How screen time affects toddlers: ‘We’re losing a big part of being human’

In the UK, 98% of two-year-olds watch screens on a typical day, on average for more than two hours – and almost 40% of three- to five-year-olds use social media. Could this lead to alarming outcomes?

The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies considering IPOs

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to commute prison sentence

US justice department’s website shows the disgraced former CEO petitioned Donald Trump over fraud conviction

Lords put pressure on Starmer with vote to ban social media for under-16s

Commons will now have to consider Tory-led amendment, which is likely to be supported by Labour MPs

Britain facing ‘catastrophe’ because of children being addicted to social media, peers told – as it happened

House of Lords debate amendments to bill that could ban children under the age of 16 from having social media

Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss

Jamie Dimon warns of civil unrest but Nvidia’s Jensen Huang argues tech will create rather than destroy jobs

Mercy review – Chris Pratt takes on AI judge Rebecca Ferguson in ingenious sci-fi thriller

It is the year 2029 and an LA cop finds himself accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to clear his name before robo-justice sends him down

BBC announces landmark deal to make bespoke content for YouTube

Agreement a milestone for British television as broadcaster teams up with world’s biggest video platform

Iran’s central bank using vast quantities of cryptocurrency championed by Farage, says report

Regime appears to have turned to digital currency issued by Tether in the face of sanctions

My friends in Italy are using AI therapists. But is that so bad, when a stigma surrounds mental health?

State provision for psychological health services is lamentable. Until things improve, let’s not judge those who turn to an app for help, says Italian author Viola Di Grado

My analogue month: would ditching my smartphone make me healthier, happier – or more stressed?

When I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia, Walkman, film camera and physical map, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But my life soon started to change

Hugh Grant and Esther Ghey sign letter backing under-16s social media ban in UK

Actor and mother of Brianna Ghey among signatories of letter to three party leaders ahead of Lords vote

UK study to examine effects of restricting social media for children

Trial involving 4,000 children will explore impact on mental health, sleep and time spent with friends and family

Big tech continues to bend the knee to Trump a year after his inauguration

Inside the big rewards tech titans have reaped from caving to Trump. Plus, a look at the US datacenter boom and the effects of Australia’s social media ban

Elon Musk floats idea of buying Ryanair after calling CEO ‘an idiot’

Tesla boss clashed with Michael O’Leary when airline boss rejected installing Starlink technology on aircraft