn, AI analysis finds
Researchers say works may have been incorrectly inscribed in 1700s, leading to centuries-long misunderstanding
I’m a late arrival to short-form video – its effect on my life has shocked me
Consuming constant clips made me feel stupider and lonelier. Thank God I’m old enough to remember a world before, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
AI chatbot fraud: the ‘gift card’ subcription that may cost you dear
After subscribing to the Claude chatbot, mystery payments started to appear on one family’s credit card bill. They are not alone
Under a cloud: the growing resentment against the massive datacentres sprouting across Australian cities
Residents say massive, noisy AI factories with unknown environmental impacts are being rushed into development right next to their homes
Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come
The tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage
‘Sick of swiping’: the dating event where your mates make the pitch for you
‘Date My Mate’ nights, which involve pitching a friend to a room of singles, are gaining momentum across the country
Zambia cancels world’s largest human rights and tech summit days before start
Government blocks RightsCon 2026 conference saying it did not ‘align with national values’
The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill
Editorial: Energy disruption abroad drives prices at home, showing how few safeguards are built in – which is why a call for resilience must be heeded
Pentagon inks deals with eight AI companies for classified military work
OpenAI, Google, Nvidia and others agreed to ‘any lawful use’ of their tech. Anthropic, feuding with Pentagon over potential AI misuse, was not included
UN warns women in public life face increasingly sophisticated online violence
UN Women report says AI, anonymity and lack of effective laws are increasing the risks of engaging in digital spaces