‘It’s only their silhouettes, but you can see how bored they were’: Sarah Lee’s best phone picture
Identical twin teenagers Joe and Duke were fed up. Walking to a local supermarket in the midday sun with their parents and photographer Sarah Lee,...
‘I’d rather eat an actual burger’: why plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US
At the start of the year, McDonald’s launched a plant-based burger “sizzled on a flat-iron grill, then topped with slivered onions, tangy pickles, crisp shredded...
Adobe can’t Photoshop out the fact its $20bn purchase of Figma is a land grab | John Naughtom
The big tech news in a slow week was that the software giant Adobe is planning to pay the unconscionable sum of $20bn (£18bn) to...
Apple says it prioritizes privacy. Experts say gaps remain
For years, Apple has carefully curated a reputation as a privacy stalwart among data-hungry and growth-seeking tech companies. In multi-platform ad campaigns, the company told...
Can I Tell You a Secret, episode 1: the beginning – podcast
In this new six-episode podcast, the Guardian journalist Sirin Kale investigates the story of Matthew Hardy, a cyberstalker who terrified people in his hometown and...
Fracking could shake the Conservative vote | Letter
Having been taught seismology by Prof Peter Styles, who developed a traffic-light monitoring system in the 1980s that dramatically reduced the impact of coal mining...
Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow
Iran has shut off the internet in parts of Tehran and Kurdistan, and blocked access to platforms such as Instagram and WhatsApp, in an attempt...
Pinterest executive ‘deeply regrets’ content viewed by Molly Russell
A senior executive at Pinterest has told an inquest he “deeply regrets” that Molly Russell was able to access graphic material on the image-sharing platform...
Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware
The wife of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is preparing a lawsuit in the US against spyware maker NSO Group, claiming she was targeted with...
TikTok tightens policies around political issues in run-up to US midterms
Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company...