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Trump's green card curbs test Indian tech workers' American dream
With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of sister's lawsuit
A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination.
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US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
<p>Use of tools ‘may result in the transfer of sensitive data’ to China, defense department says</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news">US</a> government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools from t…
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Google resolves cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites
Revolut was one of the hardest hit, with banking services going down for many customers.
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Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
<p>Author withdrawn from France’s Prix Goncourt last month has repeatedly denied using artificial intelligence to write novel</p><p>The publisher of top-selling Haitian Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/25…
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UK asks Apple to widen access to its payment tech
Proposed changes could lead to new digital wallets and keys as well as ticketing apps, the regulator says.
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‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast
<p>In his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s intelligence service, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/mi5">MI5</a>, warned that AI had the potential to ‘change the stakes’ on existing and even new bioweapons.…
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting bug had Saudi support, claims prosecutors
Abdulrahman Alfozan, who is accused of planting a recording device, has been denied bail.
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New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
<p>System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph</p><p>Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of…
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US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance
The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up.
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Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
<p>Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail – often without employees being informed</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking n…
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Uber wins bid to throw out £200m black cab claims
Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.
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‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?
<p>With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But do they ever come out well?</p><p>In You Can See Everything, convicted fraud…
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Musk and Anthropic pledge public share giveaways
Musk's announcement comes after Anthropic pledged to create a public benefit fund ahead of its blockbuster stock market listing.
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The best Kindles in the UK for every bookworm and budget – tested
<p>Whether you want a colour screen, somewhere to scribble notes or a child-friendly model, here’s what we recommend from Amazon’s e-reader range</p><p><strong>• </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2024/nov/27/best-ereaders"><strong>The …
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The next generation of chip is thinner and flexible when compared to traditional silicon.
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The best gifts for nine-year-olds, picked by nine-year-olds and parents
<p>Popcorn makers, Lego Fortnite and the coolest water bottle around … surprise the mini tween in your life with our pick of the top gifts and toys</p><p><strong>• </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/18/best-toys-gifts-for-eight…
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‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers
<p>Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say</p><p>It happened again. A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/20/revolut-down-app-cards-service-disrupt…
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What is a supercomputer for? How does it work? And who gets to use it? We explain all
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
<p>Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">new political email</a>, <a href="https://a…
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How a Chinese AI model was persuaded to ignore its rules and give dangerous advice.
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I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashanka
<p>AI is increasingly getting good at doing some tasks, but it can never replace human workers’ judgment</p><p>Autonomous cars, which may be the safest we have built, keep getting easily avoidable parking tickets. While Waymos crash far less often than huma…
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Shiona McCallum visits Cairngorms National Park to see tech monitor wildfire damage.
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Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile
<p>Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago</p><p>A few years ago, I was struck by the tension between how Wikipedia was used, and how it was talked abou…
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Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
<p>Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work</p><p>Employers around the globe are grappling with the fallout from rushing to adopt fast-changing artificial intelligence tools.</p><p>Meta has scaled back plans to axe s…
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Ammie Sekhon explores tech used to identify and remove counterfeit products online.
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‘The audience gets to be in on it’: How narrative-led gameplay is Call of Duty’s greatest weapon
<p>As video games chase spectacle, Modern Warfare 4 makes a case for putting character and consequence at the heart of its biggest battles</p><p><strong>• </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/ng-interactive/2021/nov/24/sign-up-for-pushing-butt…
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Adrienne Murray follows NASA scientists in Iceland researching a rare total solar eclipse.
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Which coffee chain was founded in London in 1971? The Saturday quiz
<p>From Divine, Frank Fiegel and Helen Kane to the West Sussex estate pioneering rewilding, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz</p><p><strong>1</strong> Which classic of political theory was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici? <br> <strong>2</strong> Wha…
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Penguin Colony review – an Antarctic odyssey of Nazis and Lovecraftian horrors
<p><strong>PC; Origame Digital</strong><br>This odd but absorbing adventure sends you waddling across Antarctica in search of an eldritch entity – uncovering a world far stranger than it first appears</p><p></p><p>A Nazi kneels down on frozen snow, staring …
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From Mario to machine guns: how Ubisoft Paris made Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics
<p>The studio is swapping the Mushroom Kingdom’s vivid palette for the blood-soaked grit of military action series</p><p>Where do you go after Mario? It’s a question the team at Ubisoft Paris found itself pondering three years ago after wrapping up work on …
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Ready player one? Why the games arcade is having a rebirth
<p>After years of sprawling ‘forever’ games, players are rediscovering the pleasures of more focused experiences. Could a new wave of independent arcades bring back the social side of gaming?</p><p><strong>• </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/inf…
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Americans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchs
<p>The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve</p><p><em>Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future.…
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‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes
<p>The entrepreneur turned fraudster is the subject of an Oscar-tipped new documentary that takes an unusual look at her strange legacy</p><p>David Agus’s first encounter with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/elizabeth-holmes">Elizabeth Holmes</…
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The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
<p>Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education</p><p>Tech billionaires have been dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the fight against a wealth tax in California.…
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‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation
<p>US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity</p><p>The US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation of AI safety risks, telling companies creating the most advanced models…
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Googlebook review: Google’s new laptops are woefully underbaked
<p>Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android</p><p>Google’s attempt to create a new type of laptop to compete with Windows and macOS machines is finally here, combining the best of ChromeOS and And…
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Apple AirPods 5 review: the best open-fit earbuds yet
<p>Upgraded, cheaper AirPods have noise cancelling, sound and controls to rival many plugged-in buds but without tips</p><p>Apple’s latest AirPods set a new standard for open-fit buds with upgraded noise cancelling that now rivals many plugged-in designs of…
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iPhone 18 Pro Max review: Apple’s biggest, heaviest and longest-lasting superphone
<p>A giant screen, big battery, rapid chip and top cameras push the great iPhone 18 Pro to the max with a price tag to match</p><p>Apple’s largest Pro iPhone gets its biggest battery upgrade yet to make it a true two-day phone with new Siri AI and a variabl…
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The best sunrise alarm clocks in the UK, tried and tested for gentler mornings
<p>Our reviewer sheds some light on the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Dreamegg</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jul/16/best-sleep-masks-tested-uk"><strong>The best eye masks to help you sleep better</stron…
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The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’
<p>Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its use by extremist groups and bad actors</p><p>“I have this sense that, within a few months, AI is going to be all anyone is talking about,” said one cabinet minister, w…
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Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline
<p>How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators</p><p>It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they’d enjo…
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Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism
<p>From the FBI to local police departments, US authorities are increasingly warning of would-be terrorists using chatbots to plan attacks and anti-AI extremist threats </p><p>In May 2025, a 25-year-old man <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bomb…
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The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’
<p>Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services</p><p>Death has always been around Alaina Winters. Her father and sister both have passed away, as did her wife, in 2023, …