How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom

SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become world’s fifth most valuable company

Elon Musk’s firm briefly reached $2.97tn valuation days after its IPO following purchase of AI coding startup Cursor

France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider

Move to ChapsVision is to avoid ‘strategic dependencies’, says PM amid concern about reliance on US-controlled tools

UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey – as it happened

Ex-defence secretary John Healey and ex-defence minister Al Carns have given resignation statements to MPs

Cate Blanchett promises ‘creative rumpus’ in new role: Oxford professor

Oscar-winning actor hails ‘electrifying opportunity’ to present lectures and seminars in contemporary theatre

Abdullah Ibrahim obituary

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world

Toy Story 5 review – Pixar franchise needs new batteries

A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised

UK social media ban could cut lifeline for disabled children, campaigners warn

Activists say blanket ban could prevent teenagers from finding peers and role models with similar conditions

Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married

The actor told Esquire magazine the couple have ‘a relationship that will stand the test of time’ and his family ‘were all there’ for the wedding

Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star

Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot

Elon Musk’s unprecendented accumulation of wealth

IPO mints Musk as world’s first trillionaire – now SpaceX is public, it will be harder than ever not to have a stake in its future

‘My hair extensions caught fire in a shootout!’ Dolph Lundgren on playing He-Man in Masters of the Universe

‘The studio wanted me to wear less. They wanted to see my muscles. But we were shooting outdoors in winter – and I had to put Vaseline on to keep my body heat in’

‘What an adventure Broadway will be!’ Paddington musical packs suitcase for New York

Hugely successful London show to open in the US, with performances beginning in March

Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’

The star added that the original film appealed to a female audience ‘because it’s not about revenge, it is about vengeance’ – and because it didn’t have a gratuitous sex scene

Thirst review – member-dismembering Icelandic gore fest rips it up in trashy 80s style

A 1,000-year-old vampire obsessed with removing men’s genitals is the main storyline in this body horror, filmed in trashy 1980s synth-heavy style