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Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker

Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear

Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers

The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason

Editorial: Politicians who threaten filmmakers rather than investigate alleged military crimes expose not strength but a leadership frightened of the evidence

Your AI doomsday questions answered: ‘Why aren’t these companies being held to account?’

After a week of alarming warnings about the artifical intelligence’s potential to destroy the world as we know it, our technology reporters answered your questions on the reality of the AI threat

Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm – should other countries follow suit?

As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country

Alleged underworld supporters and unfounded health claims: One Nation rolls out more Victorian election candidates

Party has unveiled a steady stream of contenders for state election, including a former councillor who lost his licence for drink-driving

Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia

Eighteen-year-old known as Chai was active in networks notorious for their sadistic exploitation of young people

‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

Andy Burnham’s focus on domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar

‘The man’s a psychopath when it comes to hedgerows’: Derek vs Derek, the unexpectedly heartwarming doc about farmers at war

One Devon farmer, called Derek, is committed to rewilding his land. His neighbour, also a Derek, tends cattle and crops. What happened when a film-maker decided to follow the bickering pair?

OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’

Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it

It’s a battle for hearts and minds – and TikTok, and the ’Gram. Just as it should be. #royalbeef, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Zack Snyder is angling to make another Batman movie. Stranger things have happened

Two Batman projects are already in the making at DC Studios, but Snyder has set his sights on the classic Frank Miller graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns

Iranian actor Laleh Marzban faces severe threats after Venice film festival speech

Marzban, who won a best actress award for her portrayal of a woman held hostage by her father in Falling House, has received condemnations from authorities after dedicating her prize to ‘the women of Iran’

Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying

Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’

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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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