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Can a mobile game be ‘five times bigger’ as an eSport than League of Legends?

Kristian Segerstrale of Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp sees a bright future for mobile games as huge draws in the eSports world

The 2016 presidential election could be brought to you by drones

Network gains approval from FAA to explore how drones can be safely used in populated areas – are dramatic images from presidential campaign trail to follow?

Edinburgh and Dundee bid to host Scotland’s first major studio

Rival consortiums talk up plans to help nation join film and television ‘gold rush’ in Ireland and Wales

Skype can be confused with Sky TV, EU court rules

In second Sky-related blow, Microsoft barred from registering trademark for its voice chat service Skype, after being forced to rename SkyDrive to OneDrive

Rolling TV election news eclipsed by Twitter, Buzzfeed and Periscope

Sky News and BBC News channel face digital-driven reorganisations as they struggle to keep up with the speed of social media

Sky subscribers to feel the force of 48-hour Star Wars marathon

Satellite broadcaster to air all six films in the series, plus animated series and documentaries, on 4-5 May

Four of the top five YouTube channels are for kids (and the fifth is Taylor Swift)

Google’s video service has become a global children’s TV staple thanks to channels like Funtoys Collector and Little Baby Bum

YouTube goes to Hollywood with plans to make movies featuring digital stars

Google’s online video service will make a series of films with AwesomenessTV, as well as bagging exclusive rights for new shows by The Fine Brothers and Smosh

Netflix will have to consider ads to make a profit, says Sir Martin Sorrell

WPP chief says the on-demand service needs other sources of revenue to help fund its $4bn-plus content budget

Sky to shut its 3D TV channel

Broadcaster launched a dedicated channel in 2010, but is now to move all its content into its on-demand service

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: do stars and news need to go their separate ways?

The Channel 4 News anchor reveals how Robert Downey Jr came to walk out of his interview – and how he remains an Iron Man fan

Top Gear’s final two episodes featuring Jeremy Clarkson prove a hit on iPlayer

BBC2’s last programmes showing Clarkson together with James May and Richard Hammond streamed or downloaded 3.6m times in March

The Oscar for best walkout goes to … Robert Downey Jnr

This was the actor’s best performance in years – but Krishnan Guru-Murthy was wrong to count this as a triumph of journalism

Facebook ‘excited’ about ads potential as it reaches 4bn daily video views

‘We believe mobile video will become more important to marketers over time,’ says Sheryl Sandberg, with 75% of views happening on mobiles

Robert Downey Jr walkout: six more times celebrity interviews turned bad

The Iron Man star’s Channel 4 News exit is just the latest in a string of walkouts, from Quentin Tarantino to Russell Crowe

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  • As the US and China surge ahead, is Europe sleepwalking into AI disaster?
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
  • Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors
  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol

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