UK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend
TV streamers and family shows set to benefit as brands cease marketing to teenagers on sites such as YouTube
Cactus Pears review – tender and subtle story of forbidden love and a poignant awakening in India
The strictures of family and class stand between two young men and their humble dreams of happiness in an assured directorial debut from Rohan Kanawade
Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?
In today’s newsletter: The far right are using social media to foster division, from Southampton to Belfast, but there are calls for clear and urgent ways to counter digital radicalism
Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
After ‘bottling everything up for a long time’ the faithful pet, who has remained silent for many years, will spill the beans on the pair’s ‘pet hates and fur-vent passions’
Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit
Justice department urges judge to throw out suit brought by NAACP over xAI’s methane-gas turbines in Mississippi
How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’
Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom
SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become world’s fifth most valuable company
Elon Musk’s firm briefly reached $2.97tn valuation days after its IPO following purchase of AI coding startup Cursor
France to ditch Palantir’s AI data tools in favour of domestic provider
Move to ChapsVision is to avoid ‘strategic dependencies’, says PM amid concern about reliance on US-controlled tools
UK defence spending plan ‘well short of what’s required’ and harder choices needed, says John Healey – as it happened
Ex-defence secretary John Healey and ex-defence minister Al Carns have given resignation statements to MPs
Cate Blanchett promises ‘creative rumpus’ in new role: Oxford professor
Oscar-winning actor hails ‘electrifying opportunity’ to present lectures and seminars in contemporary theatre
Abdullah Ibrahim obituary
South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world
Toy Story 5 review – Pixar franchise needs new batteries
A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised
UK social media ban could cut lifeline for disabled children, campaigners warn
Activists say blanket ban could prevent teenagers from finding peers and role models with similar conditions
Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married
The actor told Esquire magazine the couple have ‘a relationship that will stand the test of time’ and his family ‘were all there’ for the wedding
Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star
Oscar-winning actor to write and direct fact-based movie that will follow a police officer mixed up in 2021 Capitol riot