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Josh Brolin on Donald Trump: ‘There’s no greater genius than him in marketing’

The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him

James Cameron says AI actors are ‘horrifying to me’

Avatar director, known for his advocacy of new technology, told interviewer generative AI performance puts ‘all human experience into a blender’

Airbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch

Shares in French manufacturer tumble as second problem comes to light after weekend of flight disruption

Pillion rides off with top prize at British independent film awards

The gay BDSM biker romance won best film at the Bifas, tying with Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four each

The best UK Cyber Monday and Black Friday deals on the products we love, from video doorbells to heated throws

Tested, recommended – and now updated for Cyber Monday: the offers worth knowing about on our favourite products across home, kitchen, beauty and tech

Son of the Soil review – bone-crunching Lagos revenge thriller with bruising swagger

Razaaq Adoti writes and stars in this scrappy gangland action romp, mixing Nollywood energy with bloody set pieces and a dash of 80s-style grit

The question isn’t whether the AI bubble will burst – but what the fallout will be

Will the bubble ravage the economy when it bursts? What will it leave of value once it pops?

‘Rage bait’ named word of the year by Oxford University Press

Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisher

‘Ingrained in my psyche’: why Gremlins 2: The New Batch is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort rewatches is a look back at Joe Dante’s raucously rule-defying sequel

‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI

In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it

Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI

Consultancy’s move to embrace artificial intelligence follows Disney’s use of the term ‘imagineers’

I Only Rest in the Storm review – beguiling postcolonial blues in Guinea-Bissau

A disaffected Portuguese NGO worker dallies with a drag queen as he wrestles with white man’s privilege in Pedro Pinho’s intelligent drama

Why won’t Marvel let Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine retire in peace?

The actor himself has promised to accept all future cameos as the beloved claw-gremlin, but this will only wear out his superpowers

Onlookers review – snapshots of a south-east Asian country shaped by tourism

Through static compositions and observational detail, the documentary explores how Laos’s visitors and residents inhabit the same spaces in very different ways

TV tonight: Maxine Peake and Lola Petticrew star in a brutal, gripping drama about the Troubles

Violence erupts in series based on Patrick Radden-Keefe’s award-winning book. Plus: poignant memories are evoked in The Marvellous Miniature Workshop. Here’s what to watch today

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  • New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
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