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  • Silent Book Club. DO NOTFive women reading books, sitting on the edge of a luxurious-looking pool with tropical trees behind them USE. FOR SATURDAY. PHONE FREE SPACES FEATURE: Silent Book Club Hawaii Reading Retreat. Sent by: hello@silentbook.club

    Smartphones
    The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are liberating people from their phones

    Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device
  • A crowd gathers around a large blue cylindrical display showing "Hello, World!" in multiple languages at a trade show

    Technology
    China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House

  • A person with blonde spiky hair wearing a white tank top dances in a nightclub setting

    AI
    AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules

  • A person holding a phone with the Claude AI app

    AI
    Anthropic’s AI Claude hacked into three organizations during cybersecurity test

  • Workers and a robot prepare tea beside each other at a booth at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum earlier this year. China’s rollout of AI has sparked concerns about the future of the jobs market.

    AI
    Could AI take your job? Some workers in China already know the answer

  • A collection of mobile phones on a grey carpet.

    Spam
    Raids across UK in crackdown on nuisance car finance texts

  • A person holds a mobile phone

    Internet
    Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study

  • Authors, agents and publishers are grappling with how to handle suspected AI use in manuscripts.

    $2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use

  • City workers enjoy the warm weather in London near Tower Bridge, with the City of London financial district in the background.

    FTSE 100 on track for best month since first US attacks on Iran five months ago – as it happened

  • Friedrich Merz

    German chancellor chooses pope’s AI encyclical over pacy potboiler as holiday read

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    Flock surveillance cameras can pose a crash risk for drivers, US experts say

Spotlight

  • Batumi's coastal cityscape with colorful buildings, modern towers, and a distinctive spire under dramatic sunset clouds

    ‘We didn’t feel safe’: Booking.com users face battle to get money back

  • A weather balloon floats in an overcast sky, trailing a tether with objects attached below

    Drones offer alternative to balloons for weather research

  • Composite image showing four different cordless vacuum cleaner models

    The best cordless vacuum cleaners in the UK for a spotless home – tested

  • A bose 600 soundbar connected to a television

    Can’t hear what’s playing on TV? It’s not your ears, it’s the flat screen. These affordable soundbars can help

Opinion & analysis

  • A person on a computer

    The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon

    Eduardo Porter
  • a person hands on a computer

    Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story

    John Thickstun
  • people on their phones

    OpenAI’s rogue agents are a wake-up call to risks posed by artificial intelligence

    Shakeel Hashim
  • OpenAI and Anthropic logos

    Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach

  • An isometric 3D render of a cluttered bedroom with purple wallpaper, a brass bed, dresser, and various furniture

    ‘A universal human story’: Clean Start’s thought-provoking tidying sim tells immigrant’s tale

    Playing as recent arrival Lena, your challenges include learning a new language and uncovering family secrets – its developer hopes it will spread ‘a little more compassion’
  • A family of four watches someone play Space Invaders on a television screen in a living room

    My family is coming apart – so it’s time for one last video game session

    Dominik Diamond
  • A shelf of video games for various consoles in a charity shop, stacked vertically

    SingStar Take That anyone? The strange joy of charity shop video games

  • A small white figure stands atop a pale sculptural form, dwarfed by a massive dark mechanical vehicle

    A Line Held Tight – miners, mechs and mismanagement on a distant planet

  • Halo - Campaign Evolved

    Halo: Campaign Evolved review – they don’t make ‘em like this any more

  • techunions

    How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table

  • people walking across a street

    ‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive

  • A smartphone screen displays AI app icons including DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity

    A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency

Reviews

  • Shark PowerDetect Clean & Empty Cordless Pet Vacuum Cleaner.

    A self-emptying, frictionless marvel: Shark PowerDetect Speed Clean and Empty Pet Pro review

  • Eleanor Drage, senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

    What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse

  • The Honor Magic V6 foldable smartphone stands partially open, displaying two screens with app icons and widgets.

    Honor Magic V6 review: sleek foldable phone lacking a bit of polish

  • Three ergonomic gaming chairs shown from different angles against a turquoise and green grid background.

    The best gaming chairs in the UK for comfort, support and serious play in 2026 – tested

In depth

  • Journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in his home office in Los Angeles

    When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

  • A man posing for a photo in his home.

    Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

  • Elia Barbieri - The Guardian Saturday - 18th July 2026 - Could AI be conscious PRINT-01

    Could AI be conscious?

  • a man smiling

    Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?

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