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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

October 2026

  • Teen boys on their smartphones

    Online safety laws have failed to protect children in UK, Ofcom admits

  • A smartphone held up in front of a computer screen showing the BBC website's "service unavailable" error page

    Websites across world hit by millions of attempts to exploit PHP code flaw

  • Illustrative: Vulnerabilities Surrounding the Php Programming Language, MIERLO, The Netherlands - 21 Oct 2026ILLUSTRATIVE - The PHP Foundation website with an update to the latest version of PHP. Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the programming language, potentially allowing malicious actors to gain control over servers. Globally, approximately 70 percent of websites run on PHP or applications thereof. Illustrative: Vulnerabilities Surrounding the Php Programming Language, MIERLO, The Netherlands - 21 Oct 2026

    What is PHP and how serious is the computer language flaw causing website shutdowns?

  • A group of protesters outside an event holding signs opposing datacentres

    AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests before construction is threatened

  • Flaw in PHP computer language leads to shutdown of websites around world

  • UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

  • Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in England

  • Science Weekly video episodes
    Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work - video

    Video15:59

  • Science Weekly
    Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast

    Podcast17:45

  • OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually

  • The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster

  • Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract

  • UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

  • ‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance

  • Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board

  • ‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms

  • Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places

  • Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Zack Polanski calls for three-year cap on rent price increases in Green party conference speech – as it happened

  • Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM

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