The best pressure washers in the UK for cleaning garden furniture and patios – tested Our expert puts the best power washers through their paces on the toughest – and muckiest – outdoor chores, from grimy paving slabs to dirty decking
Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift Electoral Commission considers inquiry after Tories said Reform leader should have declared money from billionaire
‘Awkward and humiliating’: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews People describe unnatural process as survey finds nearly half of job seekers have been interviewed by AI
US Congress passes short-term renewal of Fisa warrantless spying powers Lawmakers agree 45-day extension but Republican and Democratic critics urge reform of surveillance program
Tim Cook takes victory lap as Apple’s financial results soar past Wall Street expectations Company details $111.2bn in revenue in first earnings report after announcement of Cook’s pending departure
Meta threatens to shut down social networks in New Mexico over child safety court case Company asserts in court filing that the state’s proposed remedies would be too onerous to comply with
Judge cuts off Musk’s AI doomsday talk as his testimony ends in OpenAI case Trial continues after heated back-and-forth during OpenAI’s cross-examination of the Tesla CEO
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses Researchers say results mark a really ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’
Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ Spy tech firm says it’s just ‘a software company’ amid pressure for a ban on new contracts with government agencies
It’s time to tax AI slop We are stuck in a deluge of meaningless content that threatens human creativity. Here’s a simple way to mitigate its harms
Galaxy S26 review: Samsung’s still-compact flagship Android Small top-tier Android is great to use, being fast, AI-loaded and with reasonable battery life, but falls short of rivals on camera
I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives, says Charlotta Kronblad of the University of Gothenburg
Bernie Sanders urges international cooperation to halt AI’s ‘runaway train’ US senator holds panel with leading Chinese scientists and warns of risks to society unless new technology is regulated
‘Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies
Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores Critics say Maryland’s new law banning rapidly change product costs based on consumer data is full of carveouts