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Robots that can do laundry and more, plus unrolling laptops: the standout tech from CES 2026

Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech show

Forget Big Ben! Try Telford’s Frog Clock: why Hollywood should stop destroying the same old landmarks

As the Gerard Butler film Greenland 2 becomes one more addition to the list of action movies to tamper with the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty or Golden Gate bridge, isn’t it time they mixed it up a bit?

No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool

Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service

X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers

Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery

Spotify no longer running ICE recruitment ads, after US government campaign ends

The ad campaign ended in late 2025, the Swedish streaming giant confirmed, having previously said, despite protests, that it did not violate advertising policies

What is Marvel up to with its Avengers: Doomsday trailers?

Teaser reels for next December’s coming episode give no clues to the story, still less to how these old characters are returning via the multiverse

UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images

Labour party chair says government having conversations about use of platform in light of sexualised Grok images

One awards battle after another: A-listers face off at this year’s Golden Globes

Big names from Leonardo DiCaprio to Timothée Chalamet are aiming for a win at Hollywood’s most important Oscars precursor

The best exercise bikes for home workouts, spin and getting sweaty, tested

Our fitness expert clocked up his indoor miles to put the best exercise bikes, including simple spin machines and gym-quality models, to the test

Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action

The Rip to The Ballad of Wallis Island: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in an incredibly tense thriller about two narco cops who make a wild discovery, while Tim Key works his kooky charm in the heart-warming Britcom

‘I haven’t mellowed my violence’: Park Chan-wook on cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can’t beat AI

His brutal movies put Korean cinema on the map. Now the director of Oldboy is back with a blistering satire about a man driven to murder after redundancy

TV tonight: slow-burning hit Mystery Road prequel returns

Robyn Malcom (After The Party) joins Mark Coles Smith in season two of Origin. Plus: a huge quiz all about telly. Here’s what to watch this evening

Grok being used to create sexually violent videos featuring women, research finds

AI tool also used to undress image of the woman killed by a federal immigration agent in the US, says research

Grok AI: is it legal to produce or post undressed images of people without their consent?

Deluge of ‘nudified’ images on social media platform X raises questions about regulation of use of AI technologies

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  • ‘I’m looking for faces which surprise me’: how Richard Avedon photographed the soul of his subjects
  • Are walking pads worth it? We put the best under-desk treadmills to the test
  • Nvidia hit by shareholder lawsuit over Jensen Huang’s relationship with suspected Chinese spy – business live
  • Nvidia and Jensen Huang sued by shareholders over affair with alleged Chinese spy
  • Soul Patrol review – heart stopping story of Vietnam’s first Black special ops team
  • Apple MacBook Pro review: lighter, thinner and a stunning OLED touchscreen
  • ‘We are human too’: the Roma film-makers striking back at stereotypes
  • Australia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence ‘going rogue’
  • One Nation dumps Victorian election candidate who praised Adolf Hitler as ‘GOAT’
  • Teenager who planned terror attack in Sydney tells court he was radicalised online and used AI to strategise
  • Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
  • Jensen Huang’s image has been shattered. Could he be pushed out at Nvidia?
  • The AI poster boy, the ‘Chinese spy’ and Trump: how an affair may have harmed US security
  • The French fridge hacks were relatively unsophisticated. An AI-enabled attack would raise the stakes
  • Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
  • 1 in 2 review – compassionate film about dealing with bowel cancer is a personal plea on behalf of the young
  • A Fox Under a Pink Moon review – Iranian teen refugee paints boldly imaginative self-portrait
  • ‘Thicky thicky dumb dumb’ satirist Cody Dahler on his viral videos: ‘my material is presented to me on a silver platter!’
  • Godzilla Minus Zero takes US box office by storm in opening weekend
  • Is this the most rubbish Christmas present ever?
  • What are you yearning for? We took to the streets to find out
  • Pickpockets review – small-budget Australian crime flick steals audience’s heart
  • 1-0 to humankind? US midterms vote puts AI, datacentres and the broligarchy back in their box
  • How African philosophies inspired a new approach to staging film festivals in Manchester
  • ‘I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars’: Ava DuVernay on the cruelty and brutality of Trump’s America
  • ‘AI clog’: UK public bodies battle onslaught of chatbot-generated complaints
  • Does Andy Burnham’s pivot from press to social media put scrutiny at risk?
  • Ukraine’s new frontier: how space has become critical to balance of the war
  • FAA announces first US digital air traffic control towers in Florida and Alaska
  • The Trump administration wants underwater datacenters. One Great Lakes non-profit is already preparing

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