‘What do you earn?’ How Instagram and TikTok influencers sent a taboo question viral
New wave of content creators say they hope to increase pay transparency by questioning people in the street
‘New Noel Clarkes will surface’ without change in film and TV, say female witnesses
Women who gave evidence in failed libel trial against Guardian say industries need to safeguard women from sexual predators
The Guide #205: In an age of streaming clutter, why not rediscover Britain’s rich documentary past?
From Molly Dineen’s humane portraits to Channel 4’s wild experiments, the golden age of British TV documentaries offers more than the streamers’ endless banal choice
Sorry, Baby to Earl Sweatshirt: the week in rave reviews
A deft drama about the aftermath of a sexual assault and glitchy dispatches from hip-hop’s ‘otherground’. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Eddington to Deftones: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Midsommar director Ari Aster’s latest is a neo-western starring Joaquin Phoenix, while the perennial California metallers return with another album of apocalyptic noise
‘If the people who ran Facebook were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked there’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, Trump and leaving Silicon Valley
When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?
Trump says Intel has agreed to give US government a 10% stake
Unprecedented deal comes after president demanded CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign over his ties to Chinese firms
Obsession, blackmail and Instagram: inside Lurker, the year’s most compelling thriller
The Talented Mr Ripley gets an upgrade in a buzzy and biting film about a desperate outsider who infiltrates the inner circle of a singer on the rise
Elon Musk and X reach tentative settlement with laid-off Twitter staff
Ex-workers said Musk failed to honor severance plan when he fired them after acquiring social media platform in 2022
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely on
Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?
The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs
Digested week: new words, extrovert propaganda and a perfect train journey
Cambridge Dictionary’s annual release of its new entrants is a great measure of how functionally old you are
A-levels and GCSEs need overhaul to keep pace with generative AI, experts say
Oral assessments, tightened security and faster marking could result as use of AI itself becomes core digital skill
Going nuclear: Kathryn Bigelow back in geopolitical territory with atomic thriller
A House of Dynamite, told from perspective of White House officials, will premiere at Venice before Netflix rollout
Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules
Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media app firm