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Technology

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    Tesla
    Tesla sees disappointing fourth-quarter earnings amid declining car deliveries

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    Meta
    Meta posts robust fourth-quarter earnings amid DeepSeek mania

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    Artificial intelligence (AI)
    What International AI Safety report says on jobs, climate, cyberwar and more

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    OpenAI
    OpenAI ‘reviewing’ allegations that its AI models were used to make DeepSeek

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News

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    SoftBank ‘in talks’ to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI

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    Microsoft reports strong fourth-quarter earnings amid uproar over DeepSeek’s AI

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    DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use

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    Former OpenAI safety researcher brands pace of AI development ‘terrifying’

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Privacy

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

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    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

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    • 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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    Rise and shine with the seven best sunrise alarm clocks, tried and tested

  • ‘Humans have always been distractible.’

    All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot

  • Picture of hand holding a mobile phone with DeepSeek on the screen

    Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek censors itself in realtime, users report

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    The best window vacs for clearing condensation: seven expert picks for streak-free shine

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Opinion & analysis

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    What will Washington do about Chinese startup DeepSeek and its AI chatbot?

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    We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan

  • 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?

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    Who banned TikTok? Politicians toss culpability like a football

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Games

  • We got game … magazines.

    Scans for the memories: why old games magazines are a vital source of cultural history – and nostalgia

    As the Video Game History Foundation opens a new digitised archive, what can titles like Crash, Mega, Edge and GamesMaster tell us about the early days of gaming?
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    The 15 best Xbox Series S/X games to play in 2025

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    Bundle of Joy, a game about the frantic monotony of early parenthood

  • Two characters on horseback in Assassin's Creed Shadows

    Can Assassin’s Creed Shadows save Ubisoft?

  • 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?

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Inside Silicon Valley

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    Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump’s inauguration – cartoon

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    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

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

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    Smartphones
    ‘No, I’m not phoning to say I’m dying!’ My gruelling week of calling gen Z friends rather than texting them

  • 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

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

    Emma Beddington

In depth

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

    • 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"

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

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      Elon Musk’s beef with Britain isn’t (only) about politics. It’s about tech regulation

    • Chloe Hamiton shot for her AI feature for OM

      Would you let AI choose your outfits?

    • Woman using smartphone

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

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