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Tom Felton: ‘I agree with Barbie – blonds have more fun’

The actor on playing Draco Malfoy, all-night fishing with his brother and taking a beating from Chadwick Boseman

Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories

Christopher Harborne’s record gift revealed in Electoral Commission figures prompts renewed calls for cap on political donations

The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west

Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters

‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn

The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slow

Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks

AVS Group, which runs 18 websites, has 72 hours to make changes required by UK’s Online Safety Act

TV Tonight: celebrating two of the best Christmas films ever

How festive favourites The Muppet Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life were made. Plus: are Bunny Munro and son nearing the end of the road? Here’s what to watch this evening

‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era

New film is based on TV series inspired by The Office, whose lead character is said to resemble the chancellor

Instagram and Facebook begin shutting down accounts as Australia’s under-16s social media ban looms

Ban due to take effect next week, but Meta has started deactivating accounts already

Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can’t help

Increasing number of people asking for help to regain access to accounts, with Google topping digital platform-related complaints

‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds

Survey shows rise in GPs using tools such as ChatGPT to produce appointment summaries and assist with diagnosis

Doom, gloom … and Belle Gibson? The top Google searches in Australia in 2025

From Cyclone Alfred to Charlie Kirk, the results show Australians are tuned in to major events. But there are some surprise inclusions

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

I can forgive shabby hospitals, confusion over appointments, even doctors’ poor bedside manner, but all the apps in the world can’t replace a real person, writes Adrian Chiles

‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy

She brought the house down as a stripper in Gypsy, going on to star in films with Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson. Now, at 96, she’s stealing the show in Eleanor the Great. What’s her secret? ‘Be a looker-ahead’

Oh. What. Fun. review – Michelle Pfeiffer leads Amazon’s underbaked Christmas turkey

Starry cast, including Felicity Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz, can’t save misfiring cross between Home Alone and The Family Stone

India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app

Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concerns

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  • I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming review – brilliant bulletin from Ukrainian frontline dives deep into culture war
  • Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK
  • ‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
  • AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s
  • ‘Watch The Odyssey for free online’: scam targets film fans with fake streaming sites
  • The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity
  • OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
  • Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
  • Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us?
  • Sex, drugs and washing dishes: inside Anthony Bourdain’s unruly younger years
  • ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
  • Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
  • The Guide #255: The great front‑row backlash ignores what makes films feel truly colossal
  • Human Centipede director Tom Six reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis in ‘final film’
  • ‘I’ve always felt too old and too young at the same time’: The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey on swapping child stardom for cult television – and Celebrity Traitors
  • From Love Me Tender to Kevin Bridges: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
  • This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy
  • Sam Neill filmed role in Legend of Zelda film adaptation before his death
  • The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
  • Out of the blue: James Cameron’s surprise departure would be good for Avatar
  • Hamnet to On Falling: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?
  • The Last House review – post-Covid apocalyptic lockdown thriller is a solid night in
  • ‘These cooks ripped each other apart’: Dominic Sessa on playing Anthony Bourdain, kitchen bullies and the joys of being a 70s barfly
  • New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
  • Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI

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