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Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres

As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running

OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity

Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents

Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI

Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race

NHS boss says staff suspected of snooping on patients’ records should be suspended immediately

Jim Mackey urges ‘zero tolerance approach’ in England amid growing concern over breaches of confidential data

Pope Leo warns of AI threat to humanity at start of three-day France visit

Pontiff says artificial intelligence must remain at service of people in first official papal visit to country in 18 years

OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race

Always a joker: Magda Szubanski reveals Heath Ledger asked to play her stalker on Kath and Kim

In her new memoir, I Can’t Tell You But I Will, Szubanski recalls how Ledger enjoyed their improvised kiss so much that he asked to be on the sitcom

Our lives and identities have moved online – and it’s driving us insane

People have become servants to social media. The ultimate flex is to walk back to real life

It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom

OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era

Cyber-attack on Dyfed-Powys police ‘may have accessed staff information’

Welsh force says incident disrupted ‘some non-emergency systems’ and public data was not affected

BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation

Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behind

‘In our deepest hearts we are voyeurs’: the paedophile-hunting show that inspired Robert Pattinson’s new film

Experts and insiders explain how To Catch A Predator became the most controversial show on 2000s TV

The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: ‘It’s so good, it’ll completely alter our grasp on reality’

Across videos, standup and cartoons, humorists are skewering big tech’s attempt to make AI ubiquitous and inevitable

Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan has angered the Christian right. Don’t they have more pressing issues?

The Oscar-winner is voicing Narnia’s wise lion in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew, leading to roars of fury from US evangelical commentators

TalkTalk races to sell consumer and broadband arms as administration looms

Customers and jobs ‘top priority’ as company closes in on deals with Opus Broadband and investment group Octopus

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  • Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other women
  • Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph
  • Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions
  • Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave
  • The nine best personalized gifts, from a timeless tote bag to custom stationery
  • Activists break into building site of Microsoft datacentre in Amsterdam
  • Struggling to spell ‘male chauvinist pig’? Apple’s grey list means your iPhone won’t help you
  • US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?
  • Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells
  • EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
  • The 36 best Christmas gifts in the UK for every kind of teenager – chosen by teens
  • Teachers and parents: what are your experiences of AI-generated emails?
  • Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production as Elon Musk focuses on robotics and AI
  • Russia and US seek to block plan for binding rules on autonomous weapons
  • Being Heumann to Avedon: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Police turn to charities for help with teenagers caught up in online child abuse
  • Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out
  • Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk
  • Winner of the Prix Goncourt literary prize admits to using AI
  • UK government considers smart glasses ban over secret filming concerns
  • Elke Sommer obituary
  • The best Christmas gifts in the UK for dads, grandads, uncles and friends – tested for 2026
  • John Leeson obituary
  • The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist
  • Raise the Red Lantern review – Gong Li gives a decade-defining performance in an addictively ruthless masterpiece
  • I Play Rocky review – Anthony Ippolito adds knockout sweetness to the story of Stallone’s Hollywood triumph
  • Jimmy review – simple-minded James Stewart biopic is too straightforward
  • Tech barons cozied up to Trump. What will they do in newly blue America?
  • Activists across Europe prepare two days of protests against datacentres
  • Think of England review – far-fetched tale of state-sponsored second world war porn turns deadly serious

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