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‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse

Viral AI personal assistant seen as step change – but experts warn of risks

OpenClaw is billed as ‘the AI that actually does things’ and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havoc

What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots

A bit like Reddit for artificial intelligence, Moltbook allows AI agents – bots built by humans – to post and interact with each other. People are allowed as observers only

Why should renters like me have to trade away our privacy just to get a roof over our heads?

The rise in real estate tech means renters often hand over huge amounts of revealing information to digital third parties – at great risk

Snapchat blocks more than 400,000 Australian accounts but warns of ‘significant gaps’ in under-16s social media ban

Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’

‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship

Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditions

‘Coffee is just the excuse’: the deaf-run cafe where hearing people sign to order

In-person interactions break down barriers in east London, as AI startups also try to bridge communication divide

Why TikTok’s first week of American ownership was a disaster

App endured a major outage and user backlash over perceived censorship. Now it’s facing an inquiry by the California governor and an ascendant competitor

‘Menopause gold rush’? Boom in hi-tech products as stigma starts to recede

The march of wearable tech is coming to the aid of women in what some say is a long underserved market

US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages

A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied

What to know about the jury trials of Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube

Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts have claimed social media is intentionally addictive and harmful

Will corporate America finally stand up to the Trump administration?

The brutal handling of immigration raids and the killing of Alex Pretti have tested the reticence of the corporate class

Alarm raised over Chinese CCTV cameras guarding ‘symbol of democracy’ Magna Carta

Campaigners criticise use of ‘vulnerable’ devices at Salisbury Cathedral and Parthenon despite their removal from sensitive UK government sites

We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?

My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse?

Can you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all

From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us?

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  • AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps
  • The Guardian view on how culture is taking on tech: the ultimate handheld device
  • UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
  • Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’
  • Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode
  • UK parents: share your views on guidance to not put photos of children on public display
  • Supergirl is a box office catastrophe. How can Marvel and DC save the superhero movie?
  • What would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment I tried to imagine
  • NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI … until someone mentioned the Terminator films
  • Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’
  • ‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office
  • US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
  • I tested 53 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites
  • The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’
  • Bugonia to Wicked: For Good – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite
  • 3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom
  • ‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
  • Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
  • I’d been craving the immediacy of a phone call. So I scrolled through my contacts and started dialling
  • Bitcoin firm advertised by Nigel Farage loses 15% of asset value
  • Social media platforms ‘monetise gore and fringe content’, eSafety regulator tells antisemitism commission
  • ‘A female Minion would be the beginning of the end’: Pierre Coffin on creepy memes, decoding Minionese and farting bananas
  • Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
  • OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
  • Birds of War review – war journalists find love among the ruins
  • AI summaries of Tripadvisor hotel reviews downplay serious complaints, investigation finds
  • New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
  • Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
  • People in the US: share your views on Trump’s earnings in his second term

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