The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill
Editorial: Energy disruption abroad drives prices at home, showing how few safeguards are built in – which is why a call for resilience must be heeded
Pentagon inks deals with eight AI companies for classified military work
OpenAI, Google, Nvidia and others agreed to ‘any lawful use’ of their tech. Anthropic, feuding with Pentagon over potential AI misuse, was not included
UN warns women in public life face increasingly sophisticated online violence
UN Women report says AI, anonymity and lack of effective laws are increasing the risks of engaging in digital spaces
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