Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds ‘reasonable cause to believe’ tech firm subjected workers who spoke up about Palestine to hostile work environment

‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament

Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources

The law won’t save us from Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’. The only solution is mockery

These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Make working from home a breeze with vetted picks for monitors, chargers, headphones and more

Build a home office you’ll actually enjoying working from with tried-and-true upgrades – from inexpensive speakers to a stand that can turn an iPad into a second monitor

BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom

Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rollout

‘The whistling on the theme tune? That’s Dickie Attenborough!’ Hayley Mills on Whistle Down the Wind

‘I’d just made two films in America. Shooting on a Lancashire farm was very different. There was mud everywhere – and we’d be eating dripping, jam butties and fried eggs in buns’

Anthropic sued over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs

AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models

Rise of Chicken Shop Date highlights how YouTube turned the tables on TV

Amelia Dimoldenberg says publicists ignored her interview show for years but she can now be picky over A-list guests

AI is hurting US politics. Here’s how candidates could use it for good

The technology can help candidates listen more deeply to voters, as examples from Japan and Scotland show

‘Revenge of the Rust belt’: Starbucks film-maker on Baristas vs Billionaires

Director Mark Mori followed coffee chain workers’ struggle to unionize: ‘These young kids are so inspirational’

Parasomnia review – sleep-schedule horror conjures up a succubus on the loose in waking nightmare

Debut director James Ross II shows promise in this gore fest, but the fear factor suffers from an overly complex plot

AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England governor tells G20

Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system

‘Sometimes you just need a good cry’: why Little Women is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort films is an ode to the teary 1994 adaptation of the classic novel

Bel review – the powerful life force and haunting absence of a traumatised singer-songwriter

Beldina Odenyo alchemised the pain of exile, loss and racism into music as Heir of the Cursed before her death in 2021, as this attentive tribute explores

Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs

As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric