Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud
Claude climbs to top of app store charts in US and UK after being blacklisted by Pentagon over ethics concerns
UK firms in Middle East face heightened threat from Iran hackers, agency warns
National Cyber Security Centre urges increased vigilance over risk of indirect attack by hacktivists amid conflict
Internet blackout is tool of desperate regime to isolate Iranians, say experts
Digital censorship analysts argue current outage is mostly about survival and control for the country’s rulers
McDonald’s CEO’s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: ‘His aura screams kale salad’
Video of Chris Kempczinski trying new ‘product’ the Big Arch burger criticized for feeling forced and corporate
Hoppers review – fun Pixar flick about a teen trying to talk to the animals and save them from an evil developer
Sprightly animation about a student’s attempt to stop the destruction of a woodland leans into Disney’s love of anthropomorphism and riffs amusingly on Avatar
Saturday Night Live Bafta sketch branded ‘horrific’ by leading Tourette syndrome charity
Sketch featured parodies of JK Rowling, Bill Cosby and Mel Gibson saying controversial remarks were due to TS
‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart
The rapid rollout of datacenters across the US is creating a divide between municipal governments and residents
‘My guitar was mangled – like my life!’ Goo Goo Dolls on how they made epic ballad Iris
‘I’m grateful to Taylor Swift, and others who have covered it, for introducing the song to a new generation. Three billion streams on Spotify is astonishing!’
‘He worked on his speech in French for months’: César awards boss rejects Jim Carrey clone conspiracy theories
Gregory Caulier has attempted to quash rumours that Mask actor was replaced by a heavily made-up impersonator for his appearance picking up an honorary award in Paris
Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku says Baftas win was ‘tainted’ by N-word incident
Actor has ‘no hard feeling’ towards Tourette activist John Davidson, but says BBC’s failure to edit out slurs kept her awake at night and brought tears to her eyes
I’m on the Meta oversight board. We need AI protections now
AI is transforming our world. Accepting independent oversight is the least companies can do to protect our rights
The King’s Warden review – lively Korean period drama as 15th century deposed monarch takes refuge
Yoo Hae-jin’s confident performance redeems this disjointed parable about an exiled king, which awkwardly straddles satire, sentiment and social commentary
‘I watched it endlessly as a teen’: why Mrs Doubtfire is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers singling out their go-to comfort watches is a look back at a complicated comedy showcase for Robin Williams
Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar
Kicking off this year’s series in which our writers advocate for one Academy Award nominee, our chief critic on why the Brazilian drama-thriller is the most audacious and fully realised film in the race
Photophobia review – down in the Kharkiv rail tunnels with a 12-year-old as the bloodshed rages overhead
Warmly observed documentary follows Nikita, confined with thousands of others to the Ukrainian city’s metro as war goes on above ground