Anthropic’s launch of AI legal tool hits shares in European data companies
Pearson, Experian and others fall sharply after startup unveils software to automate a range of professional services
‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report
Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption
Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push
Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses
The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford review – Peter Mullan gives weight to quirky Scottish dramedy
The formidable Mullan delivers a tender performance in Sean Robert Dunn’s first feature, playing a cranky local historian obsessed with his obscure, unscrupulous ancestor
‘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
How the left can win back the internet – and rise again
In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide, says digital media academic Robert Topinka
How the right won the internet
In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic Robert Topinka
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
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
‘Innovating weather science’: Met Office launches new two-week forecast
Weather service research concludes that less accurate probability-based predictions are still considered helpful
First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool
Postcards showing Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan in character were printed as postcards and secreted around the performing arts school co-founded in the city by Paul McCartney
How liberals lost the internet
In the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attention, says digital media academic Robert Topinka
Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge
AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use
UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime
Exclusive: Branch of Iranian software company TSIT, which makes Gap Messenger, is registered in Sussex