Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North Korea
The US-China trade war seems to have subsided – but the sense of calm is misleading
A truce has cooled the trade conflict, but neither country has done anything to limit the outbreak of new hostilities
Is AI your new wingman? How chatbots are transforming dating
Almost 40% of British singles are using AI for romantic advice, from writing messages to assessing potential partners
Tech sell-off drives US markets down by nearly $1tn after subpar earnings reports
Big tech stocks falter as investors question whether billions being poured into AI can generate returns quickly enough
How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income
North Korea is likely culprit behind $6.3bn crypto hack, ‘largest heist in history’
Cryptocurrency exchange scrambles to freeze affected assets, with about $3bn located so far, and says it will cover losses
Manosphere and online misogyny should be treated as public health issues, say UK experts
Report calls for an effort to tackle harms in similar way to obesity and smoking, and stresses need to ‘offer boys something better’
The Guardian view on online harms: Ofcom is failing at its job
Editorial: Expressions of disappointment are not an adequate response to the concerning lack of safety improvements for children on social media
Brazil’s victory for the planet and democracy: seven lessons from Lula’s win
The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France
Meta discussed ‘whisper strategy’ against social media critic Jonathan Haidt, files show
Court documents reveal staff considered ways to ‘get academic community to disavow’ influential US author
Nvidia CEO reportedly targeted by an alleged Chinese spy
Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to China
Finland launches criminal investigation into Google’s clearing of forest for datacentre site
Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment
UK social media ban may lock out more than 100,000 teenagers without ID
Watchdog says under-16 ban may affect older teenagers without passport or licence, and that ‘motivated children’ will skirt restrictions
‘There is no inevitable dystopia’: Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of humanity
The author believes we are at a turning point as a species – and even in the shadow of big tech it’s up to us how we want to proceed
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds