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
Tech giants’ results show rosy outlook for AI boom and US stock market
Google, Microsoft and Amazon report gains in cloud-computing businesses while Meta spending draws concern
Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’
A startup was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business
Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds
Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers say
I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?
Physical phone-blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the test
Reliance on Chinese green tech poses ‘serious’ risk for Europe, experts say
Continent ‘sleepwalking’ into series of economic and national security problems due to over-dependence
More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website
Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last week
Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat
Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X
Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera
Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatres
Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms
Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram
Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’
To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation - and can come at a deep emotional cost
In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants
Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Mickey Mouse is watching you: Disneyland deploys facial recognition
Walt Disney Company says technology at California theme park will prevent fraud and streamline re-entry
‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown
Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious
UK politics: Starmer avoids privileges committee inquiry into vetting of Peter Mandelson – as it happened
MPs rejected a Conservative party proposal for the prime minister to face a parliamentary inquiry into his appointment of Peter Mandelson