Shivon Zilis, mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, testifies in OpenAI trial Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023
‘RAMageddon’: is the era of cheap phones and laptops over? Bargains are disappearing and the cost of gadgets such as MacBooks and PS5s is rising as AI competes for memory chips
Global finance watchdog warns over private credit industry fuelling AI boom Financial Stability Board report reveals tech, healthcare and services sectors as the biggest borrowers
UK electric car sales leap ‘could be hit by Iran war inflation and energy price rises’ BEV sales jumped nearly 60% in April, taking total electric car registrations to more than 2m, says SMMT
GameStop shares fall 10% after CEO skirts questions over eBay acquisition details Ryan Cohen said he didn’t understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bid
GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay Video game retailer’s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site’s board
Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts
Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses Exclusive: Varun Chandra’s talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of ‘lobbying behind closed doors’
UK ‘invention agency’ grants £50m of public money to US tech and venture capital firms Exclusive: Brainchild of Dominic Cummings, Aria is aimed at funding ‘crazy’ scientific projects to benefit the UK
The Guardian view on Britain’s fragile systems: when global shocks hit your shopping bill Editorial: Energy disruption abroad drives prices at home, showing how few safeguards are built in – which is why a call for resilience must be heeded
‘Temu Range Rover’: what the bestselling Jaecoo 7 says about China’s electric car ascendancy Loaded with extras and produced at a cut price, the crossover SUV has overtaken rival cars from US, Japanese and Korean firms
Watchdog weighs investigation into Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift Electoral Commission considers inquiry after Tories said Reform leader should have declared money from billionaire
‘Awkward and humiliating’: UK job hunters share frustration with AI interviews People describe unnatural process as survey finds nearly half of job seekers have been interviewed by AI
Tim Cook takes victory lap as Apple’s financial results soar past Wall Street expectations Company details $111.2bn in revenue in first earnings report after announcement of Cook’s pending departure
Tech giants’ results show rosy outlook for AI boom and US stock market Google, Microsoft and Amazon report gains in cloud-computing businesses while Meta spending draws concern