Technology

It’s disempowering when your smartphone, laptop or other important gadget runs out of battery. With the flash of a graphic or a plaintive bleep, we lose a way to entertain…

Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Guardian DesignAt the Department of Veterans Affairs, a senior official warned employees in an email that virtual meetings were being secretly recorded. Anyone dissatisfied with Donald Trump’s decisions…

A $2bn (£1.6bn) British startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate realistic avatars has struck a licensing deal with the stock footage firm Shutterstock to help develop its technology.Synthesia will…

Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future.Each new innovation gets…

Apple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting.The…

Getty ImagesBanning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not "imposed nationally by the government", England's children's commissioner has said.Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the…

Tariffs that took effect in the US at midnight on Wednesday are expected to make buying new smartphones more expensive. But opting to fix an old or damaged device as…

August Lamm two years into her dumbphone journey in New York, July 2024. Bryson Piscitelli hide caption toggle caption Bryson Piscitelli It's hard to imagine going a day without the…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address at the annual Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, Calif. last month. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images…

The EU has revealed details of a €20bn (£17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while…