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‘Cheap iPhone deal’: warning over scam sites selling latest Apple mobiles

Criminals exploit demand for iPhone 18 Pro and foldable Duo to trick people eager to get their hands on one

Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads

Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother review – Mahershala Ali is a grieving hitman in soulful thriller

The two-time Oscar-winner is an unusual killer in a compelling mix of pulpy action and family drama

Misty Green review – Chris Rock’s jumbled LA drama saved by fiery Rosalind Eleazar

There’s a stunning lead performance from the breakout British actor but the film surrounding her can’t quite match what she’s bringing

Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize

May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced exposé of Israel’s Gaza killings also awarded

Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman Unknown, Possible Love and NAZA

After facing heavy criticism over its lack of female directors, the film festival may have redeemed itself with its winners’ list

‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown

In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems

Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s cool uncle

The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineaste

Everybody Wants to Fuck Me review – Taron Egerton is hounded in sharp-toothed dating nightmare

It’s Get Out meets the Shitty Media Men list in this entertaining mix of dark comedy and thriller with a brilliant alternating turn from Taron Egerton

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77

An outstanding figure in the UK film industry, Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg

Girl Group review – Rebel Wilson’s dreadful music comedy is a spice-free wannabe

The actor turned writer-director’s ode to girl groups is a shoddily made and embarrassingly unfunny catastrophe

Michael Barrymore becomes unlikely TikTok star with nearly 5m followers

Former primetime TV host films himself eating dog biscuits, doing ‘munchie runs’ and addressing pool death case

Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time

Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselves

Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power

‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp

As OpenAI model cracks Millennium Prize Problem that puzzled experts for decades, many feel shocked at pace of change

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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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