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Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras

Milpitas approves measure to distribute smart doorbells and says residents can upload footage to police database

OpenAI, parent firm of ChatGPT, closes $122bn funding round amid AI boom

Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blogpost it generates $2bn a month in revenue

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI

At this point, it’s trite to say that a bad film feels as if it’s been AI generated, but this simplistic sequel is next-level – it’s nothing more than an Easter holiday cash grab

TMZ tracks US lawmakers vacationing amid the partial government shutdown

Tabloid outlet has covered Republicans and Democrats relaxing at places such as Disney World as shutdown drags on

Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book

Publisher alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series

The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them

For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There is a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertise

Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point

Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree

Including online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

As calls for restrictions on under-16s’ online activities gather pace, some are urging curbs on online gaming. The idea is a mess from top to bottom

Smiley Face: finally, a stoner comedy for the girls who get overstimulated at the supermarket

Gregg Araki’s comedy-of-errors film stars Anna Faris trying to complete everyday tasks in an astronomical state of high. It’s downright terrifying

UK parents: what do you think about the government’s advice on screen time for children under five?

Do you agree with the guidance? Have you been limiting screen time for your child? How is that going?

From the phone to the plex: why TV shows are turning into movies

A successful cinema release for the new Peaky Blinders movie provided marketing opportunities that could lead to a reverse in the stream-first model

Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say

Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns

The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it

The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin

The Drama review – Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s controversial wedding film delivers on its promise

A woman’s confession on the eve of her nuptials causes uproar in this insouciantly offensive provocation from the director of Dream Scenario

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  • Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
  • Jensen Huang’s image has been shattered. Could he be pushed out at Nvidia?
  • The AI poster boy, the ‘Chinese spy’ and Trump: how an affair may have harmed US security
  • Cyber-attack on French supermarket freezers has geopolitical context
  • Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
  • Who is Alice Huang, the woman linked to Nvidia’s CEO?
  • Donnie Dunagan, original voice of Disney’s Bambi and triple Purple Heart marine, dies aged 92
  • Nvidia’s board needs to do some succession planning – sharpish
  • More than 400,000 Russians killed fighting in Ukraine war, leaked data suggests
  • EU sues IBM and two European firms over troubled entry/exit border system
  • Parents and teachers decry Google pledge to yank Search if schools block AI: ‘This threat is nothing but extortion’
  • ‘Obvious risk of further tragedy’ at rail crossing type at which Amazon driver died, inquiry finds
  • Why is Nvidia’s Jensen Huang at the centre of a US-China row?
  • 1 in 2 review – compassionate film about dealing with bowel cancer is a personal plea on behalf of the young
  • ‘We did 10 takes of it!’ Kerr Smith on Dawson’s Creek and filming US TV’s first gay kiss
  • ‘Sadistic, forbidden pleasure’: why Gone Girl is my feelgood movie
  • A Fox Under a Pink Moon review – Iranian teen refugee paints boldly imaginative self-portrait
  • 100 Sunset review – elliptical, elusive drama dreamlike through Toronto’s tight-knit Tibetan community
  • Look at Me by Dustin Hoffman review – an era-defining actor says his piece
  • Robert Pattinson has auditioned for James Bond – and finally the 007 race is interesting
  • ‘Thicky thicky dumb dumb’ satirist Cody Dahler on his viral videos: ‘my material is presented to me on a silver platter!’
  • Godzilla Minus Zero takes US box office by storm in opening weekend
  • Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence
  • Is this the most rubbish Christmas present ever?
  • What are you yearning for? We took to the streets to find out
  • Pickpockets review – small-budget Australian crime flick steals audience’s heart
  • Bluey’s Daley Pearson on how losing his brother inspired his new film: ‘He was the best thing ever to me’
  • Monica Dolan looks back: ‘I was repulsed by Rose West, yet I had to work out what made her tick’
  • 1-0 to humankind? US midterms vote puts AI, datacentres and the broligarchy back in their box
  • How African philosophies inspired a new approach to staging film festivals in Manchester

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