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  • A mobile phone screen displaying the logo of Tiktok is seen in front of another screen displaying multiple Tiktok logos

    Music
    Older music has been getting a second life on TikTok, data shows

    Despite newer artists having viral moments, app users also enjoyed old school acts including Bronski Beat and Sade
  • Elon Musk speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on 14 November.

    TechScape
    How 2024 made Elon Musk the world’s most powerful unelected man

  • ChatGPT logo on a phone screen against an OpenAI logo

    Exclusive
    ChatGPT search tool vulnerable to manipulation and deception, tests show

  • Ed Newton-Rex prepares tea while wearing the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset at his home in California.

    I spent a week working, exercising and relaxing in virtual reality. I’m shocked to say it finally works

    Ed Newton-Rex
  • light in the night sky

    Drones
    It’s probably just a plane: drone experts advise calm over New Jersey sightings

  • Smiling man holding red macaw on one hand.

    OpenAI
    Whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company

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News

  • An onlooker filmed the moment when several drones with red and green lights fall out of formation and crash to the ground at a holiday show in Orlando on Saturday

    0:27

    Moment captured when drones collide and fall to ground at Florida holiday event – video

  • a man in a suit listens to another man with gestured hands

    Musk’s conflicts of interest as Trump adviser could benefit him, experts warn

  • An AI image of Pope Francis looking at Madonna who is staring straight ahead

    The god illusion: why the pope is so popular as a deepfake image

  • Phone in front of orange background

    US judge finds Pegasus spyware maker liable over WhatsApp hack

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Privacy

  • close-up of four people's hands holding phones

    Why did China hack the world’s phone networks?

  • Stock image of group of hands texting on cellphones.

    Many Americans’ cellphone data being hacked by China, official says

    • ‘Russia can turn the lights off’: how the UK is preparing for cyberwar

    • Alder Hey children’s hospital explores ‘data breach’ after ransomware claims

    • NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal

    • Chinese hackers collected audio from Trump campaign adviser’s calls – report

    • Chinese believed to have targeted Trump’s and Vance’s phones in US telecommunications breach

    • Russia’s FSB protected Evil Corp gang that carried out Nato cyber-attacks

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Spotlight

  • The little wooden cabin in the woods. A large roll of green cabling is outside

    ‘Security through obscurity’: the Swedish cabin on the frontline of a possible hybrid war

  • Composite for best memes in 2024. From left to right: Moo deng the baby hippo, Pesto the penguin, Wicked's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and Kamala Harris.

    Brain rot 2024: the best and funniest viral moments of the year

  • Silver medallist Rebeca Andrade, gold medallist Simone Biles and bronze medallist Jade Carey take a selfie during the medal ceremony for the women’s artistic gymnastics individual vault finals at the Paris Olympics

    Generation TikTok: how sportswomen set the bar higher than the men

  • Skibidi Toilet on YouTube

    How YouTube (and Skibidi Toilet) changed the Christmas toys market

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Opinion & analysis

  • Reform’s treasurer Nick Candy, Elon Musk and party leader Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago last week

    How far do Elon Musk and Reform UK share a political vision?

  • Tesla cars at dealership

    Tesla sales in Australia are sliding for the first time. Is it stiff competition or the Musk factor?

  • John Naughton

    I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways…

    John Naughton
  • musk xi and trump

    Tesla’s path in China clears as Musk courts both Trump and Xi

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Games

  • Shuji Utsumi: CEO of Sega America and Europe

    ‘We are not a retro company’: Sega prepares to go back to the future

    In the 90s, Sega was as a rock’n’roll breath of fresh air in a Nintendo-dominated world – and America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi wants to shake things up once again
  • Engineered to entertain … Clockwise from top left: Final Fantasy VII, Helldivers 2, Astro Bot and Thank Goodness You're Here

    The 20 best video games of 2024

  • A man in headphones, sat in a gaming chair, holds a mobile phone in his hands, his elbows resting on a pillow. Fellow team-mates from esports team Aura 233 are sat beside him

    Esports are booming in Africa – but can its infrastructure keep pace?

  • A scene from The Witcher IV game.

    The Witcher IV, Ōkami 2 and other big reveals from the Game awards

  • Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel

  • Twisted genius … Santa's Speedy Quest.

    Forget charades, I have found the worst Christmas game of all time – and I love it

    Ellie Gibson
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Inside Silicon Valley

  • wood sign that says 'Lupin Naturist Club' in white letters, by the side of a road

    A Silicon Valley nudist resort is on sale for $30m – but will its new owner ‘go textile’?

  • three men side by side

    Revealed: the tech bosses who poured $394.1m into US election - and how they compared to Elon Musk

  • A man stretches his hands above him, one clutching a mic. Behind him is the US flag and two panels on the right read Vote Early

    Silicon Valley’s right wing notches victories nationwide and at home

  • Rebecca Solnit

    Our mistake was to think we lived in a better country than we do

    Rebecca Solnit
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Reviews

  • Video Doorbells composite

    The 8 best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top

  • A composite of three e-readers on a red, pink and orange background

    The 8 best e-readers, tried and tested – from Kindle to Kobo and beyond

    • Electric Dreams review – the future ain’t what it used to be

    • The best robot vacuums to keep your home clean and dust free, tested by our expert

    • Meta Quest 3S review: the best bang for your buck in VR

    • The best iPhones in 2024: Apple smartphones tested, reviewed and ranked

    • Apple Watch Series 10 review: thinner, lighter and basically the same

    • Distant Memories of the Near Future review – dating dystopia makes you glad to be alive now

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Devices

  • Meta Quest 3s review showing the headset and controllers on table.

    Wearables
    Meta Quest 3S review: the best bang for your buck in VR

  • Happy senior man using smartphone at home

    Smartphones
    There’s no reason for older people to fear smartphones

  • 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

  • Emma Beddington

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

    Emma Beddington

In depth

  • Elon wears and tux and Maye wears an elegant velvet dress. Maye's arm is linked through Elon's and she is looking at him as they pose for pictures

    The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother

    • 123 Observer - AI Cheating - Hat 2

      ‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis

    • illustration of person sitting with elbow on knee in front of digital renderings

      She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate

    • Hailey Welch

      ‘It’s a pure form of gambling’: memecoins boom after Trump election

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