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Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups
Published: January 17, 2026 17:00
Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data showsTech companies have been meeting government ministers at a rate of more than once per working day, enjoying high-level political access…
Trump campaign manager quietly drops defamation suit against the Daily Beast
Published: January 17, 2026 15:00
Chris LaCivita sued news outlet over 2024 story about large payments from Trump campaign to his consulting firmA manager for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election bid has abandoned a high-profile lawsuit against the Daily Beast, 10 months after…
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/17/child-abuse-images-ai-exploitation
Published: January 17, 2026 12:00
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same dangerWhen I was a little girl, there was nothing scarier than a stranger.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, kids were told, by our parents, by TV specials,…
How local and national news outlets are covering the aftermath of ICE shooting: ‘Get there, bear witness, ask questions’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/minneapolis-ice-shooting-media-coverage
Published: January 17, 2026 11:00
Strong media presence in Minneapolis has ensured Renee Good’s shooting, and its fallout, has received wide coverageAfter a federal immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with grisly videos quickly going…
ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/chatgpt-ads-in-revenue-boost
Published: January 16, 2026 18:24
Ads to be placed alongside answers as OpenAI looks to beef up revenue for flagship AI productChatGPT will start including advertisements beside answers for US users as OpenAI seeks a new revenue stream.The ads will be tested first in ChatGPT for US users…
Press advocates condemn Pentagon move to seize editorial control of Stars and Stripes
Published: January 16, 2026 16:07
Trump administration struck policy requiring news outlet to have civilian editor and independent ombudsmanPress freedom advocates have condemned a move by the Pentagon to seize editorial control of the independent Stars and Stripes newspaper, a daily…
Prominent PR firm accused of commissioning favourable changes to Wikipedia pages
Published: January 16, 2026 15:52
Portland Communications, founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief, linked to so-called black hat editsA high-profile PR company founded by Keir Starmer’s communications chief has been accused of commissioning changes to Wikipedia pages to make them…
BBC could soon make programmes for release first on YouTube under deal
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/16/bbc-programmes-youtube-deal
Published: January 16, 2026 15:29
Plan follows pressure on broadcaster to put more content on platform, but raises questions about licence feeUK politics live – latest updatesThe BBC could soon make programmes for YouTube, after being put under pressure to produce more content on the…
Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/sacked-tiktok-workers-uk-legal-action-union
Published: January 16, 2026 15:04
Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form unionTikTok moderators have accused the social media company of “oppressive and intimidating” union busting after it fired hundreds of workers in…
The arrival of Two-Face in the new Batman sequel bodes well for a doom-laden moral epic
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/16/two-face-new-batman-sequel-sebastian-stan
Published: January 16, 2026 13:44
Sebastian Stan is being eyed as district attorney Harvey Dent and his supervillain alter ego – can Gotham residents expect an improvement in the city’s patchy justice system?The arrival in Gotham City of Harvey Dent, AKA Two-Face, is rarely without…
‘It’s very embarrassing’: Sophie Turner on rage, romance and the horror of watching Game of Thrones
Published: January 16, 2026 13:00
She was a star at 14, learned how to act with the whole world watching, then stepped away to discover herself. Now she’s back in the new Tomb Raider – and a Die Hard-style thrillerSophie Turner has a screwball comedy vibe in real life – elegant trouser…
‘I have rewatched the show more than 60 times’: your favourite comfort TV
Published: January 16, 2026 10:13
From Gilmore Girls to Perry Mason, readers reveal the programmes that never fail to bring them joyI really think Toast of London is Matt Berry’s best work. It’s hilarious. The plots are daft, the cameos are often left-field but work well, and it has loads…
TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU
Published: January 16, 2026 08:34
Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around worldTikTok will begin to roll out new age-verification technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as calls for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow in…
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Published: January 16, 2026 07:00
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual contentX has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite…
Guardian’s Hope appeal raises more than £1m for charities opposing hatred
Published: January 16, 2026 07:00
Five organisations whose work fosters community, tolerance and empathy will share proceeds of readers’ generosityThe Guardian has raised more than £1m in its Hope appeal to support grassroots charities whose work offers a positive antidote to social…
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/15/cbs-news-ice-officer-injuries
Published: January 16, 2026 01:04
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroomSome CBS News employees expressed concern after the network cited two anonymous “US officials” on Wednesday to report…
Trump press secretary launches tirade against reporter who asked about ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/karoline-leavitt-journalist-tirade
Published: January 15, 2026 22:27
Karoline Leavitt brands journalist who asked about deaths in ICE custody and killing of Renee Good ‘a leftwing activist’The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, accused a reporter of being a “leftwing activist” during a heated confrontation on…
Eurovision song contest to go on tour to celebrate 70th anniversary
Published: January 15, 2026 18:04
‘Iconic performers’ will visit 10 European cities, as event reels from boycott over Israel’s 2026 participation The Eurovision song contest will go on its first ever tour to celebrate its 70th anniversary, its organiser has said, as it reels from a boycott…
Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/grok-ai-images-uk-limits-x-app-ofcom
Published: January 15, 2026 16:07
UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restrictedElon Musk’s X has announced it will stop the Grok AI tool from allowing users to manipulate images of people to…
More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under-16s in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/15/people-urge-mps-ban-social-media-under-16s-uk-starmer
Published: January 15, 2026 15:22
Letters sent using campaign group’s template as Keir Starmer indicates Australia-style move being consideredMPs’ inboxes have been flooded with letters calling for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s, as the prime minister indicated such a…
Matthew McConaughey trademarks ‘All right, all right, all right’ catchphrase in bid to beat AI fakes
Published: January 15, 2026 14:39
The Oscar winner intends to combat misuse of the famous line from Dazed and Confused by creating ‘a clear perimeter around ownership’ Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his image and voice – including his famous catchphrase: “All…
Amol Rajan to leave Radio 4’s Today programme to start own company
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/15/amol-rajan-leave-bbc-radio-4-today-start-own-company
Published: January 15, 2026 13:05
Presenter wants to ‘unleash my inner entrepreneur’ in creator economy but will still host University Challenge The presenter Amol Rajan is to leave BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, revealing he will “unleash my inner entrepreneur” by creating a company…
Has Joe Rogan fully soured on Trump’s presidency?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/joe-rogan-trump-ice-gestapo
Published: January 15, 2026 13:00
With a huge audience and serving as an avatar for millions of centrist Americans, Rogan compares ICE raids to GestapoJoe Rogan’s comparison of US immigration raids to Gestapo operations, made during a podcast episode earlier this week, has sparked…
More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says
Published: January 15, 2026 11:30
Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading banGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 4.7m social media accounts held by Australians who…
Sports piracy explodes in UK with 3.6bn illegal streams and rise of black-market bookmakers
Published: January 15, 2026 08:00
Unlicensed betting has surged over the last four yearsGambling Commission accused of underestimating issueThe number of illegal streams of sports events in Britain has more than doubled to 3.6bn in the past three years according to a new report, which…
Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualized images of real people
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-explicit-images
Published: January 15, 2026 01:56
Amid global backlash, billionaire had only hours earlier said he was not aware of any ‘naked underage images’Elon Musk’s xAI has announced it will block the ability of its Grok AI tool to alter images of real people to put them in “revealing clothing such…
X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images
Published: January 14, 2026 19:00
New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual imagesElon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law, after nearly a fortnight of…
FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson
Published: January 14, 2026 15:19
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials caseThe FBI raided the home of a Washington Post reporter early Wednesday in what the newspaper called a “highly unusual and aggressive” move by…
Phoenix Nights: 25 years since Peter Kay’s record-breaking TV comedy like no other
Published: January 14, 2026 11:13
The eccentric, sharp-eyed sitcom was so loved that it was once the fastest-selling DVD ever. A quarter of a century on from its Channel 4 debut, why has it fallen so far off the radar?There are few British comedy shows that were as popular, yet now…
I’m a crime writer. Here’s why we make the best Traitors contestants
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/14/crime-writers-ideal-the-traitors-contestants
Published: January 14, 2026 11:06
Barrister turned novelist Harriet Tyce is playing a blinder in the fourth series of the show. As a thriller writer myself, I recognise the traits that make her such a formidable FaithfulThis time last year a rumour swept through the close-knit British…
Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn
Published: January 14, 2026 10:00
While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits“Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn’t do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one enthusiast for the Elon Musk-owned AI…
Netflix ‘plans to switch to all-cash offer to seal $83bn Warner Bros deal’
Published: January 14, 2026 09:12
Aim is to speed up acquisition of WBD studio and streaming businesses and hold off rival Paramount bidNetflix is reportedly preparing to switch to an all-cash offer to seal its takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery…
Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting ride-share driver
Published: January 14, 2026 06:22
The 24 actor was taken into custody after officers responded to a call in Hollywood shortly after midnightKiefer Sutherland, who starred in the television series 24 and vampire flick The Lost Boys, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of assaulting a…
‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death
Published: January 14, 2026 05:00
On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, charm and endless generosity of one of Britain’s best-loved actorsRuby Wax Continue reading...
Trump says CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil wouldn’t have job if Kamala Harris had won
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/trump-cbs-interview-tony-dokoupil
Published: January 14, 2026 01:19
US president also says Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison, whom he called ‘amazing’, could be ‘bust’ if he’d lostDuring an interview with CBS Evening News, Donald Trump claimed new anchor Tony Dokoupil wouldn’t have his job if his opponent in the 2024…
Actor Timothy Busfield surrenders to face child sexual abuse charges in New Mexico
Published: January 13, 2026 21:13
Actor denies allegations of abuse centering on two preteen boys in video statement: ‘I’m going to confront these lies’The actor and director Timothy Busfield surrendered on Tuesday to New Mexico authorities, four days after they obtained a warrant to…
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Published: January 13, 2026 17:51
Chair decries platform’s ‘hostility to women and girls’Chris Boardman criticises ‘divisive’ conversationsSport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on X, because the social media platform “increasingly promotes and monetises an…
Trump may have to disclose details about assets as part of BBC lawsuit
Published: January 13, 2026 15:00
US president is suing for defamation over documentary that joined two parts of speech he made on 6 January 2021President Trump is expected to come under pressure to make rare disclosures about his properties and business interests as part of his $10bn…
Makers of Peaky Blinders ‘in advanced talks’ to merge with The Traitors producer
Published: January 13, 2026 14:03
Merger between Paris-based Banijay Group and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media would create a European TV production giant The world’s largest independent television production group, which is behind shows ranging from Peaky Blinders to Big Brother, is…
Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people
Published: January 13, 2026 12:00
PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people…
Can X be banned under UK law and what are the other options?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/can-x-be-banned-uk-law-ofcom-options-grok
Published: January 13, 2026 09:39
UK media regulator is investigating whether X has breached the Online Safety Act – what could happen next?The UK government is threatening Elon Musk’s X with the nuclear option under the country’s online safety laws: a ban. The social media platform is…
BBC seeks dismissal of $10bn Trump lawsuit over Panorama ‘fight like hell’ clip
Published: January 13, 2026 07:52
Broadcaster’s submission calls on Florida court to throw out defamation case where US president is suing over editing of 6 January 2021 speechThe BBC is to attempt to have Donald Trump’s $10bn defamation lawsuit over the editing of a speech for Panorama…
David Letterman calls CBS News a ‘wreck’ under newly installed leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/12/david-letterman-cbs-news-bari-weiss
Published: January 12, 2026 19:28
Former late-night host makes comments amid merger of CBS’s parent company Paramount with Skydance MediaThe former CBS late-night host David Letterman has criticized his old network, calling its news division a “wreck” under its newly installed…
The Guardian view on regulating big tech: politicians must back Ofcom’s challenge to Musk | Editorial
Published: January 12, 2026 18:50
A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the testThe unleashing on X (formerly Twitter) of a torrent of AI-generated images of women and children wearing bikinis, some in sexualised poses or with…
Social media is corrupting young minds – but a ban is not the answer | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/12/youth-social-media-ban-not-the-answer
Published: January 12, 2026 17:37
Kicking under-16s off the social platforms is tempting, but it ignores the root of the problem: the older generations who made them so toxic in the first placeKemi Badenoch is evolving into one of those politicians who, whatever she says, it’s not just…
Paramount to nominate directors to Warner Bros board to vote against Netflix deal
Published: January 12, 2026 15:56
Paramount also files lawsuit seeking disclosure of financial information related to $82.7bn agreementParamount Skydance plans to nominate directors to Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) board to vote against the approval of its deal with Netflix, and filed a…
Derek Martin obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/12/derek-martin-obituary
Published: January 12, 2026 15:54
Actor who played Charlie Slater in EastEnders and tough guy roles in TV shows including Law and Order and King & CastleThe actor Derek Martin, who has died after a short illness aged 92, played Charlie, the level-headed patriarch of the Slater family, in…
To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte
Published: January 12, 2026 15:18
It was hard for me to quit Elon Musk’s poisoned platform, but I urge others to do the same, especially in light of Grok’s imagery of women and childrenSome wars can’t be won. It can be hard to come to terms with this fact when you’re still on the…
Ofcom investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images
Published: January 12, 2026 11:02
Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishmentsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to…
UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children
Published: January 12, 2026 09:08
Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifiesBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares…
Guardian Hope appeal raises £950,000 for charities tackling racism and division
Published: January 12, 2026 07:00
Appeal, now in its final few days, raising funds for organisations trying to stop rise of hatred across UKDonate to our charity appeal hereGenerous Guardian readers have so far raised more than £950,000 as our Hope appeal supporting charities tackling…
The Golden Globes ceremony ignored politics. But their big winner taps today’s unhappy turbulence | Peter Bradshaw
Published: January 12, 2026 06:44
One Battle After Another engages with the tense climate of the second Trump administration unlike any other contenderNow that the political scene in the contemporary United States looks like an unending string of military PR coups for the Trumpian right at…
Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’
Published: January 12, 2026 06:00
Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report findsMedia companies expect web traffic to their sites from online searches to plummet over the next three years, as AI summaries and chatbots change the…
‘Act of family vengeance’: French defamation case highlights perils of writing autofiction
Published: January 12, 2026 06:00
Complaint against Cécile Desprairies over Nazi collusion novel alleges that ‘resentment permeates the entire work’The Polish poet Czesław Miłosz is famously credited with the line: “When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.” In…
One Battle After Another and Adolescence dominate 83rd Golden Globes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/11/one-battle-after-another-adolescence-golden-globes
Published: January 12, 2026 04:28
Paul Thomas Anderson’s comedy thriller and the Netflix breakout drama took home major awards with Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley also winningGolden Globes 2026: the full list of winnersPeter Bradshaw on the winnersOne Battle After Another and…
Derek Martin, who played Charlie Slater in EastEnders, dies aged 92
Published: January 11, 2026 17:23
Boy born in Bow would go on to play the devoted father and taxi driver in the BBC One soap between 2000 and 2011Derek Martin, who starred as Charlie Slater in EastEnders, has died aged 92.Martin played the devoted father and taxi driver on the BBC One soap…
Netflix and Paramount deals are both wrong for Warner Bros Discovery – and democracy
Published: January 11, 2026 17:00
A congressional hearing this week underscored the danger a WBD deal would pose to journalism and the American publicDonald Trump wants CNN sold. He has said so repeatedly and publicly, demanding it “should be sold” in any deal involving Warner Bros…
Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating O-1 visa requests: ‘This is the American dream now’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/onlyfans-influencers-us-o-1-visa
Published: January 11, 2026 15:00
Content creators are leverging their high follower counts to apply for the visa for ‘individuals with extraordinary ability’Content creators and influencers in the US are now increasingly dominating requests for O-1 work visas. Astoundingly, the number of…
Rightwing bloggers and Maga minions: meet the Trump-loving Pentagon press corps
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/11/rightwing-pentagon-press-corps-trump-media
Published: January 11, 2026 13:00
A group of reporters meant to hold the Pentagon to account is full of pro-Trump sycophants … what could go wrong?After US troops swarmed into Venezuela, seizing the country’s president and his wife, there was little to be heard from the Pentagon.Typically,…
Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban under-16s from ‘addictive’ social media
Published: January 11, 2026 10:46
Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms ‘profiting from their anxiety’UK politics live – latest updatesThe Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent addictive platforms fuelling…
‘There’s nothing better on TV’: behind the scenes of Industry, the high-stakes finance drama that has everyone hooked
Published: January 11, 2026 10:00
Created by two uni mates whose last gig was a David Hasselhoff comedy, the series has become a star-making transatlantic hit. Now it’s back for an intense fourth season that heads everywhere from Ghana to SunderlandSpoiler alert: this article contains…
‘It restored my hope’: the five charities at the heart of the Guardian’s 2025 appeal
Published: January 11, 2026 08:00
More than £900,000 has been raised for local groups bringing people together, with the appeal closing this weekDonate to our charity appeal hereThe Guardian’s 2025 charity appeal theme has been about hope: practical and inspiring grassroots voluntary…
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong says he struggles with impostor syndrome
Published: January 11, 2026 00:01
Award-winning screenwriter tells Desert Island Discs that success has not silenced self-doubtThe award-winning screenwriter Jesse Armstrong has said a writers’ room can feel like “walking on the moon” when it is working well, but has admitted to…
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
Published: January 11, 2026 00:01
NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental healthOne of the UK’s biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and…
Beyond Keane’s stick-it-up-your-bollocks, there isn’t much else to Saipan | Jonathan Wilson
Published: January 10, 2026 20:00
Why is the film of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup falling-out not a documentary but a drama that takes liberties with events?All history is to some extent narrative. You cannot tell a story without in some way editing it, reducing it, compressing it. Which means…
I tried to make my dog go viral on social media – it taught me more than I expected
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/11/tried-to-make-dog-go-viral-on-social-media
Published: January 10, 2026 19:00
Making a star of Murphy the labrador seemed like a harmless and plausible quest. But I hadn’t reckoned with all kinds of costsRead more summer essentialsEddie sits at a cafe dressed in a turtleneck and blue beret. “On a scale of 10-10, rate how good I…
David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/10/ai-generated-sexualised-images-x-jd-vance-grok
Published: January 10, 2026 17:00
Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PMJD Vance, the US vice-president, has agreed that it is “entirely unacceptable” for platforms such as X to allow the proliferation of AI-generated…
Iranian cultural figures condemn internet blackout as ‘blatant tool of repression’
Published: January 10, 2026 14:35
Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Golshifteh Farahani among those to join outpouring of support for protestersThe Iranian film-makers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof have condemned the internet blackout in their country as a “blatant tool of…
‘Bring me a gigantic Gladiator who can cradle me like a baby!’: behind the scenes of the most joyous show on TV
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/10/gladiators-behind-the-scenes-itv
Published: January 10, 2026 12:00
When it first returned to our screens, people said Gladiators was a tired format. They had clearly forgotten the joy of watching half-clad hulks with silly names go to battle, says superfan Helen Pidd as she heads backstageWhen Gladiators is filming at the…
Inside Tony Dokoupil’s chaotic first week as the CBS Evening News anchor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/10/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-anchor-first-week
Published: January 10, 2026 11:00
The revamped US broadcast has endured a rough start with changed plans, big interviews, social media criticism and an abrupt firingAs traditional TV audiences continue to decline, and more Americans switch to streaming platforms and social media, it’s…
Golden Globes 2026: who will win and who should win the film awards?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/10/golden-globes-2026-who-will-win
Published: January 10, 2026 10:02
This weekend promises a Hollywood showdown with films including Sinners, Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another up for major awardsAfter a year that was notoriously close to call (did anyone initially see Anora emerging as the ultimate victor?), this…
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
Published: January 10, 2026 08:00
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our livesIt’s been 25 years since I started working for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an American nonprofit dedicated to…
Premier League rights may end up at Netflix despite reluctant football romance
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/10/premier-league-netflix-paramount-skydance-wbd-media
Published: January 10, 2026 06:00
As Netflix and Paramount Skydance clash over WBD, football rights once considered peripheral could become central to the future of UK streamingNetflix has spent years politely rebuffing Premier League and Uefa entreaties to bid for their TV rights, so it…
Bafta 2026 film awards longlists hope to avoid #BaftasSoWhite diversity criticism
Published: January 9, 2026 15:27
With strong showings for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and target hit for 50% female directors, criticism that has dogged the prizes in recent years may have been headed offFor now, the Bafta film awards appears to have headed off further criticism over its…
How independent journalism is a form of resistance: ‘I’m not answering to anyone’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/independent-journalism-resistance-trump
Published: January 9, 2026 13:49
Trump’s attacks on mainstream media have opened a window for journalists who want to operate independentlyWhen Donald Trump retook office last January, many national newsrooms braced for what lay ahead. There was the expected firehose of news, with the…
Stop the blues a-callin’! It’s our guide to the ultimate comfort TV
Published: January 9, 2026 13:00
An afterlife sitcom, an angry penguin, tossed salad and scrambled eggs, and a Corby trouser press … our writers pick the shows they would happily watch on a loop for everI love every character and every aspect of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. There isn’t a weak link…
X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers
Published: January 9, 2026 12:26
Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imageryBusiness live – latest updatesUK revenues at Elon Musk’s X fell by almost 60% in a year as advertisers pulled their spending over concerns…
Spotify no longer running ICE recruitment ads, after US government campaign ends
Published: January 9, 2026 12:19
The ad campaign ended in late 2025, the Swedish streaming giant confirmed, having previously said, despite protests, that it did not violate advertising policiesSpotify is no long running advertisements for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),…
What is Marvel up to with its Avengers: Doomsday trailers?
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/09/marvel-avengers-doomsday-trailers
Published: January 9, 2026 11:38
Teaser reels for next December’s coming episode give no clues to the story, still less to how these old characters are returning via the multiverseAvengers: Doomsday may still be almost a year off, but already it feels as if Hollywood has entered a new era…
One awards battle after another: A-listers face off at this year’s Golden Globes
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/09/golden-globes-preview
Published: January 9, 2026 10:03
Big names from Leonardo DiCaprio to Timothée Chalamet are aiming for a win at Hollywood’s most important Oscars precursorHollywood’s A-list will assemble this weekend for the 83rd Golden Globes ceremony, a night that will reveal where this year’s Oscars…
If Black contestants get a raw deal on The Traitors, that definitely is reality TV | Athena Kugblenu
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/black-contestants-the-traitors-reality-tv
Published: January 9, 2026 08:00
We shouldn’t be surprised when our experiences on competitive TV shows or the football field are consistent with everyday lifeHas the world gone woke? Some would have you believe it has, but I disagree. We’re not very “woke” if we’re still surprised when…
The Guardian view on Ofcom versus Grok: chatbots cannot be allowed to undress children. | Editorial
Published: January 8, 2026 18:49
A wave of humiliating sexualised imagery must prompt regulators and politicians to step upAn online trend involving asking Grok, the Elon Musk-owned chatbot, to undress photographs of women and girls and show them wearing bikinis has rightly sparked…
Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/08/us-media-trump-venezuela-raid
Published: January 8, 2026 17:00
An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage – and not just among right-leaning outletsIf you believe the early public opinion polls, Americans are uncertain about last weekend’s raid on Venezuela and the seizure of the country’s leader, Nicolás…
Hundreds of nonconsensual AI images being created by Grok on X, data shows
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/grok-x-nonconsensual-images
Published: January 8, 2026 17:00
Sample of roughly 500 posts shows how frequently people are creating sexualized images with Elon Musk’s AI chatbotNew research that samples X users prompting Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok demonstrates how frequently people are creating sexualized images with…
Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation
Published: January 8, 2026 15:40
Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned siteThe BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, has said he will not be taking the broadcaster off Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, saying that its…
Cable news networks scramble to cover fatal Minnesota ICE shooting – with both caution and commentary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/minnesota-ice-shooting-coverage
Published: January 7, 2026 23:04
Networks brought on former federal and police officials, with varying reactions and responses to Minneapolis killingCable news networks sprung into action on Wednesday to cover the breaking news of a woman killed by a federal immigration agent in…
Huw Edwards’s downfall to be dramatised in two-part Channel 5 series
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/07/huw-edwards-channel-5-series-martin-clunes
Published: January 7, 2026 20:00
Martin Clunes will play former BBC anchor in drama that depicts Edwards’s alleged grooming of a teenagerThe downfall of former BBC presenter Huw Edwards is to be dramatised in a two-part television series, including a depiction of his alleged grooming of a…
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Published: January 7, 2026 17:40
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and childrenUK politics live – latest updatesThe Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site’s AI tool…
UK and Ireland cinema takings on post-pandemic high as A Minecraft Movie tops 2025 box office
Published: January 7, 2026 14:46
Video game spinoff was the highest-grossing film of the year at £56.88m as the sector continued its recovery after CovidThe UK and Irish box office has recorded its best annual performance since the Covid pandemic, with A Minecraft Movie ending 2025 as the…
Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject ‘inadequate’ $108bn Paramount bid
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/07/warner-bros-shareholders-paramount-takeover-bid
Published: January 7, 2026 13:52
Board unwilling to accept hostile takeover despite $40bn guarantee from billionaire Larry EllisonWarner Bros Discovery (WBD) has again told its shareholders to reject an “inadequate” $108.4bn (£80bn) hostile takeover bid by Paramount Skydance amid an…
‘It was overwhelming’: Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity – and starring in Bridgerton
Published: January 7, 2026 10:00
As a teenager, the actor landed her first ever job in the blockbuster film series. The experience was fun – but also led to horrendous online abuse. Now she’s back, playing a tough and surprising matriarch in the Regency smash hitSome actors might have…
Maga media stars back Trump on Venezuela … mostly: ‘It doesn’t make any sense’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/maga-stars-trump-venezuela
Published: January 7, 2026 10:00
Maga media used to hate US foreign intervention – now some are cheering it on“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars,” Donald Trump said after declaring victory on 6 November 2024. It wasn’t his first pledge to disengage the US from foreign…
Elon Musk’s xAI announces it has raised $20bn amid backlash over Grok deepfakes
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-xai-investment-grok-backlash
Published: January 6, 2026 22:31
AI company’s chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and girlsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has raised $20bn in its latest funding round, the startup announced Tuesday, even as its marquee…
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister
Published: January 6, 2026 16:56
Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government responseThe UK technology secretary has called a wave of images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed generated by Elon Musk’s…
Bill Hagerty obituary
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/06/bill-hagerty-obituary
Published: January 6, 2026 15:45
Fleet Street editor and defender of press freedom who worked on Alastair Campbell’s diariesThe journalistic career of the former Fleet Street editor Bill Hagerty, who has died aged 86, had an extraordinary span of 70 years and almost exactly mirrored the…
Now Musk’s Grok chatbot is creating sexualised images of children. If the law won’t stop it, perhaps his investors will | Sophia Smith Galer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-children-x-owner
Published: January 6, 2026 15:30
The owner of X has grown used to acting with impunity – but this may be a red line for those with ‘conservative values’ who fund his adventures in free speechIt’s a sickening law of the internet that the first thing people will try to do with a new tool is…
Putin as a Russian James Bond? Jude Law’s Vladimir film seems to have swallowed Kremlin myths | Natasha Kiseleva
Published: January 6, 2026 15:26
In The Wizard of the Kremlin, Jude Law plays Russia’s president as a cool, reluctant leader, a strategist who got the job because he was young, athletic and a spy. This is a creation far removed from the man himselfLast year, speaking at the Venice film…
Global buys majority stake in Gary Neville’s YouTube group The Overlap
Published: January 6, 2026 13:57
European media giant aims to emulate success of sports podcast network Goalhanger, founded by Gary Lineker The YouTube media business co-founded by Gary Neville has been bought by one of Europe’s biggest commercial radio companies, in the latest sign of…
From Alan Carr to a revenge-hungry daughter: who is the Secret Traitor?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/06/who-is-the-secret-traitor-bbc
Published: January 6, 2026 13:13
Here are the wildest theories about who is beneath the red cloak. Brace yourself for handwriting analysis, Jekyll and Hyde vibes and crucial slips of the tongueIt’s the question on everyone’s lips. No, not “Why am I half a stone heavier and in dire need of…
Warning over TikTok scam using AI-generated videos of Spain’s Princess Leonor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/tiktok-scam-warning-ai-videos-princess-leonor-spain
Published: January 6, 2026 12:50
Princess of Asturias Foundation says fraudsters are using fake profiles and videos purporting to show heir to Spanish throneA foundation representing Princess Leonor, the 20-year-old heir to the Spanish throne, has warned that scammers are using…
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