The Guardian view on musical tastes: beware the algorithm comfort zone
Editorial: Human creativity is more powerful than any machine but it still needs analogue nurturing in the digital age
TikToking on heaven’s door: Bob Dylan joins social media app as US ban looms
Songwriter, 83, signs up to TikTok with platform facing Sunday deadline to sell US operation
Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries
Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics
Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media
‘It brought out the most vile side of lad culture’: Unilad founder Alex Partridge on online hate, alcoholism and ADHD
The entrepreneur suffered with anxiety all his life, then a court case fuelled his alcoholism and nearly cost him everything. Now, an ADHD diagnosis has brought him clarity, a podcast and determination to help others
How Jeff Bezos can stop the bleeding at the Washington Post
The paper’s owner should show up – soon – to hold a town hall with the newsroom, answer questions, and take the heat
Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint
Inaccurate notices branded with broadcaster’s logo sent to iPhone users but tech firm works on improvements
Starmer urged to prioritise child sexual exploitation victims
Charities and experts call for national conversation to move away from sensationalism after Musk criticism
Americans flock to Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote: ‘We have the same struggles’
Despite security concerns, Americans are flooding the app, where Chinese users are welcoming them with open arms – and Luigi Mangione memes
UK Meta staff ‘concerned’ over scrapping of factcheckers and DEI programmes
Union says Facebook-owner’s policy changes will affect ‘ability to retain talent and thrive as an inclusive business’
Meta to fire thousands of staff as Zuckerberg warns of ‘intense year’
Company reveals plans to cut about 5% of its global workforce days after saying it would get rid of factcheckers
US sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose early Twitter stock purchase
Financial regulator alleges Musk later acquired shares of company at ‘artificially low prices’, stiffing shareholders
Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance
CMA to look at impact on consumers, businesses, advertisers and publishers, as well as collection of data
Why I have finally quit Facebook (it’s not just about fact-checking)
For years I’ve overlooked the many good reasons for leaving the social media platform. But now there is no other choice, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
Will the EU fight for the truth on Facebook and Instagram?
As Meta abandons third-party factchecking in an ostensibly political move, the future of facts elsewhere remains murky