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‘Yevgeny Prigozhin will never be discussed again’: Russian media to erase all traces of mutinous warlord

The Wagner mercenary group boss who marched on Moscow has had his internet outlets blocked and troll factory closed down

Nicola Bulley: watchdog not currently planning to investigate press coverage

Ipso does not rule out investigation at later stage after family criticised ‘appalling’ coverage by some outlets

German tabloid Bild cuts 200 jobs and says some roles will be replaced by AI

Publisher Axel Springer announces reorganisation of regional business and outlines plans for digital future

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92

Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer

Music publishers sue Twitter for $250m citing Elon Musk’s copyright stance

Sony Music Group and Universal are among 17 publishers pursuing legal challenge against company

‘War criminals: whatever you do, we’ll record it’: the ‘merciless’ Ukrainian film about Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol by Mstyslav Chernov traces the Russian siege of the port in harrowing detail. Here, he discusses his documentary with a fellow war reporter

Hugh Grant damages claim against Sun publisher to go to trial

High court judge says allegations over burglary and tracking device can be heard but not phone hacking

Can we still handle the truth? Journalism, ‘alternative facts’ and the rise of AI

The credo of Watergate is still relevant: find the best obtainable version of the truth. But doing so is only getting more complicated

Vice and BuzzFeed were meant to be the future of news. What happened?

Their young audience made them the envy of the media’s old guard. But, ultimately, they couldn’t convert this into profit, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

Vice files for bankruptcy protection amid cut-price sale to consortium

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m

Investigative journalism at risk from ‘corporate timidity’, says Tina Brown

Widow of ex-editor Harry Evans runs foundation supporting original reportage, which is holding first event this week

Nearly 50 news websites are ‘AI-generated’, a study says. Would I be able to tell?

A tour of the sites, featuring fake facts and odd wording, left me wondering what was real

AI journalism is getting harder to tell from the old-fashioned, human-generated kind

I rumbled a chatbot ruse – but as the tech improves, and news outlets begin to adopt it, how easy will it be to spot it next time?

‘It’s all in the damn history books’: David Lynch rails against the death of cinemas

In a recent interview the US director criticised watching films on phones, saying that ‘people think they’ve seen a movie, but they haven’t. It’s sad’

The digital graveyard: BuzzFeed News joins sites hanging on in eerie afterlife

The site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets

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  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread
  • Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire
  • ‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?
  • Signal One review – Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis ballast high-concept, low-risk first contact yarn
  • White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
  • Pink Narcissus review – garish colour and dreamlike images in a homoerotic vision of 60s New York
  • Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns
  • Let this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance
  • Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?
  • World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China
  • French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations
  • Plan for AI legal assistants in England and Wales ‘cannot replace funding and staff’, lawyers say
  • Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images
  • OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market

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