Nick Clegg takes role at London-based venture capitalists Hiro Capital
Former deputy prime minister, who left Meta this year, to be joined by Facebook-owner’s chief AI scientist
Ella McCay review – James L Brooks returns with a sorry mess of a movie
Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Albert Brooks, Rebecca Hall and Woody Harrelson are among the stars lost in the writer-director’s baffling misfire
Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Salman Rushdie lead 2026 Sundance lineup
The festival says goodbye to both founder Robert Redford and its longtime home of Park City, Utah, with a selection of provocative documentaries and starry new films
Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again
Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again
‘The bullying can’t go on’: the film-maker following Filipino fishers under siege by China
Baby Ruth Villarama’s documentary Food Delivery depicts those struggling with the superpower to retain their trade. The director describes capturing their boats getting rammed by the Chinese coast guard
Quentin Tarantino needs to stop criticising films and start making them again
Trolling wokesters, disparaging Paul Thomas Anderson, insulting Paul Dano … the controversial director plays to type with his list of the top 20 best films of the 21st century
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
‘What to buy Dad for Christmas’: is retail ready for the AI shopping shift?
As shoppers ask ChatGPT for inspiration, brands scramble to ensure their products appeal to the bots calling the shots
Travel firm Tui says it is using AI to create ‘inspirational’ videos
Boss says German firm also investing in generative engine optimisation to help push it to top of chatbot responses
Russell Crowe says makers of Gladiator II did not ‘understand what made the first one special’
The actor has criticised the creative team behind the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic, saying it lacked the moral core that defined the original Oscar-winning film
Elon Musk’s SpaceX ‘preparing for flotation that could value it at over $1tn’
Reports say space exploration company has begun talks about stock market listing that could raise more than $25bn
‘Grand social experiment’: Australia’s social media ban turns heads globally, with mixed results
From a live blog on the BBC to cautious reaction in the New York Times, here’s how the world’s media covered the ban
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries
From stealing a photo for the King of Bohemia to battling the Napoleon of crime on a clifftop, Holmes is witty and watchable in these early Conan Doyle-approved dramas
From ‘glacier aesthetic’ to ‘poetcore’: Pinterest predicts the visual trends of 2026 based on its search data
If search interest holds, glitchy glam, cool blue, aliencore and gummy bear aesthetics are among the vibes set to rock the creative world next year
Under-16s who slipped through cracks of social media ban will be ‘booted off in time’, eSafety commissioner says
Julie Inman Grant unconcerned by reports of children bypassing restrictions as Anthony Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’