After Meghan appeared on MasterChef Australia this year, co-host Poh Ling Yeow says being reunited with the Duchess on the children’s version ‘will be a real treat’The Duchess of Sussex is set to co-host Junior MasterChef Australia, the children’s version of the popular televised cooking competition, in 2027.Meghan made her debut appearance on the adult version of MasterChef Australia in July this year, which was filmed during a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/14/prince-harry-and-meghans-faux-royal-australian-tour">four-day visit to Australia</a> with Prince Harry in April. Network 10 said the Duchess’s appearance on the show drew its “largest Sunday audience since 2023”. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-junior-masterchef-australia-it-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

After Meghan appeared on MasterChef Australia this year, co-host Poh Ling Yeow says being reunited with the Duchess on the children’s version ‘will be a ...

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to co-host Junior MasterChef Australia: ‘It was an easy yes’

Brand, charged with rape and sexual assault, was ‘sleeping with people day and night’, former assistant alleges Russell Brand had an “insane sexual appetite” and his bad behaviour was “normalised and dismissed” by those around him, his former personal assistant has told a court.Helen Berger alleged she had seen Brand treat women badly and that she once had to stop his mother and girlfriend walking in on him having sex with someone in his dressing room. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/26/russell-brand-trial-personal-assistant-evidence">Continue reading...</a>

Brand, charged with rape and sexual assault, was ‘sleeping with people day and night’, former assistant alleges

Russell Brand had ‘insane sexual appetite’ and his bad behaviour was normalised, trial told

Tech firm announces two-part fundraising after Elon Musk warns hundreds of AI startups face collapseMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced plans for $95bn (£71bn) of fundraising to cover its AI expenditure, even as Elon Musk warned that funding for smaller players in the sector was drying up.The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is a leading investor in AI and is ploughing multibillion-dollar sums into datacentres, the central nervous systems of the technology. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/meta-plans-95bn-stock-offering-to-help-cover-ai-expansion">Continue reading...</a>

Tech firm announces two-part fundraising after Elon Musk warns hundreds of AI startups face collapse

Meta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansion

<ul><li>Channel 5 in advanced talks over highlights package</li><li>Opening game may be also be free-to-air in deal</li></ul>TNT Sports is close to securing live UK rights for England’s white-ball tour of Australia next month in a deal that could see one of the matches broadcast free-to-air on Channel 5.The Guardian has learned that Channel 5 is also in advanced talks with Cricket Australia over a highlights package for the eight-match tour, with the ­terrestrial broadcaster also in discussions over securing live rights for one of the five T20 ­internationals. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/26/tnt-sports-close-to-securing-live-uk-rights-england-white-ball-limited-overs-tour-australia-cricket">Continue reading...</a>

Channel 5 in advanced talks over highlights package

TNT Sports close to securing live UK rights for England white-ball cricket tour of Australia

The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writerWalter Koenig, the actor known for playing Pavel Chekov throughout the Star Trek franchise, has died, his representative confirmed to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/walter-koenig-dead-chekov-star-trek-russian-1236740088/">the Hollywood Reporter</a>. He was 90.Koenig died at his home in North Hollywood surrounded by his daughter and niece, according to a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.facebook.com/GalacticProds/posts/pfbid02hfVCP4dLWz4Zs1qxzoA9Q8Q7ar62VBhggPVpFRVB7LiYV76Fyn7KWHdn61ovja9Wl">Facebook post</a> by Zachery McGinnis, the founder of Galactic Productions, an appearance agency that counted the actor as one of its clients. His death was attributed to “old age”, with no other details provided.This article was amended on 26 October, 2026 to correct details on Koenig’s cameo on Star Trek: Picard. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/26/walter-koenig-actor-star-trek-dies">Continue reading...</a>

The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writer

Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90

My friend Andrew Willsmore, who has died aged 74, was a documentary film editor. His credits included Paul Hamann’s 14 Days in May (1987), about a prisoner awaiting execution in Mississippi, and The Duty Men (also 1987), for which he won a Bafta Craft award.He also edited Comrades (1985-86), a series about everyday life in the Soviet Union made by Richard Denton, Alan Bookbinder and me, as well as Chris Terrill’s HMS Brilliant (1995) and The Cruise (1998), which launched Jane McDonald’s television career. In addition he won a second Bafta for the first series of The Apprentice (2005). <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/26/andrew-willsmore-obituary">Continue reading...</a>

My friend Andrew Willsmore, who has died aged 74, was a documentary film editor. His credits included Paul Hamann’s 14 Days in May (1987), about a prison...

Andrew Willsmore obituary

Trump lashes out on Maher after the host interviewed former White House press secretary Karoline LeavittDonald Trump launched a 1,300-word <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117504266048722465">social media rant</a> against the late-night US TV host <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/26/bill-maher-kennedy-center-mark-twain-award">Bill Maher </a>on Sunday evening, calling him a “TOTAL LOSER” in a fresh assault on the media.“Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher,” the US president wrote. “He’s got a Low Rated Show on equally Low Rated HBO, which was once, long ago, a Network of Quality and Excitement – But that’s all gone.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-bill-maher-truth-social-rant">Continue reading...</a>

Trump lashes out on Maher after the host interviewed former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

Trump calls Bill Maher a ‘total loser’ in 1,300-word Truth Social rant

Photographer Zeinab Faraj, 21, found herself buried under rubble beside a dying colleague while reporting in Lebanon. She had never expected to be the target of an Israeli missile attack.It was mid-April and after a month of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon, Israel <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/trump-announces-10-day-ceasefire-in-lebanon-after-excellent-conversations">agreed to a ceasefire</a>. Much of the bombing had focused on southern Lebanon, where entire villages had been demolished. But with the truce, people were hopeful of being able to return to their homes or to see what remained.Zeinab Faraj, a 21-year-old photojournalist, decided to join Amal Khalil, 42, a newspaper reporter in Lebanon, on a trip to an area in the south of the country to document the aftermath of war. The two had worked together on a number of assignments after Khalil had seen Faraj’s work on social media and contacted her. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/zeinab-faraj-journalist-surviving-israel-drone-attack">Continue reading...</a>

Photographer Zeinab Faraj, 21, found herself buried under rubble beside a dying colleague while reporting in Lebanon. She had never expected to be the ta...

I saw a drone suddenly descend towards me. My heart started pounding and I thought, ‘Is this the end of my life?’

Actor’s storylines in the famous soap will be recut into vertical micro-episodes to be watched on phones – but her fellow cast members say they haven’t been consultedThe long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours is being recut with AI into a microdrama designed to be watched on phones, sparking a debate among the show’s actors and the industry over the wider implications of television archives being mined for new content.RoseBerry Media, which specialises in making “vertical television” for phones, has repurposed original episodes of Neighbours for distribution on its Epis platform, using an AI-assisted production tool called RedSnapper. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/26/neighbours-soap-recut-ai-microdrama-mobile-series-feat-margot-robbie">Continue reading...</a>

Actor’s storylines in the famous soap will be recut into vertical micro-episodes to be watched on phones – but her fellow cast members say they haven’t b...

Neighbours is being recut into a microdrama focused on Margot Robbie – and her co-stars aren’t happy

She’s back with another book – and it’s a lot like the last one. Our sketchwriter spares you the 100 pagesHI!!! It’S mE Liz. THe TrUssTER. GueSS wHat? I’vE oNLy GOnE aND RiTTen anOTHer BoOK. IT’s called The NUT JOB. IMaGIne!!!. And iT’S DefiNATly tHE mosT ImPORtanT BoOk iN ThE EntIRe uniVErSE. ThE Wun NOWun wanTs yOU to Reed. PartLY BecOz ItS ThE SaME aS tHe laST WuNN. BuT MAInly BECoz tHE BLOBB iZ tryINg tO SileNCe mE.FaKt ONE. I tried to get CHATgpT to RigHT this for me. But it replied that while AI was a useful tool for WriTTing all kinDs of ConsPIRacy theories, even it had standards. Not Even IT coulD CoME up wiV SomeThinG ThiS BaD. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/26/liz-truss-bank-job-digested-by-john-crace">Continue reading...</a>

She’s back with another book – and it’s a lot like the last one. Our sketchwriter spares you the 100 pages

‘I, The TrUssTER, will NeveR die’ – Liz Truss’s Bank Job, digested by John Crace

Nathan Fielder’s three-hour Elizabeth Holmes film has become a pop culture phenomenon but at a sold-out Times Square screening, no one was quite sure what to think<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/22/you-can-see-everything-elizabeth-holmes-billy-evans-villain">In You Can See Everything, it’s Elizabeth Holmes’s partner who makes for 2026’s timeliest villain</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/19/you-can-see-everything-movie-spoilers-success">Secrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how You Can See Everything became the film of the year</a></li></ul>When I see a film a second time during its theatrical run, it’s typically to take someone else who hasn’t yet seen it, at least in part hoping to witness their reaction to a piece of art that excited or moved me in some way. Seeing Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/you-can-see-everything-movie-review">You Can See Everything</a> a second time in New York City on a Saturday night was that impulse writ larger. This is a movie garnering a surprisingly sizable audience, and outsized audience reactions to go along with it; rewatching it in a full 300-seat auditorium offered the opportunity to re-experience that sense of discovery. Perhaps more to the point, almost everyone I knew had seen it already; all I could do was observe strangers.This documentary, peering into (and helping to create) a hall of mirrors around the famed med-tech scammer Elizabeth Holmes, has become the box office story of the fall, actually rising 25% on its second weekend to gross another $19.5m – a rare feat even given its expanded screen count. With over $45m in North America, it’s already one of A24’s biggest movies ever; it could wind up in the company’s top three, and way up on the list of the highest-grossing nonfiction features. If You Can See Everything isn’t quite an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/12/obsession-horror-film-hollywood">Obsession</a>-level cash cow, it’s probably even more surprising that a three-hour documentary whose existence was only announced about eight weeks ago is on track to make more money than high-profile new releases like Practical Magic 2, Verity and Street Fighter, among others. It’s also outgrossed co-director Oppenheim’s fellow A24 surprise hit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/07/primetime-review-robert-pattinson-venice-film-festival-lance-oppenheim">Primetime</a>, which has the benefit of genuine movie star Robert Pattinson. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/26/you-can-see-everything-cultural-moment">Continue reading...</a>

Nathan Fielder’s three-hour Elizabeth Holmes film has become a pop culture phenomenon but at a sold-out Times Square screening, no one was quite sure wha...

‘A cultural moment’: smash hit doc You Can See Everything continues to dazzle America

The closure of former WH Smith stores around the UK is sobering on many levels. The publications they sold were there to be perused, to broaden horizonsTowards the end of the 1970s, the brief but spectacular career of those punk rockers and folk devils the Sex Pistols was followed by The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, a rather tawdry drama-documentary. It recast their rise and fall as a huge scam, summed up by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://prfmlorain.com/punk-icon-malcolm-mclaren/">a slogan on a T-shirt</a> worn by their former manager Malcolm McLaren: “Cash from Chaos”.Back then, that motto was a neat representation of his personal brand of cultural mischief. But the culture always takes unexpected twists and turns – and 50 years on, an almost-identical maxim seems to be defining the fate of an increasing chunk of the British retail economy. While Andy Burnham pledges <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/25/burnham-pledges-extra-210m-regenerate-high-streets">to restore life to town centres</a>, a private equity outfit is busy buying up national retail chains and then shutting down scores of their outlets, while seemingly operating in line with its boss’s most celebrated <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ft.com/content/6b803a58-8940-47ae-bdb7-ff480e48d058?syn-25a6b1a6=1">quotation</a>: “Where there’s chaos, there’s opportunity.”John Harris is a Guardian columnist <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/25/as-a-young-man-magazines-were-my-window-to-the-world-that-wonder-will-be-lost-when-all-the-shops-have-gone">Continue reading...</a>

The closure of former WH Smith stores around the UK is sobering on many levels. The publications they sold were there to be perused, to broaden horizons

As a young man, magazines were my window to the world. That wonder will be lost when all the shops have gone | John Harris

In his rogue new travelogue, the Hollywood star tees off, has drunken pub singalongs – but mostly just proves how tired he is of fameI’m suspicious of travelogues, which often feature celebrities in contrived situations, serving up a sentimental postcard of a place that is tantamount to a lie. I also hate how famous people are inexorably drawn to golf: a boring game historically predicated on a rancid mix of social exclusivity and extensive land ownership. So it was perverse of me to watch a show in which author Tom Coyne drives around Ireland playing various courses with his friend, actor Bill Murray. It’s the perfect intersection of none of my interests.I was, however, hooked by a strange promise in A Course Called Ireland’s introductory sequence. “This is not a show about golf,” it says. “It’s not even a show about Bill Murray.” This was immediately followed by a scene in which an Irish woman standing by the roadside misidentified the actor as&nbsp;Bill Cosby. OK, I thought. What&nbsp;are they teeing up here? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/24/a-course-called-ireland-bill-murray-clearly-hated-making-his-new-golfing-show-but-its-extremely-fun-to-binge">Continue reading...</a>

In his rogue new travelogue, the Hollywood star tees off, has drunken pub singalongs – but mostly just proves how tired he is of fame

A Course Called Ireland: Bill Murray clearly hated making his new golfing show – but it’s extremely fun to binge

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X is nudging users to promote their posts with a pointing hand, and people are confused

Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent. 

How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant

An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.


An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a trainin...

Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing

Turns out selling to big companies isn’t about having the shiniest tech: It’s about hitching a ride on a giant’s sales team.

Databricks co-founder shares his secrets for winning big enterprise customers

After years in which every social platform (even LinkedIn!) aggressively pursued short-form video, this is a notable shift in strategy for Instagram.

Watch out, YouTube — Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos

A small number of early adopters of the much-hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking. 

Uh-oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it

Fusion startups face a new challenge, one unrelated to plasma physics: Give the government shares in exchange for funding awards or go it alone?

Fusion startups are giving the government shares in exchange for awards. Is it worth it?

Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.

Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled...

This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding

Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier.

Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook remi...

Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked

The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.

SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo

The buyout offers mark Microsoft's latest efforts to cut costs and rework its workforce.

Microsoft offers buyouts to around 60,000 employees

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure des...

Anthropic officially files for its public debut

The new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design than its predecessor.

Apple unveils new iPad mini with OLED display and faster A20 Pro chip

Matiks has introduced a new platform for users to create games using AI.

Matiks raises $10M to expand its math and puzzle gaming platform

Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla's FSD software.

Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised)

There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for you.

There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for ...

The best apps for tracking your reading and discovering new books

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world."

‘Cyberselfish’ author takes aim at techno-libertarianism as her book returns from the dead

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."

"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America ...

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

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