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  • Martha Dalton

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    Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM

    Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament
  • Google's AI Mode feature.

    Google
    Google rolls out new Gemini AI model but restricts access over safety concerns

  • a rocket lifts off

    SpaceX
    SpaceX launches crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’

  • Glitchy photo of a person wearing a hijab, seen from behind

    AI
    AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted

  • A car's dashboard touchscreen shows media and climate controls, with traffic visible through the windscreen

    Cars
    Tech in cars can be used to snoop on you, Dutch spy chiefs warn

  • People dressed up as medics hold up a banner that says 'No Palantir in our NHS' in front of a van styled like a shot-up Palestinian ambulance

    Exclusive
    More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data

  • GenAI Windows Comp

    Democracy
    How AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia

  • Rob Bonta, California's Attorney General, gestures with both hands while speaking at a podium

    California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking

  • Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei

    Anthropic pushes for opt-out model for Australian content as ABC warns of ‘cannibalisation’ of news

  • Australian communications minister Anika Wells

    Anika Wells named on Time100 list as one of ‘world’s most influential rising stars’ after social media ban

  • people watch a debate between two men on a television, an american flag and california state flag on opposite sides

    Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate

Features

  • Naked young woman lying on floor

    The best vibrators, tested: ‘it could get an orgasm out of a cabbage’

  • A young woman's hands browse rows of CDs in a shop, torso cropped out of frame

    ‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

  • Composite of four dehumidifiers, plus two smartphones showing an app for one of the devices on a green grid background

    The best dehumidifiers: 14 favourites to beat damp and cut bills, tested

  • ‘Shooting the breeze’ … long distance conversations aid decompression.

    Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call

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Opinion & analysis

  • three men side by side

    How American political campaigns are using AI – and what they’re spending on the tools

  • A glitchy eye surrounded by columns

    Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

  • Tom McIlroy

    double quotation markIt’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom

    Tom McIlroy
  • a woman speaks

    Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

  • Marcus, in armour, raises a rifle with a chainsaw blade attachment; another soldier stands behind

    Gears of War: E-Day review – an alien invasion shouldn’t be this boring

    E-Day boasts the best combat in 20 years of Gears games – but everything surrounding it is disappointing
  • Director Zach Cregger points through a window beside Austin Abrams holding camera equipment on set

    How Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil stands out from all other game adaptations

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  • A video game fighter jet pilot in helmet and oxygen mask sits in the cockpit, clouds outside, from Ace Combat 8

    Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – brilliant aerial combat game fulfils the Top Gun fantasy

  • A scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 showing a soldier aiming a rifle as a helicopter flies overhead near mountains

    double quotation markPlaying video games with my 22-year-old son has brought me to tears

    Dominik Diamond
  • US-GAMING-VIDEO GAMES-POKEMONPeople attend the 2026 Pokemon World Championships and Pokemon XP at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on August 29, 2026. More than 50,000 fans are expected to be in attendance for the 3-day event from August 28-30 as the Pokemon World Championships return to San Francisco for the first time in a decade and for Pokemon XP, the first fan convention of its kind. The Pokemon franchise has an estimated global revenue of over $147 billion since launching in 1996, making it the world's most valuable media franchise.

    Meet the real-life Pokémon professors, the unsung heroes of competitive monster-battling

  • JD Vance speaks during an event at Webco Manufacturing in Olathe, Kansas last week

    ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation

  • Aa sparse crowd in front of an art structure in the desert with a mountain backdrop

    Burning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisis

  • Festival director on left in a light blue T-shirt and guesthouse manager on right in an orange T-shirt, both seated at table

    ‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

  • Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored – podcast

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Reviews

  • A hand holds up a small silver Mac mini M6 with an Apple logo on top.

    Mac mini M6 review: truly mighty but now more pricey

  • A hand holds a Google Pixel 11 Pro XL smartphone showing a home screen with many app icons over a beach wallpaper.

    Pixel 11 Pro XL: Google’s big-screen superphone with top-class camera

  • A composite of several different coloured iPhones on a green background

    The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for you, according to our expert

  • A close-up of a capybara sitting on a wooden deck in Florida, looking to the side

    The Route to Cappyness review – capybara boosterism is an ode to the internet’s favourite rodent

In depth

  • Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, listens during a Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

    OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

  • A collage of screenshots of comedic content about AI

    The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’

  • an ad reads 'AI Mode'

    ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI

  • An elk formed from white letters and symbols on a black dotted background.

    Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?

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