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To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave

It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and children, says journalist Marie Le Conte

The rise of ‘unc’: is this gen Alpha’s way of saying ‘OK boomer’?

Timothée Chalamet celebrated his 30th birthday by embracing his unc status – and Sabrina Carpenter has used the word to describe her record producer. Why is it suddenly everywhere?

Malaysia blocks Elon Musk’s Grok AI over fake, sexualised images

Country follows Indonesia in restricting access after global outcry over X’s AI tool

Post your questions for Melissa Leo

The Oscar-winning actor – star of The Fighter, Frozen River, The Equalizer and now The Knife – will take on your questions

‘A celebration of the carefree’: why Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers celebrating their favourite comfort watches is an ode to John Hughes’s 1980s classic

UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children

Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifies

Escape review – notorious Japanese revolutionary tells story of country’s most wanted criminal

Director Masao Adachi – formerly of the Japanese Red Army – on the infamous Satoshi Kirishima, who went on the run in 1975 after a series of corporate bombings

Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actor

‘Timothée Chalamet gained over 60 ounces for Marty Supreme!’: the best quotes from the 2026 Golden Globes

The funniest zingers and touching moments from last night’s ceremony, including Jessie Buckley’s love for soup and Stellan Skarsgård on bad dads

Amazon insists I return a phone it says ‘may be lost’

I have paid two monthly £108 instalments but am now phone-less and out of pocket

Guián review – celebration of multicultural identity through a Chinese grandmother in Costa Rica

Director Nicole Chi Amén embarks on a journey to learn more about her own mixed cultural heritage after the death of her Guangdong-born grandma

Monday briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok is being used as a tool for digital sexual abuse

In today’s newsletter: The chatbot is being used to digitally undress photos of women and children. What can politicians actually do to stop it, and what does it say about our control of the internet?

March of the penguins: the Golden Globes red carpet marks the return of the staid black suit

The performative male was over, with old hands and newcomers alike doing little to temper the black tie stuffiness

The Golden Globes ceremony ignored politics. But their big winner taps today’s unhappy turbulence

One Battle After Another engages with the tense climate of the second Trump administration unlike any other contender

Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’

Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report finds

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  • ‘These cooks ripped each other apart’: Dominic Sessa on playing Anthony Bourdain, kitchen bullies and the joys of being a 70s barfly
  • New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
  • Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI
  • Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?
  • Tech barons dream of human colonies on Mars – but I can’t think of a worse place to die
  • The social media algorithm has left me behind. I’m unc and I’m chopped – and that’s OK
  • BBC hires 26-year-old entrepreneur to help reach younger audiences
  • ‘I have an ego that needs to be put in check’: ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio on life after addiction
  • ‘James Dean has got nothing on that kid’: River Phoenix films – ranked!
  • Practical Magic review – Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s 90s witchy fantasy still enchants
  • Danish pupils will have to orally defend essays in attempt to combat AI cheating
  • Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
  • Super Troopers 3 review – misfiring cop comedy threequel
  • Tech companies know everything about me – so why do they try to sell me so much rubbish?
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople review – Sam Neill is warm and wise in Taika Waititi’s goofily tremendous film
  • Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
  • Nadja review – Dracula’s daughter is divine in dreamy lo-fi modern vampire tale of predatory sexuality
  • Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays
  • How to Feed a Dictator review – what was on the menu for some of the world’s most evil men
  • American witchhunt: how the McCarthy blacklist annihilated the Hollywood left
  • ‘Basically, you give yourself to the man’: Trewley Precious Temple on her life as a Gypsy wife – and beyond
  • ‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinion
  • ‘They slammed their M16s against his skull’: inside the film about Amy Goodman’s fearless reporting
  • Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps down
  • ‘Disturbing’: TikTok faces criticism after Perez Hilton livestreams self-harm
  • AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?
  • The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past
  • One Night Only review – sex is legal for 12 hours a year in bizarre romcom
  • AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to try to trick developers
  • Holy Days review – even Miriam Margolyes, Jacki Weaver and Judy Davis as nuns can’t save this film

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