‘Like a DVD in the present tense’: are we ready for film distribution via USB drives?

As big tech continues to dominate the film industry, Video StoreAge is a uniquely crafted company that works with film-makers to sell independent films on USB drives

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’

Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices

Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice

Exclusive: Revelation comes as company faces mounting scrutiny over use of AI to provide health tips

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: its huge screen blocks shoulder surfers from spying on you

Latest Android superphone packs great cameras, fast chips, long battery, a stylus and first-of-its-kind privacy display

The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world

A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner

TV tonight: inside Facebook and Meta with ex-staff and whistleblowers

Marianna Spring goes Inside the Rage Machine. Plus: the finale of the brilliant comedy Small Prophets. Here’s what to watch this evening

India’s scattered workforce: the chatbot keeping families in touch during emergencies

Covid exposed the lack of data on the country’s 140 million mobile migrant workers, but a new project in Odisha is helping to fill in the gaps

AI job layoffs are here: it’s time to revive the push for shorter working hours

There’s no doubt artificial intelligence will produce real productivity improvements. It’s imperative these benefits are shared with workers

Iranians embrace anthem by AI singer created by UK-based, Iran-born artist

‘I did it for the people,’ says Farbod Mehr, of song drawing lyrics from the work of revolutionary 20th-century poet Aref Qazvini

AI could give us our lives back – if we don’t blow it

Could we be at the beginning of a change never before seen by humans – allowing us to escape the drudgery of work?

These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high

America needs a movement to curb billionaires’ power

The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-rich

Royals and celebrities warned to watch words as lip-reading videos go viral

Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted online

Nigeria’s online content creator market has boomed. Can the skit-makers and streamers make it pay?

As platforms make less from advertising, creators are struggling to monetise work – leading to calls for more government investment and tax breaks

Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says it can

Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say it’s ‘tech bro’ hype that could undermine conservation