France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider

Move to ChapsVision is to avoid ‘strategic dependencies’, says PM amid concern about reliance on US-controlled tools

Toy Story 5 review – Pixar franchise needs new batteries

A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised

Elon Musk’s unprecendented accumulation of wealth

IPO mints Musk as world’s first trillionaire – now SpaceX is public, it will be harder than ever not to have a stake in its future

‘Streaming gave me a space to be myself’: Twitch creators on what it’s like to grow up on the platform

The world’s most successful gamer content creators, many of whom have spent their entire adult life on the platform, have met up at TwitchCon in Rotterdam

UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban

No 10 is worried about retaliation from White House over restrictions on under-16s’ internet use

Florida lawsuit accuses TikTok of violating state’s child social media ban

State’s attorney general alleges TikTok exposed children to harmful sexual content and addictive features

Technology secretary says she wants regulator to design plans for online age verification by October – as it happened

Liz Kendall also wants Ofcom to report to parliament every year on how effectively social media firms are keeping under-16s off their platforms

‘The genie is out of the bottle’: parents react to UK under-16s social media ban

Some feel it is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue it is ‘trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’

The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism

Most of us will experience periods of solitude at some point. But beige furnishings and self-care rituals are not the answer, says writer Rachel Connolly

Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook

The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of vision, says Max von Thun of the Open Markets Institute Europe

13 Father’s Day gadget gifts your dad won’t stop talking about, based on raves from real dads

Skip the token tie and get him a gift he’ll still be telling people about years from now

Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?

Government wants to back parents against tech companies though some feel the process has been rushed

Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!

Imagine a world with more birdsong and less Nigel Farage. If this is the future, bring it on, writes Emma Beddington

Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace

As technology advances quickly, firms should not lose sight of what qualities humans bring to jobs