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Alex Hern

Alex Hern is the UK technology editor for the Guardian. Twitter@alexhern

August 2024

  • Drive-by tweeting … Elon Musk and Tesla’s early version of its Cybertruck.

    TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: Why I can’t stop writing about Elon Musk

  • Elon Musk at a tech conference: he has his hands clasped and is photographed against a black background

    A week in tweets: Elon Musk doesn’t stop posting but what is he saying?

  • Epic Games' Fortnite on a mobile screen

    Fortnite is back on mobiles after four years thanks to EU law

  • smartphone screen showing Elon Musk and Donald Trump's profiles on X, with large X logo to the side

    ‘Off-the-scale ignorance’: how Musk-Trump interview on X played out on social media

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Nigel Farage ‘deeply irresponsible and dangerous’ during riots, says Tory leader contender – as it happened

  • TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: Why Musk’s rabble-rousing shows the limits of social media laws

  • Elon Musk’s journey from humanitarian to poster of rightwing memes

  • What is the UK’s Online Safety Act and what powers will it provide?

  • UK regulator to examine $4bn Amazon investment in AI startup Anthropic

  • Today in Focus
    Is AI a bubble? - podcast

  • Why Telegram is the go-to app for those wanting to spread toxic information

  • Elon Musk says ‘no choice’ but for X to shut San Francisco HQ

  • TechScape newsletter
    Why AI’s Tom Cruise problem means it is ‘doomed to fail’

  • Why have the big seven tech companies been hit by AI boom doubts?

  • CrowdStrike accused of defrauding investors in class action lawsuit

July 2024

  • The Anthropic website shown on a desktop and mobile phone screen, which reads: 'AI research and products that put safety at the frontier' and 'Do your best work with Claude'

    UK regulator looks at Google’s partnership with Anthropic

    CMA to consider whether deal with AI startup is a potential merger, which could prompt full investigation
  • Most people have used cutting-edge AI but the magic is wearing off.

    TechScape newsletter
    TechScape: Will OpenAI’s $5bn gamble on chatbots pay off? Only if you use them

    The ChatGPT maker is betting big, while Google hopes its AI tools won’t replace workers, but help them to work better

    • Why Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar gamble doesn’t just matter to Meta

    • North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military

    • Google DeepMind takes step closer to cracking top-level maths

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