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Is the UK falling out of love with social media?

Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

What are peptides, are they safe and is there evidence to back up the hype?

Influencers and athletes are among those claiming substances can help with injury repair, weight loss and angi-ageing

Sydney councils fear new datacentres could cause blackouts, block housing and affect locals’ health

Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concerns

‘Young people want to come together’: experts respond to mass teen meet-ups in Clapham

Academics and youth workers say cuts to services and lack of public space help explain recent unrest in south London

UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes

Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money after board was reminded of legal duties by watchdog

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam

Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations

Her daughter was murdered seven years ago. Why are images of the crime still on social media?

Bianca Devins was 17 when she was killed by a man who then shared photos of her mutilated body on sites like Instagram and Snapchat – something her mother Kim describes as ‘psychological terrorism’. Here, she reveals her battle to get them offline

UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps

Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life

MP rejects Palantir’s claims that criticism of NHS England deal is ‘ideologically motivated’

Committee says it was appropriate for government to seek guidance on way out of £330m deal with US data company

Revealed: the vast illegal casino network targeting UK gamblers

Calls for tougher laws as network stretching from Caribbean to Georgia generates riches for offshore tycoons by appearing to prey on the vulnerable

Bone Keeper review – there’s a critter in the caves in serviceable Brit horror

An unconvincing group of friends is briskly picked off one-by-one while searching for a beastie that hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite

Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Including online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

As calls for restrictions on under-16s’ online activities gather pace, some are urging curbs on online gaming. The idea is a mess from top to bottom

The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it

The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin

Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract

Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company

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  • Tell us your favourite film of 2026 so far
  • As Spielberg confirms whether ET was ‘slimy or dry’, we enter a new age of the celebrity interview
  • La Cabina/El Televisor review – horror and anxiety on the air and down the line in Franco’s Spain
  • Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices
  • ‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
  • The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’
  • Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones
  • Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35
  • ‘It makes no sense’: 16- and 17-year-olds on UK social media ban
  • The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested
  • Teddie Beverley obituary
  • Apocalypse when? ‘Earth’s Black Box’ to be installed in remote Tasmanian airfield
  • UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says
  • Legislation proposed to stop lawsuits used to silence journalists and whistleblowers
  • Fears for Xbox as it puts its developers on the chopping block once again
  • I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life
  • Killing Anna review – the amazing catfishing operation that flushed out Syria massacre perpetrator
  • ‘A neoliberal nightmare’: my ride on the Vegas Loop – Elon Musk’s answer to traffic jams
  • ‘Vegetarian Nigella’ and flirty hair flips: John Early and Kate Berlant take on diet culture in new influencer satire
  • The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding
  • Will it take a ‘Chornobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate AI?
  • Your Fault: London review – British-set remake of Spanish step-sibling romance lacks passion or fizz
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Nino review – time is running out for young man faced with cancer in shrewd sperm sample portrait
  • UK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend
  • Cactus Pears review – tender and subtle story of forbidden love and a poignant awakening in India
  • Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?
  • Cracking stories, Gromit: Wallace’s long-suffering canine companion to tell all in memoir
  • Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit
  • How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’

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