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Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police

Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminals

Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study

German study surveyed adults who engage in gaming, pornography and online shopping

Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir

Dominic Sessa stars as a conceited yet vulnerable young chef alongside Antonio Banderas – but the feelgood factor is compromised by what we know of the author

FTSE 100 hits record high despite AI sell-off

Strong corporate results buoy market as investors move money away from tech and semiconductor stocks

Atlassian tightens tracking of staff AI use as other technology firms encourage ‘tokenmaxxing’

Some companies reportedly using leaderboards for employees who used the most AI in their work

Can’t hear what’s playing on TV? It’s not your ears, it’s the flat screen. These affordable soundbars can help

Get rid of subtitles to hear what movies and TV shows are supposed to sound like – for as little as $130

After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made

James Cameron’s high-octane film sequel is a blueprint for modern action space slashers

Andrew Scott’s Oscar-tipped Ian Charleson biopic to open London film festival

‘Few films will leave a lasting imprint on audiences this year quite like Elsinore,’ LFF director says of movie about Chariots of Fire actor

Jared Leto denies accusations of criminal sexual conduct against teenagers

Actor and musician responds hours after BBC documentary airs claims by four women that allegedly took place when he was in 30s and 40s

Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms

ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging Face

Billy Liar review – Tom Courtenay is superb in classic study of a young man and his quixotic dreams

Courtenay gives a beautiful performance as the undertaker’s clerk who nurses preposterous ambitions. But the film is too quick to surrender them

Personal Problems review – an exhilarating lo-fi epic of Black working-class life in 80s New York

The director of Ganja & Hess, Bill Gunn, turns analogue video and improvisation into a work of startling intimacy, humour and emotional force

Datacentre projects face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says

Energy regulator’s plan would mean upfront fees or financial security via letters of credit, bonds or cash deposits

The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on

A group of holidaying friends get trapped in a cave system with a bull shark in a solidly entertaining B-movie lifted by a toxic central friendship

Solo Sunny review – a rueful East German gem of ambition, loneliness and faded dreams

Konrad Wolf’s 1980 drama follows a singer trying to escape the drab compromises of GDR life, capturing the melancholy of thwarted ambition with warmth and wit

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  • Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons
  • Being Heumann to Avedon: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse
  • Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk
  • Winner of the Prix Goncourt literary prize admits to using AI
  • UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns
  • Elke Sommer obituary
  • The best Christmas gifts in the UK for dads, grandads, uncles and friends – tested for 2026
  • Raise the Red Lantern review – Gong Li gives a decade-defining performance in an addictively ruthless masterpiece
  • I Play Rocky review – Anthony Ippolito adds knockout sweetness to the story of Stallone’s Hollywood triumph
  • Jimmy review – simple-minded James Stewart biopic is too straightforward
  • Tech barons cozied up to Trump. What will they do in newly blue America?
  • Activists across Europe prepare two days of protests against datacentres
  • Think of England review – far-fetched tale of state-sponsored second world war porn turns deadly serious
  • Being Heumann review – stirring biopic of a pioneering disability rights campaigner
  • Apple iPad mini A20 Pro review: the best small tablet but with a big price
  • Elon Musk’s nearly half a billion dollars in midterms spending was a flop
  • Datacenters were on the ballot. US voters rejected them
  • A Dog’s Perfect Christmas review: Netflix kicks off holiday movie season with a whimper
  • ‘Wellness is on the ballot’: why did so many pilates studios tell me to vote in the midterms?
  • US parents and teachers: share your thoughts on Google turning off Search for schools that reject AI
  • Tinto Brass, director of Caligula and maestro of Euro erotica, dies aged 93
  • ‘He lent me his RSC Oberon cape for my school play’: Patrick Stewart remembered by readers
  • Albanese government warned it is ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI
  • French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe
  • Ramayana: Rise of a Legend review – India’s most expensive film ever becomes spectacular, huge-scale epic
  • Callum Turner emerges as James Bond favourite as Pierce Brosnan endorses actor: ‘He’s so strong’
  • UK to deploy facial recognition in biggest-ever immigration crackdown
  • Crawlers review – killer-spiders movie offers giant-arachnid action alongside anticapitalist commentary
  • Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs

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