Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal
Semi-conductor giant bets that support for open AI models could offset potential slowdown in demand for chips
Reform’s media presenter worked for Chinese state propaganda channel
Party podcast and social media host Ray Addison fronted films about province where China is accused of genocide
By Any Means review – Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II drama provokes with horror of 1960s racism
Elegance Bratton’s civil rights drama in the Jim Crow south confronts you with almost unbearable brutality
Bucking Fastard review – Herzog’s starry twins soap provokes a syncing feeling
Venice film festival: Rooney and Kate Mara play the real-life Chaplin sisters who spoke in unsettling unison in this silly, pointless drama
The six best e-readers in the US, for every kind of book lover
Whether you’re on a budget, looking for an easy way to read when you travel, or want one for kids, here are our picks for the best ebook readers
Martin McDonagh says CIA has ‘done awful things all around the world’
McDonagh’s new film, Wild Horse Nine, stars John Malkovich as an agent in 1970s Chile who feels ‘guilt and regret’ over his role in global interventions
The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
Missed out on a fan this summer? Chill your space with our pick of the best still in stock, including tower and misting models
John Lewis to launch YouTube chatshow to improve AI search results
Department store chain’s Gift List ‘vodcast’ will be hosted by TV presenter Angela Scanlon
Fun, flirty and fried to perfection: farewell to Chicken Shop Date, the YouTube show that helped kill off TV
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s series helped turn YouTube into a world-beating phenomenon. As it bows out, we remember its best bits – from mocking MC Ghetts to that sizzling tension with Billie Eilish and Andrew Garfield
Crypto billionaire pardoned by Trump gives Reform UK another £4m
Party confident money from Ben Delo will not be caught in new overseas donor cap
Falling House review – fierce tale of an Iranian prison guard holding his family hostage
Venice film festival: Mohsen Gharaei’s powerfully acted domestic drama watches as the failing patriarch attempts to contain family rebellion
Apocalypse prep or pure pragmatism: what is behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina?
Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country
Tall tales: the 20 best giants in film – ranked!
On the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, we celebrate the biggest film stars of them all – from a stone colossus to a metal-munching alien and a 50ft woman on the rampage
Women are giving their partners the ‘Illiterate Boyfriend’ test: ‘Do your best to pronounce these words’
People online are distressed at men butchering words such as ‘hyperbole’ and ‘hors d’oeuvres’ – highlighting a gender reversal in ‘intelligence gaps’
Bill Simmons’s embrace of ChatGPT is a breach of his website’s creative spirit
The founder of The Ringer and Grantland was famous for discovering and developing writers. Now he is promoting a technology eroding the creative industries