How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming industry’s future
The use of AI in the surprise game-of-the-year contender has sparked a heated cultural and ethical debate, and raised existential questions for video game workers
Buckingham Palace Christmas market: why tourists flocked there – and found just locked gates and big puddles
The hot spot seemed the perfect place for Yuletide-loving royalists. But, as with the Eiffel Tower in Beijing and some of the most picturesque windmills in the Netherlands, there was much less to it than first met the eye ...
Facebook and Instagram to start kicking Australian teenagers off platforms as social media ban looms
Meta users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin
The Saragossa Manuscript review – cult Polish period-costume comedy is outrageous head-spinner
Wojciech Has’s slice of 1960s surrealism is set in 18th-century Spain, as an officer careens through farcical encounters and erotic episodes in a wild ride that could be a series of Monty Python sketches
The Session Man review – Mick Jagger joins look at amazing life of keyboards ace Nicky Hopkins
The pianist played with the Beatles, the Stones, the Who and more, but remains little known beyond insider circles. This loving doc asks why – but leaves some questions unanswered
Wes Anderson: The Archives review – Wesophiles will relish this deep dive into the detail-obsessed director
The Fantastic Mr Fox’s snappy outfits, an intricate model of the Grand Budapest Hotel and dozens of stop-motion puppets are all among the 700 objects in this sugarcoated quirkfest
The Ice Tower review – Marion Cotillard focus of obsession and idolisation in death-wish fairytale
Cotillard plays a movie actor starring in a production of The Snow Queen in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s unwholesome story of yearning
Testimony review – a devastating exposé of the Irish church’s brutal Magdalene laundries
A searing documentary on the laundries sees a determined young human rights lawyer join survivors and campaigners in a fight for truth and accountability
Champagne Problems review – Netflix’s latest Christmas romcom lacks fizz
The streamer continues its annual onslaught of forgettable festive films with a mostly charmless romance set in France
Sisu: Road to Revenge review – Finnish hero takes on a Red Army butcher in terrific sequel
Punchy, old-school stunt work, inventive baddie-splattering and a simple plot as our grizzled Finish prospector finds a new foe in his Soviet-occupied homeland
Use smart tech, turn heat down, service boilers: how to save money on energy bills
From turning down thermostats to make savings to installing reflectors to push warmth back into your home
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos as it starts testing over next few weeks before global rollout
Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit
My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?
Meta wins major US antitrust case and won’t have to break off WhatsApp or Instagram
Challenge to Meta could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, but judge ruled company did not hold social networking monopoly
Do you really need to buy a new TV? Seven simple ways to upgrade your setup (some are even free)
Don’t splash out just yet! From a system update to better room lighting, a little fine-tuning could save you hundreds