Best Christmas gifts for tweens, as chosen by 9- to 12-year-olds themselves, from Jellycat toys to slime
Put Santa on alert – it’s Deadpool figures, bracelet-making kits, laptops and, yep, slime sets that are topping tweens’ Christmas present lists
What is Bluesky and why are so many people suddenly leaving X for the platform?
Users turn to the heavily moderated network after warnings about misinformation on Elon Musk’s X
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already…
Tech firm Palantir spoke with MoJ about calculating prisoners’ ‘reoffending risks’
Exclusive: Rights group expresses concerns as it emerges US spy tech company has been lobbying UK ministers
Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out
Even if you haven’t knowingly opted in, companies are still scraping your personal information to train their systems
NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal
Details of emerge in sworn depositions by employees of Israeli company as part of lawsuit brought by WhatsApp
‘A fork in the road’: laundry-sorting robot spurs AI hopes and fears at Europe’s biggest tech event
Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climate
AI isn’t about unleashing our imaginations, it’s about outsourcing them. The real purpose is profit
Artificial intelligence doesn’t just incrementally erode the rights of authors and other creators. These technologies are designed to replace creative workers altogether
UK flying taxi firm pins hopes on investors as cash runs short
Vertical’s crash and cash crisis highlight challenge of making flying taxis a reality after nearly a century of efforts
Musk asks ‘high-IQ revolutionaries’ to work for no pay on new Trump project
World’s richest man solicits applications for ‘tedious work’ in newly formed Department of Government Efficiency
Distant Memories of the Near Future review – dating dystopia makes you glad to be alive now
Four interwoven stories set in 2043 explore love, connection and AI. The ideas are beautifully written but dramatically truncated
New York City police will send drones to sites of reported robberies and gunshots
Despite civil liberty and accuracy concerns, the NYPD will dispatch drones to gunshots reported by Shotspotter
‘The most expensive photos ever taken’: the space shots that changed humanity’s view of itself
Taken at 28,000km/h and costing billions of dollars, the first ever photos taken by astronauts are on show at Paris Photo. For Nasa print dealer Daniel Blau, they are proof that nothing is impossible when nations collaborate
‘Fastest-growing fire risk’: why do lithium batteries keep exploding across Australia?
Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 272 battery-related fires last year, while Victoria and Queensland authorities say they happen almost every day
‘A hate machine’: St Pauli become first major football club to leave X
St Pauli have become the first major football club to leave X, expressing concern that the site may influence the outcome of the German election