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    Elon Musk
    How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

    Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
  • People dine outside in old town of Gdansk, Poland, as other cycle past

    e-Government
    Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards

  • Peter Kyle

    UK government
    Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups

  • Elon Musk grinning with raised hands on a giant video screen behind silhouettes of a crowd, with German flags to the side of the stage

    Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
    Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany

  • Trump attends a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington<br>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez and Elon Musk attend a candlelight dinner hosted by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. U.S., January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria REFILE - CORRECTING "AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS" TO "AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS"

    Trump inauguration
    ‘The reign of terror is over’: my weird weekend partying with the triumphant tech right

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    Media
    ‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth

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News

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    Germany too focused on past guilt, Elon Musk tells AfD event – video

  • Elon Musk gestures during a rally on the inauguration day

    US meteorologist fired from TV station after criticizing Elon Musk salute

  • Pope Francis

    Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’

  • a composite image showing Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Satya Nadella

    Tech titans bicker over $500bn AI investment announced by Trump

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Privacy

  • Portrait of Sergei Cristo standing against a wall in a dark overcoat

    The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain

  • A fingertip about to press a WhatsApp icon on a smartphone's touchscreen

    Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide

    • Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments

    • Memo to Trump: US telecoms is vulnerable to hackers. Please hang up and try again

      John Naughton

    • Chinese hackers breach US treasury network, gain access to some files

    • US judge finds Pegasus spyware maker liable over WhatsApp hack

    • Why did China hack the world’s phone networks?

    • Many Americans’ cellphone data being hacked by China, official says

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Spotlight

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    From crypto bro to commerce secretary pick: Howard Lutnick’s glaring conflict of interest

  • A robot greets a customer in a supermarket, it has a screen with information on its abdomen

    Robot packers and AI cameras: UK retail embraces automation to cut staff costs

  • Deliveroo couriers on bikes

    ‘It’s a nightmare’: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs

  • Medieval scribe writing at a desk surrounded by open manuscripts.

    Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?

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Opinion & analysis

  • The US flag displayed on a laptop screen looms over a mobile phone displaying the TikTok logo

    Is TikTok a national security threat – or is the ban a smokescreen for superpower rivalry?

  • TikTok logo and US and Chinese flags.

    Who banned TikTok? Politicians toss culpability like a football

  • Emma Beddington

    Should I be worried about my obsessive TikTok use? My ‘For You’ page doesn’t think so

    Emma Beddington
  • Britain's prime minister, Keir Starmer, in a white lab coat, looks at a liquid handling robot while speaking with researches and professors during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL in London

    Speedier drug trials and better films: how AI is transforming businesses

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Games

  • Two characters on horseback in Assassin's Creed Shadows

    Can Assassin’s Creed Shadows save Ubisoft?

    The historical action series has taken us to Baghdad, ancient Greece and the pyramids of Egypt. As it moves to feudal Japan, the stakes for its developer have never been higher
  • Just the right amount of chaotic … Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders.

    Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders review – fun ski-run challenge has a few bumps along the way

  • Will the forthcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console throw any design curveballs?

    The Nintendo Switch 2 reveal was exciting – but will it entice you to upgrade?

  • Elon Musk

    Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show

  • Keza MacDonald

    Elon Musk stands accused of pretending to be good at video games. The irony is delicious

    Keza MacDonald
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    ‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story

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Inside Silicon Valley

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    Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump’s inauguration – cartoon

  • Quinn Slobodian

    The tech bros have front-row seats at Trump’s inauguration, but what they want goes way beyond that

    Quinn Slobodian
  • Peter Kyle

    UK can be ‘AI sweet spot’: Starmer’s tech minister on regulation, Musk, and free speech

  • Keir Starmer

    Tech giants told UK online safety laws ‘not up for negotiation’

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Reviews

  • Chinese president Hu Jintao hands the Olympic torch to an athlete in 2008.

    House of Huawei by Eva Dou review – bad connection

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    The best treadmills for your home: up your indoor miles with our runner-approved picks

    • Winter running gear: our top training essentials to help you conquer the cold

    • The best slow cookers for effortless homemade meals, tried and tested

    • The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen review – smartphone nation

    • The 8 best electric blankets and heated throws – tried and tested to keep you toasty for less this winter

    • The 8 best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top

    • The 8 best e-readers, tried and tested – from Kindle to Kobo and beyond

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Devices

  • Amy Fleming holding out her arm to show the tracker on her wrist

    Wearables
    How I beat overwhelm: Tracking my heart rate left me feeling like a frustrated failure

  • A person carrying a black British passport and a white polling card

    Smartphones
    Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app

  • Apple iPad Mini A17 Pro review held in a hand showing the lockscreen.

    Tablets
    Apple iPad mini A17 Pro review: the best small tablet gets faster

  • Emma Beddington

    Internet of things
    I am being terrorised by my robot vacuum cleaner

    Emma Beddington

In depth

  • Woman using smartphone

    ‘Young women can fall pregnant very easily’: inside the wild west of smartphone fertility apps

    • people attend a concert outside with TikTok logo seen in background

      ‘A lot of chaos, quickly’: panic grips US music industry as ‘kingmaker’ TikTok faces ban

    • woman holding a package of crisps

      Never have stale crisps again… nine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTok

    • person wearing green shirt and green scarf poses in front of selfie ring

      UK TikTokers say goodbye to US followers as ban looms: ‘It’s a really beautiful community’

    • illo of a phone with charger

      Stay on top of tech: five ways to take back control, from emails to AI

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