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Media coverage of violence against women reaches ‘dismal’ low, report finds

Analysis finds stories citing terms of misogynistic abuse fell to 1.3% of global online news in 2025

Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment

Technology secretary plays down fears over jobs and cyber security as stake taken in British startup

‘How do I end a call?’: the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones

Elderly people take advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices and avoid ‘analogue isolation’

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims

Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing

Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs

Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say

Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue

What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?

As Keir Starmer tells tech bosses to make their sites safer, ministers are weighing up what they can do

Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party’

These digital security organizers bring the fight for online privacy to dance parties, bars and reading groups

First trailer released for western starring AI version of Val Kilmer

Footage of As Deep As the Grave screened in the US, featuring an authorised visual deepfake of the actor who died in 2025

Starmer tells social media firms: ‘Things can’t go on like this’

PM demands real world changes in Downing Street meeting with senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X

Norway’s state telecoms firm accused of helping Myanmar regime seize activists

Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe houses

AI is destroying jobs – and the energy crisis could make that much worse

Every wave of new tech has come with a doomsday scenario. But governments just aren’t planning a human response on the scale required, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Australian federal court warns lawyers over ‘unacceptable’ use of AI

New guidance to legal profession ‘embraces’ use of technology but flags penalties for lawyers who ‘mislead the court’ with AI-generated errors

Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI

Rebrand as NewBird AI sent shares up 582% in bizarre and rapid turnaround for firm that had fallen on hard times

Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds

Lack of funding leaving police forces failing to keep pace with two-thirds annual increase in referrals, says report

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  • Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX
  • ‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
  • When it comes to taxing the super rich, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
  • ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
  • ‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point
  • I’m a psychiatrist who was terrified of horror films – until I learned about ‘cinematic neurosis’
  • Two prime ministerial resignations, 10 years apart: ‘Brexit represents a kind of faultline in British history’
  • Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too
  • ‘Enforcement mode’: Australia must take fight to tech giants to make social media ban stick, experts warn
  • Still blazing after all these years: Mel Brooks at 100
  • Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
  • Abbie Chatfield: ‘Someone told her worst dating story. I lay on the floor of the stage and screamed’
  • The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash
  • Tearing up the screen: BFI’s Rip It Up season rebels against tired teen stereotypes
  • Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
  • Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content
  • Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests
  • Brassed Off review – stirring tale of coal and cornets moves Yorkshire audience to tears
  • Watching Brokeback Mountain kept me in the closet
  • Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
  • From Supergirl to Muse: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone
  • How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom
  • OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request
  • ‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs
  • Prime Day ends today – here are the 52 best deals to scoop up before they’re gone
  • O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day
  • The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
  • Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online
  • ‘I’m a soldier. I don’t have a gun, but I have a pen and a camera’: Mahnaz Mohammadi on fighting the Iranian regime

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