Palermo ‘honoured’ by rumours Dua Lipa and Callum Turner might marry there in June

Italian newspapers claim singer and actor, who is tipped to be next James Bond, are planning ‘wedding of the year’ in the city

Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health

Digital communication in its most basic forms can push us into an ‘always on’ state – and generate feelings of exclusion or rejection, says academic and author Devi Sridhar

TikTok and Visa launch debit card to speed payouts to UK creators

Creator card is designed for people making money through TikTok Live, some of whom complain of payment delays

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions

Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency

What is a passkey, how does it work and why is it better than a password?

Login method for apps and websites stored on users’ devices provides stronger security and is resistant to phishing and breaches

Fitness tracker for Fido? Experts split on benefits of pet tech

As sales soar, some say trackers can help animal anxiety or weight loss while others advise leaving diagnoses to the vet

‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech

Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats say

US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ as betting markets boom, policy expert warns

The gambling crisis ‘demands a public health response’ and should be regulated like alcohol or tobacco, expert says

Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot ‘extremely validating’ of delusional inputs and often went further, ‘elaborating new material’, study finds

Microsoft and Meta announce large staff reductions as they spend big on AI

Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of workers

Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifesto

The Guardian view on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet?

Editorial: Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internet

What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected

Take action over officials in Kyrgyzstan ‘helping Russia evade sanctions’, MPs and peers say

British foreign secretary told to impose new measures as ruble-pegged cryptocurrency A7A5 is supported in country

Chinese hackers using everyday devices to target UK firms, warns cybersecurity agency

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks