Cobalt firm taps in to electric car boom with £174m London stock market float
Cobalt Holdings aims to buy up supply of the metal from Glencore as slowing EV growth has pushed down prices
Yes, AI will eventually replace some workers. But that day is still a long way off
Some business owners think AI is ready to perform work tasks, but it’s not yet reliable enough to make the switch
Can the term ‘cloud fascism’ help us understand – and resist – the hard right?
Like clouds, far-right ideology moves here then there with absolute randomness. The danger is that those who can, shrink under their umbrellas, warns political commentator Ece Temelkuran
Does video game monetisation harm children – and what is Australia doing about it?
Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally – but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid
Minerals, mobile phones and militias: how war unfolded in DRC
How the global wrangle for natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fuelling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch
Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job losses
Seeking Mavis Beacon review – tracking a Black female tech icon, who didn’t exist
Documentary investigates the whereabouts of the model who played an influential corporate character, as well as the relationship between race and technology
US media stocks slide on Wall Street after Trump threatens movie tariffs
Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount shares fall as studios reel from announcement
TikTok fined €530m by Irish regulator for failing to guarantee China would not access user data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found video app breached GDPR and had submitted ‘erroneous information’ to inquiry
UK preparing to ban consumers from buying crypto with borrowed funds
Soaring cryptocurrency values after Trump election has put pressure on financial regulator to take tougher line
Amazon reports better-than-expected earnings despite tumult of Trump tariffs
Company exceeds expectations for third quarter in a row as chief executive Andy Jassy admits uncertainty over tariffs
Apple quarterly earnings beat Wall Street expectations amid Trump trade policy chaos
Trump said consumer electronics will be exempted from his soaring tariffs on China, though it is unclear for how long
Harrods is latest retailer to be hit by cyber-attack
Luxury department store is forced to shut some systems but website and shops continue to operate
How ‘native English’ Scattered Spider group linked to M&S attack operate
Cybersecurity expert says group are ‘unusual but potently threatening’ coalition of ransomware hackers
Meta’s quarterly earnings beat Wall Street expectations as its AI investments rise by billions
‘We’ve had a strong start to an important year’, Zuckerberg said as company posts $42.35bn in revenue for first quarter