The rise of ‘unc’: is this gen Alpha’s way of saying ‘OK boomer’?
Timothée Chalamet celebrated his 30th birthday by embracing his unc status – and Sabrina Carpenter has used the word to describe her record producer. Why is it suddenly everywhere?
UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children
Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifies
Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’
Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report finds
Pressure grows on No 10 as Burnham backs Tory call for under-16s social media ban
Labour Greater Manchester mayor says he agrees with Kemi Badenoch about need to protect young people
Influencers and OnlyFans models are increasingly requesting O-1 visas: ‘This is the American dream now’
Content creators are leveraging high follower counts to apply for the visa for ‘individuals with extraordinary ability’
Mandelson praises Trump’s ‘graciousness’ and declines to apologise for friendship with Jeffrey Epstein – as it happened
In first TV interview since he was sacked as UK ambassador to US, Mandelson says association with Epstein was ‘terrible mistake’ but adds: ‘I was not culpable’
Grab your fidget spinners! Why gen Z are pining for 2016
As galling as it is to see young people refer to the items I wore 10 years ago as ‘vintage’, surely the real problem is that so many of them believe their best years are behind them, writes Coco Khan
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental health
Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images
Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough
UK politics: Reform UK mayoral candidate apologises for Lammy ‘go home’ tweet – as it happened
Chris Parry, who is contending for the Hampshire and Solent mayoralty, says his post was intended ‘ironically’
The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling
As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks – turning the humble bag into a tool for offline living
No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool
Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Editing function to be limited to paying subscribers after X threatened with fines and regulatory action
‘Put a rubber band on your phone’: I asked experts how to reduce screen time – here’s what they said
If you want to doomscroll less this year, try these realistic tips from screen-time coaches
Global buys majority stake in Gary Neville’s YouTube group The Overlap
European media giant aims to emulate success of sports podcast network Goalhanger, founded by Gary Lineker