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Dior sticks by Johnny Depp in defiance of ‘wife beater’ ruling

Fans pledge to buy cologne still advertised by actor after court finds he abused ex-wife

Apple accuses Facebook of ‘disregard for user privacy’

Criticism made as Apple pushes ahead with transparency feature disliked by advertisers

US justice department sues Google over accusation of illegal monopoly

Lawsuit accuses tech company of abusing its position to dominate search and search advertising

Yippee Ki YAAAy: Bruce Willis plugs Die Hard car batteries

More hard up than Die Hard? It may look like a trailer for John McClane’s next shoot-’em-up caper, but Willis’s action-packed commercial runs out of power fast

Instagram to crack down on UK influencers’ ‘hidden advertising’

CMA investigation found Facebook-owned platform was not doing enough to tackle problem

Dying swan or lame duck? Why ‘Fatima’ the ballerina’s next job was tripping up the government

A new advert suggesting a ballerina retrain for a job in ‘cyber’ has faced a backlash. What were they thinking?

Two/One review – beautiful tale of parallel worlds

In adman Juan Cabral’s first feature, the lives of two men on opposite sides of the world are mysteriously intertwined

John Boyega quits role as Jo Malone brand ambassador

Film star’s move follows perfume company apology for substituting a Chinese actor for him in campaign advert

Jo Malone apologises to John Boyega for cutting him out of Chinese ad

Perfume brand admits reshooting commercial without Star Wars actor was ‘misstep’

Apple’s iOS update will be bad news for developers, but a boon for users

The tech giant’s monopoly over App Store content will bring a change to data privacy on its devices that has advertisers worried

Even die-hard fans must be wondering if Tesla stock is moving too fast

Stock split is merely cosmetic for company whose valuation seems to be controlled by pure psychology

Google’s advertisers will take the hit from UK digital service tax

Tech giant will charge additional fee from November for advertising in line with new taxes being imposed in Europe

Facebook moderators call for advertiser boycott to be extended

Action needs long-term commitments to be is more than ‘PR stunt’, employees say

Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code

Consumer watchdog unveils ‘hundreds of millions’ in potential fines under code drawn up after talks stalled between tech and news companies

Facebook boycott grows as US activists urge European firms to act

Call for companies to withdraw advertising comes as Wiley is suspended from platform over Instagram posts

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  • Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
  • The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old
  • Helen Mirren speaks out about being called ‘evil Zionist’ on the street in London
  • Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims
  • SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued
  • Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fans
  • Cassette tapes were the voice notes of my youth, bringing tales from the diaspora to our living room
  • ‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
  • AI wealth boom sending San Francisco home prices surging: ‘It’s ridiculous’
  • ‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
  • AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable
  • ‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Stop! That! Train! review – RuPaul-led zany drag comedy is a riot
  • The best robot vacuums in the UK to keep your home clean and dust free, tested
  • Strictly Ballroom review – Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale
  • Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran

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