Apple's mixed-bag of results came amid growing concerns about the pace of growth at the Californian technology behemoth

Apple's quarterly profits have declined for the first time in a decade, the company said last night, even as it managed to beat expectations with strong sales for the first three months of this year.

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Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup Array which could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans

Kids today! They’re so, so... kind: We’ve had wasters and entrepreneurs. But the new generation of youth are big into philanthropy

Doing good as a teenager used to mean mowing granny’s lawn or teaching English badly in a randomly selected  developing country. Then came the me-me millennials whose circuit-board brains helped propel them to overnight riches. Next up: a new generation that combines good intentions, Facebook entrepreneurialism and a desire to save humanity and/or the planet.

Food for thought: The Radiance Cleanse website

Supplementary pills get juice-fast diet in trouble

It is the detox diet favoured by supermodels and socialites. Natalia Vodianova, Poppy Delevingne and Tali Lennox (daughter of Annie), are all fans of the "juice fast" system which allows for supplementary pills to be eaten – and little else – over the course of three or five days.

Apple suffers as results show sales stutter

Investors in Apple were left unimpressed with the tech giant's share price slumping in after-hours trading after it missed Wall Street hopes for iPhone sales and revenues, reviving concerns about future growth that have already driven down its stock by more than a quarter since its peak in September.

Frank Mugisha - Ugandan Activist
Mugisha is the Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda and continues fearlessly to lead the fight for gay rights in the African country after the murder of fellow campaigner David Kato in 2011.

IoS Pink List 2012: International

They may not have made an influential contribution to life in Britain, but these international heroes and heroines are all at the top of a list somewhere. Here are this year's most impressive contributors to world LGBT harmony

Jobs’s iYacht: More than 250ft long, Sends giant ripples through the ocean (if not the universe), available in white and silver (but, unlike the iPhone 5, not black)

His final launch: First glimpse of Steve Jobs' iYacht

Sleek, elegant lines; a classy  metallic finish; a prohibitive price... it must be an Apple product!

A genius he may be, but Kevin Pietersen comes with ready access to a professional self-destruct button

The South African should be a batting great. For all I know he's a lovely guy in private. But he has a lot to learn from an Indian contemporary

Sword play: Kelly Macdonald provides the voice of Merida (right)

The highland hijinks of Pixar's latest

Pixar is releasing its first film with a female protagonist, says Geoffrey Macnab

Graduates at Barnard College, New York, last week

Rupert Cornwell: Is this the bursting of the education bubble?

Out of America: As students prepare to graduate saddled with record levels of debt, the parallels with the sub-prime mortgage crisis are hard to ignore

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs

A prank call and a glimpse inside the mind of the iPhone visionary

Unseen Steve Jobs interview shows Apple's guru revealing his philosophy

We now have the technology to create a real-life version of Star Trek's tricorder scanner, says Paul Saffo

Paul Saffo: 'We have willingly made ourselves like tagged bears'

Renowned futurologist Paul Saffo discusses privacy, robots and using 3D printers to create genetically modified meat

Mike Daisey's monologue 'The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs' has its European premiere at the High Tide in May
Russell Brand's divorce from Katy Perry proved a ceremony organiser's nightmare, and Brand was shifted to the ranks of the uninvited for the People's Choice Awards

Russell Brand arrested in US

Russell Brand has been arrested for criminal damage after police in the US issued a warrant for him.

Apple looks likely to become most valuable company ever

Apple shares touched $600 (£380) apiece yesterday, a mere five weeks after they first topped $500, and analysts predicted the iPhone maker would soon become the most valuable company of all time.

Apple on courseto become most valuable firm ever

Apple shares touched $600 (£380) apiece yesterday, a mere five weeks after they first topped $500, and analysts predicted the iPhone maker will soon become the most valuable company of all time.

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Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'

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Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

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Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in
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Gordon Ramsay's worst nightmare: A restaurant he cannot save

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Glamorous myth of the flight attendant lifestyle undermined by angry employee's claims of 'exploitation'
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Braising saddles: How to cook horse meat

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