US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds
‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams
‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist
Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more
Own a smartphone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down
Chi Onwurah
Why should I have to pay more for buses if I don’t use a smartphone?
Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump
September 2026
The Filter
Is tech the secret to a more analogue life? How gadgets, apps and tips could actually reduce your screen time
Amazon’s Ring wants to replace local WhatsApp groups. It’s a recipe for curtain-twitching disaster
Imogen West-Knights
TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform
We’re in a crisis of loneliness – but is buying friends on an app likely to help solve it?
Elle Hunt
Brief letters
The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location
Revealed: how Russia uses mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens
Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away
Adrian Chiles
Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
August 2026
I put myself in the prime minister’s shoes – and learned some uncomfortable lessons
Zoe Williams
On the political survival game everyone in Westminster’s playing, I discovered an unnerving reflection of our country’s atmosphere of mistrust, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
As online dating goes into ‘salvage mode’, can AI solve all its problems?
Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ grows
The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone
The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding
July 2026
NHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services
Update in England expected to reach about 200,000 patients over the next year as part of £10bn package to overhaul NHS systems
