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What’s the best thing that Elon Musk can do with Twitter? Delete it

Freed from debating in bad faith, former Twitter users could finally unclench, go outside, and touch some grass, says writer Joel Golby

The Twitter shareholders set to make millions from Elon Musk’s takeover

Analysis: From founder Jack Dorsey to dotcom pioneer Martha Lane Fox … the big players in line for big payouts

Could Elon Musk’s Twitter plans prove a costly mistake?

Analysis: Experts warn against reinstating banned accounts and neglecting moderation

What better owner for Twitter than Elon Musk, master of the ill-advised tweet?

The ultimate shitposter has bought up Twitter, and its denizens are angry – how entirely appropriate, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Sienna Miller on taking on the tabloids: ‘It was so toxic – what women were subjected to’

After a bruising battle to expose the red tops’ dirty tricks, the actor reveals the price she paid

Investors should take a cautious approach to THG takeover talk

The retailer continues to make the simple business of selling stuff online sound complicated

How ‘free speech absolutist’ Elon Musk would transform Twitter

Analysis: Musk’s past musings about Twitter show desire to reshape essence of its business model

Elon Musk will not join Twitter board after all, company’s chief says

Parag Agrawal says tech entrepreneur has declined offer, adding: ‘I believe this is for the best’

Will the news boom prevent more media outlets going bust?

Analysis: newspapers have attracted record numbers of readers seeking trusted sources in uncertain times

Why do people who try to tell us the truth suffer so much online abuse and so many lawsuits?

The messenger is often the target of gendered and personal attacks. It’s so much easier than hearing uncomfortable truths, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

BuzzFeed offers buyouts to news division in effort to increase profitability

BuzzFeed News staffers on investigations, inequality, politics and science teams to be offered buyouts as top editors also depart

Stop doomscrolling! The 50 cheeriest social media accounts – from dancing academics to seal pups

Now more than ever we all need to sprinkle some happiness into our social media feeds. Here are the best accounts to follow, whether you love spectacular jelly creations or hilarious Japanese mascots

‘Don’t call it a war’ – propaganda filters the truth about Ukraine on Russian media

Kremlin clamps down on Facebook and threatens to muzzle outspoken independent news outlets

Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why?

We analyzed 27m news articles published between 1970 and 2019. Our study reveals a substantial shift has occurred, and it may have important implications

‘Profiting off suffering’: AP cancels sale of migrant boat NFT amid backlash

The news agency has since deleted the tweet promoting the sale and called it ‘poor choice of imagery’

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  • Musk rejects claim he has incited disorder in Belfast – UK politics live
  • 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
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘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

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