Dan Milmo Global technology editor    Process has coincided with a rise in price in the past and is due to take place again on SaturdaySatoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, still has an influence on the cryptocurrency nearly years after disappearing.This week the protocol designed by Nakamoto an individual or...

Dan Milmo, Kiran Stacey and Alex Hern    Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under s are on social mediaA quarter of three and four year olds in the UK now own a smartphone, while half of children under are on social media, according to new data that comes as ministers consider banning all...

Dan Milmo    Jonathan Hall, Britain’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could be exposed to encrypted extremist contentThe UK’s terror watchdog has criticised Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from to , warning that the extraordinary move could...

Lois Beckett in Los Angeles    If the experience of robot served fast food dining is any indication, the future of sex robots is going to be very unpleasantOn April, the same day California’s new hourly minimum wage for fast food workers went into effect, a new restaurant opened in north east Los Angeles that was...

Kari Paul    An icon of millennials’ childhoods languished for nearly two decades. Now it’s attempting a comeback banking on the fact that it hasn’t changed at allIn the early s, Olivia Packenham would get home from school, listen to the familiar sound of the dial up tone as her family computer connected...

Robin McKie Science Editor    The material, discovered in , was meant to be revolutionary. But only now is the technology coming of ageTwenty years ago, scientists announced they had created a new miracle material that was going to transform our lives. They called it graphene.Consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms...

Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier and Graeme Virtue    In this week’s newsletter: Alice Levine’s The Price of Paradise follows the story of Jayne Gaskin, and the Caribbean island that wasn’t all it seemed. Plus: five of the best bad movie podcasts Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox Sign up hereThe Price of ParadiseWidely available, episodes...

Alex Hern    Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots, then by having their own words become AI ese. Plus, new AI gadgets are coming for your smartphones Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox Sign up for the full article hereWe’re witnessing the birth...

Lewis Gordon    Fourteen years in the making, this character driven sci fi tale is a wonder of technology and imagination so texturally convincing you’ll want to touch itTicktock, ticktock. In the dripping confines of the Fedora, an aquatic space colony of exquisite retro futuristic design, it’s not water but...

Katie McQue    Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve gotOn April, Maryland became the first state in the US to pass a Kids Code bill, which aims to prevent tech companies from collecting predatory data from children and using...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Funky design, fun software, decent performance and long battery life provide a lot of phone for the moneyLondon based tech firm Nothing’s latest Android attempts to shake up the budget phone market with something a little more interesting.Costing from A the Phone a aims to take the...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    A slick screen, top chip and long battery life are let down by lack of advanced AI and short support lifeOnePlus’s latest top phone can’t shake the feeling of being left behind by rivals.Even with a sleek appearance, speedy software and longer battery life the OnePlus is devoid of the much hyped...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Super premium phone tablet is the thinnest and lightest folder’ yet but compromises on cameraHonor’s Magic V is the best designed folding phone tablet yet. It feels just like a regular phone when closed but then opens up like a book to reveal a large, plush screen.Launched in China last year,...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Titanium superphone has serious speed, battery life and unrivalled camera zoom but is ultra pricedSamsung’s latest smartphone packs a plethora of the latest flashy AI tools in an attempt to improve text, images, video and search with both hits and misses.The new Galaxy S Ultra comes equipped...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Funky transparent design backed by good sound and noise cancelling make these budget buds winnersThe tech firm Nothing’s latest set of cut price Bluetooth earbuds offer great sound and noise cancelling for an even more competitive price, while continuing to stand out from the crowd through cool...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Repairable electronics pioneer shows noise cancelling Bluetooth earbuds do not have to be disposableFairphone, the repairable and ethical electronics pioneer, is back with a pair of some of the first Bluetooth earbuds to make it so easy and cheap to replace their batteries that you can do it at...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Quality earbuds with improved Bluetooth, great battery life, good controls and future proofed techSennheiser’s latest high end earbuds aim to retake the crown as the best sounding noise cancelling earbuds you can buy, with cutting edge chips, tricks and future proofed tech.The Momentum True...

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor    Faster chip, tremendous battery life, premium touch points and a price cut make the best even betterApple’s latest MacBook Air adds more power to an already potent package while maintaining its very long battery life and coming at a lower price than its predecessor.The model ships with Apple’s...

Dom Peppiatt    Todd Baker composed the soundtrack for the indie puzzler as he was living through the loss of his mother. On the series’ th anniversary, he reflects on the experience The part where the mother and child are separated on a red mountain, in a level quite early on in the game where you have to get...

Keza MacDonald    iPad iPhone, Nintendo Switch version tested , PC; Nerial Devolver DigitalQuick witted and hilarious, this madcap band tour space caper is sold short by its premiseYou may remember the Reigns series from its excellent Game of Thrones tie in: its signature is Tinder esque card swiping, where you...

Keza MacDonald    In this week’s newsletter: Great game adaptations are increasingly high budget fan fiction, thanks to a generation of writers who actually understand games Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox Sign up hereI am a few episodes from the end of the series Fallout on Prime Video. It’s...

Keza MacDonald    The director of the Fallout TV series and the director of the modern Fallout video games sit down together to talk about the audacity of video game storytelling and hope in a post apocalyptic wastelandIf you had asked director Jonathan Nolan what his favourite film of the year was in the late s,...

Lisa Favazzo Matilda Boseley    Social media reporter Matilda Boseley reacts to songs made with Suno AI, a new AI music generator. Like other paying users, Guardian Australia now owns the rights to these songs. But is this technology actually good enough to threaten the livelihoods of musicians Spoiler alert: it’s no worse than...

   Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, has said Chinese state affiliated actors have been involved in two cyber attacks on the UK, including the hacking of the Electoral Commission, and attacks aimed at parliamentarians. Dowden said the Foreign Office would summon China’s ambassador to account...

   The US government filed a sprawling antitrust case against Apple, alleging that the tech giant has illegally prevented competition by restricting access to its software and hardware. ’Apple has maintained its power not because of its superiority, but because of its unlawful exclusionary behavior,’...