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Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial

Firm’s fourth-quarter 2025 beat expectations as it lavishes investment on AI infrastructure and CEO faces questioning

Paul Dano reacts to Tarantino criticism: ‘I was incredibly grateful that the world spoke up for me’

Actor says the defence of his peers and fans was ‘really nice’ after Quentin Tarantino’s scathing assessment calling Dano ‘a weak, weak, uninteresting guy’

Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics

High hopes for Optimus robot help company beat forecasts despite yearly revenue decline and flailing car business

Microsoft shrugs off AI bubble fears again with strong financial results

Company reports second-quarter revenues of $81.27bn but posts slowing growth in key cloud computing business

Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

Starmer’s team is wary of spies but such fears are not new – with Theresa May once warned to get dressed under a duvet

Artificial intelligence will cost jobs, admits Liz Kendall

UK technology secretary also announced plans to train up to 10 million Britons in AI skills to help workforce adapt

‘Process failed’ says BBC after Apprentice contestant’s offensive tweets emerge

Production company asked for full review after broadcaster ‘completely unaware’ of Levi Hodgetts-Hague’s comments

‘If you want to nuke your life, do crack’: raw Courtney Love documentary hits Sundance

Antiheroine, a new film about the musician’s tumultuous life and career, premiered at the festival with some frank admissions but the star not present

See You When I See You review – familar Sundance-y grief comedy drama has its moments

Festival stalwart Jay Duplass recruits a talented cast, including David Duchovny, Hope Davis and Kaitlyn Dever, for a patchy, poignant tale

The potato bed: is this the ultimate sleep solution?

It requires copious pillows and duvets, and has gone viral on social media. Will this elaborate new sleeping set-up give you a cosy night’s rest – or just exacerbate your back pain?

US TikTok users: tell us how you feel about the app after the new US deal

Reports suggest more US users are deleting TikTok after a new agreement secured the app’s future in the US. We’d like to hear why – or why not

Are people really going to see Amazon’s $75m Melania documentary?

This weekend sees the release of a controversially funded film about the first lady, directed by a disgraced film-maker

Infinite Icon: A Visual Memoir review – Paris Hilton’s act of self-love shows there’s nothing behind the mask

A look behind the scenes of the star’s second album turns out to reveal exactly what you’d expect, at arduous length

Iran appears to ease internet blackout as cost of shutdown mounts

Experts say uneven connectivity suggests regime is throttling and filtering data as losses said to hit $36m a day

The arts of war: can Europe’s artists embrace the idea of ‘armed pacifism’?

Pacifism is core to modern European culture, but a ‘no arms’ attitude risks leaving artists and film-makers short of answers when facing military aggression and political threats

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  • I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained
  • Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary
  • Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
  • Catherine O’Hara managed to make difficult characters utterly delightful
  • Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71
  • Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
  • Jayasree Kabir obituary
  • Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity
  • ‘Innovating weather science’: Met Office launches new two-week forecast
  • First stills from Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film released in Liverpool
  • Groundbreaking director Reginald Hudlin: ‘It’s taken a lot of effort but the reward is always worth it’
  • Eggs, hats and unfettered ambition: what we learned about Melania Trump from her documentary
  • This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis
  • Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù: ’If the west doesn’t say a film is good, that doesn’t mean it’s no good’
  • One adult for the 9.40am in Sittingbourne: a front row seat for Melania’s ominous UK opening
  • ‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring
  • Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie
  • What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship
  • M3gan 2.0 to Ella McCay: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • SpaceX reportedly mulling Tesla merger or tie-up with Elon Musk’s xAI firm
  • How liberals lost the internet
  • Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
  • AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
  • ‘Women hold our power in our orifices’: Kristen Stewart on her audacious feature directing debut
  • ‘Chilling’ hacking network is targeting vulnerable children, charity warns
  • Seized review – captivating documentary goes inside a shocking newspaper raid
  • Apple reports massive spike in iPhone revenue, particularly in China
  • US regulators open inquiry into Waymo self-driving car that struck child in California
  • Undertone review – disappointing podcast horror is mostly skippable
  • UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime

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