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Robert Booth

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Robert Booth is the Guardian's UK technology editor. Twitter @Robert_Booth. Email: rob.booth@theguardian.com. Click here for Robert's public key

April 2026

  • John Edwards, the information commissioner

    UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

  • Sadiq Khan on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London

    Sadiq Khan may try to stop Scotland Yard signing Palantir contract

  • 'Head and shoulders' shot of robot with oblong head and big light eyes, slightly battered and old-fashioned

    Cannes AI film festival raises eyebrows – and questions about future

  • Police officers walk past a Palantir logo

    Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

  • Some Interrail travellers told to cancel passports as hacked data posted online

  • Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations

  • ‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

  • Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI

  • Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

  • Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract

  • Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

  • China now the ‘good guy’ on AI as Trump takes ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told

March 2026

  • Mark Zuckerberg on a street surrounded by photographers

    The Saturday read
    ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

  • Person using AI chatbot voice assistant on smartphone

    Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

  • People embrace and hold up photos of children outside court

    Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children

  • Apple iPhone

    UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update

  • Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study

  • MPs accuse social media firms of spreading Iran misinformation

  • MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access

  • Campaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep coming

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