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Production of French-German fighter jet threatened by rivalries, chief executive says

Relations between French company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus are reportedly ‘very strained’

Jodie Foster, who began her career aged three, calls acting ‘a cruel job’ she never would have chosen

Actor, who started working in commercials before making her first film at six, calls acting a job that was ‘chosen’ for her

Sam Altman issues ‘code red’ at OpenAI as ChatGPT contends with rivals

Chief executive tells staff it is ‘critical time’ for chatbot as it faces intense competition from Google’s new Gemini 3

The 15 best tech gifts in the US for moms, as requested by moms

From TheraGuns to koala breathing lights, here are good gizmos for mom, whether your budget is $20 or $220

Indian order to preload state-owned app on smartphones sparks political outcry

Apple among big tech companies reportedly refusing to install Sanchar Saathi cybersecurity app on their devices

‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor turned her asylum grilling into a film

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new wave

Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel face off in first trailer for pop star epic Mother Mary

‘Psychosexual pop thriller’ comes from The Green Knight’s David Lowery and will feature new music from Charli xcx

The fight to see clearly through big tech’s echo chambers

As Silicon Valley tightens its grip on the narrative, insiders and regulators push back, consumers rethink upgrades, and states experiment with AI in the public sector

Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?

Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them

Life in One Chord review – the Dunedin sound through the eyes of a music maverick

Based on a memoir by Straitjacket Fits frontman Shayne Carter, this documentary maps out the New Zealand town that birthed an indie movement

The Outsiders: why Francis Ford Coppola’s coming-of-age drama is secretly gay

It’s about rival gangs of straight boys in 60s Oklahoma fighting it out – but the abundance of male beauty in this 1983 adaptation of the SE Hinton novel tells another story

Prime Minister review – portrait of Jacinda Ardern shows a fully human being in charge for once

Documentary about New Zealand’s former leader records a shrewd but likable premier who did without the usual politician’s defences

‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself

Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control

Charlie Kirk tops Wikipedia’s list of most-read articles in 2025

Zohran Mamdani, Ozzy Osbourne and Sinners also feature in encyclopedia’s top 20 most-read English-language pages

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress, the media and within the general population. That has got to change

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  • The Alto Knights to Under the Stars: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Netflix becomes frontrunner in Warner Bros Discovery streaming and studio sale
  • ‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
  • Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
  • ‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site
  • Australia social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?
  • Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?
  • Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
  • Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds
  • The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working
  • Steve Cropper obituary
  • Is your relationship solid – or sinking? The bird theory thinks it knows
  • ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage
  • Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review – inept game-based horror is one of the year’s worst
  • Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
  • HyperVerse promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ accuses Australian Sam Lee in US court of duping him with ‘elaborate deception’
  • Tom Felton: ‘I agree with Barbie – blonds have more fun’
  • Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories
  • The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
  • ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn
  • Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks
  • TV Tonight: celebrating two of the best Christmas films ever
  • ‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era
  • Instagram and Facebook begin shutting down accounts as Australia’s under-16s social media ban looms
  • Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can’t help
  • ‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds
  • Doom, gloom … and Belle Gibson? The top Google searches in Australia in 2025
  • Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?
  • ‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy

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