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The Devil Wears Prada sold me the journalism fantasy. The sequel captures the unglamorous reality

I don’t know a single journalist my age who hasn’t ricocheted around the rapidly shrinking media industry, through multiple buyouts, redundancies and pivots to video

Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security

Nagi Notes review – clear, calm light shed on criss-crossed family passions

Cannes film festival: Set in a beautifully filmed provincial Japanese town, what could have been a soapy drama is told with poetic restraint and subtlety by Kôji Fukada

How Michael Jackson’s tarnished image is being cannily rehabilitated

A new biopic has contributed to an atmosphere that casts the late singer as a profoundly damaged figure who is more victim than victimiser

US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined £950,000

Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners’ reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

‘It screws with your mind’: Jennie Garth on 90210 fame in her 20s – and speeding up in her 50s

She shot to fame as a teenager, but always felt like an outsider in Hollywood. Now she has started a podcast and written a memoir for women who find themselves at a standstill

Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says

Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash

Carla Simón: ‘In Spain people use words like shame and blame. But my parents just had bad luck‘

The rising star of Spanish cinema discusses being orphaned at six, new feature Romería and why she always works with children

Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It’s not a shrink – it’s a snitch

In a case of ‘oh dear diary’, the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. It’s a terrifying reminder that what’s divulged to AI really isn’t private, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Normal review – Fargo meets The Firm in cheerfully weird Bob Odenkirk small-town thriller

Odenkirk plays a washed-up sheriff whose arrival in an eerily wholesome Minnesota town sets off a chain of violence, corruption and savage Ben Wheatley shootouts

Northern Soul: Still Burning review – thumping celebration of the legendary underground club scene

Centred around the Wigan Casino and its amphetamine-fuelled all-nighters, this is a passionate portrait of a unique cultural moment and its obsessive high-kicking fans

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins other US bosses on Trump trip to China

Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitions

Killer Whale review – watery peril horror turns captive orca into angry BFF-threatener

When two BBFs on vacay decide to break into a water park with a dishy guy, there are a limited number of jump scares waiting for them

Rush hour on Air Force one as Melania director Brett Ratner joins Trump China trip

Filmmaker who was long on the outer in Hollywood over #MeToo allegations will scout locations for Rush Hour 4, according to spokeswoman

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  • FAA announces first US digital air traffic control towers in Florida and Alaska
  • The Trump administration wants underwater datacenters. One Great Lakes non-profit is already preparing
  • Hollywood banks on Ebenezer to bring Johnny Depp in from the cold
  • Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots
  • A ‘customer success story’: leaked documents show Cisco doubled down on Israeli military deals during Gaza war
  • Can AI really save you money on your heating bill? I spent two years testing to find out
  • Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal
  • The PM’s small measures aim to help the public take back control – and we know how powerful that can be
  • From Wild Horse Nine to Kings of Leon: your complete entertainment guide for the week ahead
  • Freezer meltdowns and airline hoaxes are a taste of things to come. Hoping for the best is no longer an option
  • ‘My biggest fear was being shot down’: how an injured Ukrainian soldier was evacuated by drone
  • Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other women
  • Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph
  • Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions
  • Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave
  • Sebastián Lelio was a fascinating film-maker of great passion and poetry
  • The nine best personalized gifts, from a timeless tote bag to custom stationery
  • Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52
  • Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam
  • Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you
  • US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?
  • Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells
  • EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
  • The 36 best Christmas gifts in the UK for every kind of teenager – chosen by teens
  • The Cat in the Hat review – Bill Hader brings plenty but this animated rework is a mess
  • If Dune is this generation’s Star Wars, we are all in big trouble
  • Teachers and parents: what are your experiences of AI-generated emails?
  • Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production as Elon Musk focuses on robotics and AI
  • Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons
  • Rocky review – 50 years on, Stallone’s boxer remains an exhilaratingly gritty contender

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