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Richard Orna obituary

Other lives: IT manager at the energy solutions company Callisto

‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks

Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence

I clicked on an Instagram post about a happy dog – and opened a hellish portal

Little did I know this cheerful animal had just died. Ever since, my algorithm has been serving me up more of the same ...

Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work

Corporate employees said Amazon’s race to roll out AI is leading to surveillance, slop and ‘more work for everyone’.

How gen Z women are conquering country music: ‘Fans are speaking louder than gatekeepers’

This month, Ella Langley and Megan Moroney became the first pair of women in country music to top both the US albums and singles charts

Apple iPad Air M4 review: still the premium tablet to beat

Faster laptop-level power, rapid wifi and 5G, plus much-improved multitasking make the middle iPad highly capable beyond just watching TV

Wednesday briefing: From missing billions to nonexistent datacentres, inside Britain’s AI drive

In today’s newsletter: Enormous investments in artificial intelligence promised to transform Labour’s growth problems. The reality is much murkier

Naplan authority CEO apologises for technical glitch that delayed test on first day

One expert warns it may be perceived as ‘unfair’ that some students undertook test on Wednesday while others didn’t

Musk’s xAI wins permit for datacenter’s makeshift power plant despite backlash

Billionaire’s artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its ‘Colossus 2’ in Mississippi

UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI

Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market

Family of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim sues OpenAI alleging it could have prevented attack

Eight people were killed by 18-year-old in Canada, who had described violent scenarios involving guns to ChatGPT

Datacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first time

Iran is bombing Gulf datacenters to blow up symbols of alliance with the US – bringing the war directly into the lives of millions of people

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large

Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apple’s epic hits – and misses

Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work

About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

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  • Frequent AI chatbot use linked to belief in anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
  • Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
  • Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio
  • Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
  • The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan brings genuine thrills – and a massive budget – to a well-trodden tale
  • UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
  • Spider-Man’s web of lies: what would actually happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider?
  • Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right?
  • Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom
  • Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
  • Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
  • UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
  • Michael Byrne obituary
  • Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
  • Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
  • The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
  • The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
  • Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
  • Oura Ring 5 review: a stunning generational leap for smart rings
  • Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
  • Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency
  • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
  • Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
  • US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
  • Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026
  • Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
  • Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
  • ‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?
  • ‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes
  • Once, cyber-attacks required great skill. AI is changing that

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