Game On: the Swiss sports brand using hi-tech and chutzpah to challenge Nike and Adidas Zurich-based firm taps into latest robot tech to ‘fibre-spray’ high-end sports shoes worn by the likes of Roger Federer
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental health
Beyond Keane’s stick-it-up-your-bollocks, there isn’t much else to Saipan Why is the film of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup falling-out not a documentary but a drama that takes liberties with events?
Eddie Izzard: ‘I once ran 90km in just under 12 hours. That was a tough day’ The comedian and actor on her favourite Bond film, revisiting the Death Star canteen and avoiding the press with Brad Pitt
I tried to make my dog go viral on social media – it taught me more than I expected Making a star of Murphy the labrador seemed like a harmless and plausible quest. But I hadn’t reckoned with all kinds of costs
David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’ Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PM
Iranian cultural figures condemn internet blackout as ‘blatant tool of repression’ Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Golshifteh Farahani among those to join outpouring of support for protesters
Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent
Behind the Somali daycare panic is a mother-and-son duo angling to be top Maga influencers Nick and Brooke Shirley have for years published conspiracy-minded takes on hot-button rightwing issues
‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows
Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech products
Iran’s internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time Experts note the blackout is unprecedented in its extent but also selective, allowing some government communications
Golden Globes 2026: who will win and who should win the film awards? This weekend promises a Hollywood showdown with films including Sinners, Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another up for major awards