Tilting at windmills: Trump laments death of bald eagle in the US … which was really a falcon in Israel
A pity that Trump, or one of the 18 intelligence agencies reporting to him, did not trace the image back to its source
Five tech trends we’ll be watching in 2026
From datacenters to AI, we’ll be keeping our eye on the technology that will be shaping your life in the coming year
Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘will not be stripped of British citizenship’ over past tweets
Government sources say social media posts by British-Egyptian activist do not meet legal bar for such sanction
The office block where AI ‘doomers’ gather to predict the apocalypse
Safety researchers feel excessive financial rewards and an irresponsible work culture have led some to ignore a catastrophic risk to human life
AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer
Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio warns against granting legal rights to cutting-edge technology
Tasmanian zombies, Russell Crowe and Crowded House: 10 Australian films to watch out for in 2026
Rusty plays a vengeful strip club owner, Rebel Wilson’s makes her directorial debut, plus new films starring Olivia Colman, Willem Dafoe and Tom Hiddleston
‘Data is control’: what we learned from a year investigating the Israeli military’s ties to big tech
Our reporting revealed a symbiotic relationship between the IDF and Silicon Valley – with implications for the future of warfare
Snap decisions: why crowding into a photo booth with friends is still a magical experience
Whenever I’m out late with friends and we pass a photo booth, I drag them in so I can add to the gallery of faces I love seeing each day
Octopus Energy to sell stake in software spin-off Kraken at $8.65bn valuation
CEO of Britain’s biggest household energy supplier says technology arm could float in the medium term
We still don’t really know what Elon Musk’s Doge actually did
Calculating the actual savings and impact of the bulldozing US department that vowed to cut $1tn in waste is difficult
Megalopolis: the $120m Coppola flop that just won’t go away
A screening tour, a New Year’s re-release, a documentary, an incoming director’s cut … will we ever be rid of this historic misfire?
Facebook slow to act on posts celebrating Bondi beach massacre, anti-hate group says
Exclusive: CST highlights volume of IS-supporting accounts and says social media firms ‘putting all of us in danger’
‘Move fast, break stuff’: how tech bros became Hollywood’s go-to baddie in 2025
From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindset
No Time for Goodbye review – well intentioned drama about the loneliness of the asylum-seeker
Journalist Don Ng’s debut feature raises interesting questions about the asylum experience – but his film is too sentimental and superficial to truly answer them
Tuesday briefing: A surreal year in news gives our cartoonists endless material
In today’s newsletter: Covering everything from Donald Trump to AI, and Gaza to Ukraine, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Ben Jennings shares his favourite caricatures of 2025, and we share ours too.