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Sydney Sweeney threw bras around the Hollywood sign. I totally get it

The actor was promoting her new lingerie line – and in 2026, marketing requires more than a glossy ad

Nick Frost: ‘Tarantino has pictures of me in his cinema’

The actor on manifesting the part of Hagrid in Harry Potter, struggling with his looks and his issue with Strictly

Chasing Summer review – incoherent small-town comedy is a baffling car crash

Comedian Iliza Schlesinger’s nonsensical misfire is a swirl of cliches, unfunny comedy, stock characters and bizarre direction from Josephine Decker

Why US cinemagoers are dressing as Jimmy Savile to see 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

The disgraced and despised British entertainer’s distinctive look is trending among some film fans on TikTok. Should somebody tell them what he did?

Millions created deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse

Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that have distributed AI-generated images and video

Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries

The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House – and what they teach us

Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here’s what you need to know to navigate the trolling

Is This Thing On? review – funny is as funny does in Bradley Cooper’s John Bishop-inspired tale

Cooper directs Will Arnett in this likable, semi-believable story about a man heading for a divorce who discovers a cathartic outlet in comedy

‘This can’t be left to individual families’: how social media ban could affect under-16s

Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK

As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back

The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collective effort

I’m a tech-savvy zillennial who knows how to safeguard against hacking. Scammers still managed to get me

Had I received any suspicious text messages claiming to be from my bank, the fraud team asked. Had I clicked on the links? My stomach dropped

South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power

The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don’t go far enough

For young Australians reluctant to call abuse helplines, a digital ‘support multiverse’ could break down barriers

More than 40% of children under 16 are exposed to family violence but ‘systems by adults for adults’ leave them without familiar ways to access support

Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial

Firm’s fourth-quarter 2025 beat expectations as it lavishes investment on AI infrastructure and CEO faces questioning

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  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary
  • Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
  • Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful
  • Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71
  • Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
  • Jayasree Kabir obituary
  • Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
  • ‘Innovating weather science’: Met Office launches new two-week forecast
  • First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool
  • Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’
  • Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary
  • This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis
  • Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’
  • One adult for the 9.40am in Sittingbourne: a front row seat for Melania’s ominous UK opening
  • ‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring
  • Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie
  • What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship
  • M3gan 2.0 to Ella McCay: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • SpaceX reportedly mulling Tesla merger or tie-up with Elon Musk’s xAI firm
  • How liberals lost the internet
  • Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
  • AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
  • ‘Women hold our power in our orifices’: Kristen Stewart on her audacious feature directing debut
  • ‘Chilling’ hacking network is targeting vulnerable children, charity warns
  • Seized review – captivating documentary goes inside a shocking newspaper raid
  • Apple reports massive spike in iPhone revenue, particularly in China
  • US regulators open inquiry into Waymo self-driving car that struck child in California
  • Undertone review – disappointing podcast horror is mostly skippable
  • UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime
  • Peter Howden obituary

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