Ted Kotcheff obituary Director whose work ranged from BBC TV’s Play for Today to award-winning drama and Hollywood thrillers
‘Immediate red flags’: questions raised over ‘expert’ much quoted in UK press News outlets pull articles featuring ‘psychologist and sex adviser’ Barbara Santini amid doubts over her credentials
JK Rowling’s journey from Harry Potter creator to gender-critical campaigner Doyenne of children’s literature has regularly utilised social media in support of women-only spaces
From Sidemen to MrBeast: how YouTube and its creator economy took over TV Stars and their high-quality content enable streamers and others to pull in younger audiences
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote Report finds over a quarter of Canadians exposed to ‘more sophisticated and more politically polarizing’ fake content
Spotify running again after users around world report problems Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruption
The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste Based on Greste’s account of his time in an Egyptian prison, this is an important story powerfully told
Adolescence’s message has echoed around the world – but a social media ban is the wrong move The dangers young people face online are all too clear. But the solution is pragmatism, not prohibition
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
X’s UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk’s takeover Social media platform formerly known as Twitter says 66.3% revenue drop was down to fall in advertising income
‘I’m giving up’: Cate Blanchett says she is retiring from acting The actor has a string of films on the way, but insists her plan to quit is ‘serious’ and she has other plans for her life
‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
Mickey Rourke ejected from Big Brother house over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ Actor, 72, understood to have used behaviour and language considered threatening against housemate Chris Hughes
‘I’ll tackle Rox if he tries to go to Egypt’: Richard Roxburgh, Peter Greste and 400 days in a Cairo prison Greste’s harrowing experience of the Egyptian legal system is brought to the screen in The Correspondent, which takes its audience far beyond the familiar nightly news bulletins of 2014
AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock British startup will license content to train latest model for more ‘human-like performances’ from its avatars