Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
AI bubble: five things you need to know to shield your finances from a crash
Some experts have voiced fears a tech meltdown could hit our savings and pensions – here’s how to protect yourself
From Hamnet to Bridget Christie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley play the Shakespeares in an emotional Maggie O’Farrell adaptation, while The Change creator returns to standup
Industry to Blue Velvet: the week in rave reviews
The high-finance melodrama returns, darker than ever, and David Lynch’s nightmare in suburbia gets another outing in the cinema. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
High Noon review – Billy Crudup brings classic Hollywood western back with a bang
Crudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully today
Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images
Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough
Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California
State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcare
Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action
Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up
AI, Salman Rushdie and Elon Musk: the most anticipated documentaries of 2026
Major new films promise to reveal more about the lives of public figures, provocative topics and historical events
Béla Tarr obituary
Film director of poetic narratives set in remote Hungarian communities, filled with desolation and foreboding
UK politics: Reform UK mayoral candidate apologises for Lammy ‘go home’ tweet – as it happened
Chris Parry, who is contending for the Hampshire and Solent mayoralty, says his post was intended ‘ironically’
‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley
From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contender
Bafta 2026 film awards longlists hope to avoid #BaftasSoWhite diversity criticism
With strong showings for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and target hit for 50% female directors, criticism that has dogged the prizes in recent years may have been headed off
The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling
As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks – turning the humble bag into a tool for offline living
Robots that can do laundry and more, plus unrolling laptops: the standout tech from CES 2026
Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech show