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AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

Robert Richardson: The White Devil review – tempestuous DoP’s relationship with A-list directors laid bare

Intimate documentary interviews Scorsese, Tarantino and Stone as well as Richardson’s family – with staggering home movie footage, too

The one change that worked: I banned myself from social media – and my children have never been happier

I used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationships

‘Impossible to be a mom’: new film shines light on how America fails its mothers

Documentary No Country for Mothers details how US moms lack support, paid leave and childcare help – and hopes to inspire push for action

Couples Weekend review – Alexandra Daddario and Josh Gad lead spicy comedy of marital melee

Two couples start to fall apart during a midwinter break, involving a lot of shouty dialogue that’s neither realistic nor funny

‘Cosy competency porn’: why The Post is my feelgood movie

A reminder of Steven Spielberg’s prowess and speed in the latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort watches

Shoot the People review – a powerful portrait of a talented yet controversial photographer

Misan Harriman was catapulted into a new career after turning his camera to anti-racist demonstrations – though the shadow of more recent criticism looms

Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier

Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real time

‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre

Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge development

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise

Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’

What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?

Lanarkshire datacentre run by renewables and creating thousands of jobs not achievable by 2030, Guardian investigation finds

Meta bosses grilled over decision to cut ‘censorship’ that has potentially unleashed more antisemitic content

‘Over-enforcement poses significant risk to the communities that we try to protect,’ royal commission told

A Place in the Sun review – subversive exposé of picture-postcard luxury in the Canary Islands

Documentary intersperses pastel scenes of spotless tourist resorts with candid interviews with the asylum seekers who labour to keep them pristine

Sennheiser Momentum 5 headphones review: great sound meets exceptional battery life

Premium Bluetooth noise-cancelling cans combine comfort with extensive connectivity and a user-replaceable battery

‘It was pretty depressing when Stranger Things ended’: Finn Wolfhard on growing up on TV – and his new life in music

The actor spent almost a decade fighting monsters – and making friends – on the hit Netflix show. Then, last year, it all came to an end. How’s he adjusting?

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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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