‘Smell is really important for social communication’: how technology is ruining our senses

Scientists say an overreliance on sight and sound is having a detrimental effect on people’s wellbeing and that our devices should deliver a multisensory experience

‘Completely destroyed’: how a Halfords service left a car owner £2,000 out of pocket

A man was left in despair when his beloved Alfa Romeo was wrecked on a test drive by a staff member

Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud convictions and 25-year prison sentence

Ex-CEO and former crypto mogul, 32, was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy to launder money in November

UK has real concerns about AI risks, says competition regulator

Concentration of power among just six big tech companies ‘could lead to winner takes all dynamics’

Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceable batteries

Repairable electronics pioneer shows noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds do not have to be disposable

So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you

This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technology, says the writer and artist James Bridle

AI race heats up as OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models

Launches within 12 hours of one another, and more activity expected in industry over summer

Shoplifting crackdown to include £55m for facial recognition tools in England and Wales

Mobile units will be deployed on high streets to identify wanted people – including repeat offenders

Elon Musk predicts superhuman AI will be smarter than people next year

His claims come with a caveat that shortages of training chips and growing demand for power could limit plans in the near term

TSMC to make state-of-the-art chips in US after multibillion subsidy pledge

World’s most valuable chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor to set up third facility in Arizona using funding from Biden policy

Elon Musk faces Brazil inquiry after defying X court order

Multibillionaire called for resignation of judge who ordered platform to block far-right users

Vet group CVS warns over risk to personal information in cyber-attack

Chain says it has experienced operational disruption after hackers gained access to its IT systems

If costs force Google to charge for AI, competitors will cheer

AI is not only scarily expensive to run, it is also antithetical to the advertising that is Google’s bread and butter

Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say

Cost of artificial intelligence service could mean leaders in sector turning to subscription models

How much is Elon Musk to blame for Tesla sales slip?

Investor points finger at CEO’s antics on X, but analysts say ‘train wreck’ quarter more down to problems in China and with EV demand