Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted onlineRoyals and celebrities are being warned by their representatives and advisers to watch what they say when they are out of the house – or palace – as a lip-reading phenomenon means videos can be posted online and translated in seconds.Prince William was recently embroiled after a video of him speaking to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was translated by an expert lip-reader who was working as part of a forthcoming Channel 5 documentary, Lip-Reading the Royals. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/15/royals-and-celebrities-warned-to-watch-words-as-lip-reading-videos-go-viral">Continue reading...</a>

Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted online

Royals and celebrities warned to watch words as lip-reading videos go viral

Network has faced Trump’s ire and Pleitgen has faced criticism, but it is ‘better to be on the ground’ he saysFrederik Pleitgen, CNN’s senior international correspondent, had a pretty normal Thursday evening – at home in Berlin with his family, he walked his two Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs and spent some time with his two teenagers.That return to normalcy came after spending a week in war-torn Iran as the only western television correspondent given a visa to report from the country. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/cnn-frederik-pleitgen-journalist-iran">Continue reading...</a>

Network has faced Trump’s ire and Pleitgen has faced criticism, but it is ‘better to be on the ground’ he says

CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen on being the only western journalist in Iran: ‘It’s obviously a big responsibility’

Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel SpringerThe day after Lord Rothermere was gazumped in his pursuit of the Telegraph by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/06/axel-springer-buy-telegraph-daily-mail-owner">Axel Springer’s £575m knockout offer</a>, the Daily Mail owner was pictured beaming at Rupert Murdoch’s 95th birthday party in New York.As guests at the star-studded black tie celebration at The Grill in Manhattan listened to Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman sing numbers such as Fly Me to the Moon, the 58-year-old media mogul may have been wondering how his almost three-decade dream to unite the titles within one right-leaning stable had fallen at the final hurdle. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/15/telegraph-sale-axel-springer-lord-rothermere-daily-mail">Continue reading...</a>

Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer

‘No one saw this coming’: will the surprise Telegraph winner change the paper’s direction?

SNL is a US comedy institution – can a British version rise to the challenge of finding the funny in our comparatively beige politicians every week? We speak to the team hand-picked to do just thatIt is the calm before the storm. The storm being the impending debut of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/10/sky-tv-uk-version-saturday-night-live-lorne-michaels">Saturday Night Live UK</a>, our very own version of the US’s headline-grabbing, agenda-setting, impossibly influential TV comedy institution. The calm is a group of performers and writers sitting round a table in a bare-walled boardroom in west London’s Television Centre, seemingly unperturbed by the gargantuan task of staging a live sketch show – most of which will be written in the week of broadcast – or the prospect of a scathing reaction to it. Can SNL UK breathe new life into our ailing comedy industry? Or will the format fail spectacularly on these shores? I come away convinced I’m more nervous about finding out than the cast and crew are about actually making it.Perhaps they’re just having too much fun. For the past four weeks, 11 performers and 20 writers have been spending every weekday together in this very building, hashing out premises for skits, workshopping each other’s material and “finding the alchemy”, as cast member and standup <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/aug/17/ayoade-bamgboye-swings-and-roundabouts-review-commanding-comics-thrilling-debut">Ayoade Bamgboye</a> puts it. For another, actor and TikToker Jack Shep, it’s been like “comedy boarding school”. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/saturday-night-live-uk-cast-interview-sky-one">Continue reading...</a>

SNL is a US comedy institution – can a British version rise to the challenge of finding the funny in our comparatively beige politicians every week? We s...

‘How could this be anything other than funny?!’ Behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live UK

Exceptionally rare ‘fee’ to be paid by investors who took control of US operations from Chinese parent companyDonald <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump’s administration</a> is reportedly poised to be paid $10bn by investors as part of a deal to create a US-controlled version of TikTok.The $10bn, considered by the US government as a sort of transaction fee, will be paid by the administration-friendly investors who took control of TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, according to reporting that first <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-deal-fee-trump-administration-5aa31c9f?st=m5R14t&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share">appeared in the Wall Street Journal</a>. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/tiktok-trump-administration-10bn">Continue reading...</a>

Exceptionally rare ‘fee’ to be paid by investors who took control of US operations from Chinese parent company

Trump administration reportedly set to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal

Sources tell Reuters layoffs could affect 20% or more of company as plans reflect broader tensions within big techMeta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers.No date has been set for the cuts and the magnitude has not been finalized, the people said. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/13/meta-layoffs-ai">Continue reading...</a>

Sources tell Reuters layoffs could affect 20% or more of company as plans reflect broader tensions within big tech

Meta reportedly plans sweeping layoffs as AI costs increase

Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting two girlsAn investigation has been launched into the death of the actor John Alford after he died in prison two months into a sentence for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.Alford, 54, was jailed for eight and a half years in January after he was found guilty of the assaults, which occurred during a party at a friend’s home. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/14/londons-burning-actor-john-alford-54-dies-in-prison">Continue reading...</a>

Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting two girls

London’s Burning actor John Alford dies in prison aged 54

Motaz Malhees is an actor in The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a Palestinian girl killed by the IDF in Gaza in 2024Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said a travel ban imposed by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> is preventing him from attending Sunday’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/oscars">Academy Awards</a>, whose nominees include a movie in which he has a starring role.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/04/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-review-provocative-docufiction-is-fierce-urgent-and-heart-shattering">The Voice of Hind Rajab</a>, a film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2024, has been nominated for best international feature film. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/14/palestinian-actor-oscars-travel-ban">Continue reading...</a>

Motaz Malhees is an actor in The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a Palestinian girl killed by the IDF in Gaza in 2024

Palestinian actor says he can’t attend Oscars because of US travel ban

The black-and-white shows were first broadcast in 1965, and will be available to watch next month on BBC iPlayerTwo lost episodes of Doctor Who unseen since airing in the 1960s have been discovered in a cardboard box belonging to a deceased film aficionado.The film cans, which were wrapped in plastic bags, have now been regenerated by BBC archivists and will be available next month on iPlayer. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/13/two-lost-doctor-who-episodes-from-the-1960s-found-and-regenerated">Continue reading...</a>

The black-and-white shows were first broadcast in 1965, and will be available to watch next month on BBC iPlayer

Two lost Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s found … and regenerated

It’s hard to be transported by the glitz and glamour when it’s constantly overshadowed by some white-hot new horrorIt’s been a full decade now since I <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/oscars-experience-red-carpet-reality-stars-jared-leto">attended the Academy Awards ceremony</a> for this very same publication, and chat, I am feeling, like, totally cooked. I’m so unc’d, it’s cringe, fam.The article was titled “My first Oscars”, which is a terribly presumptuous statement, because it assumes there will be a second or a third. Despite my best efforts, it remains my only Oscars. I reread the piece to prepare to once again write about the Academy Awards for the Guardian, and I was shocked by how mundane the whole experience came across on the page. As befitting the much younger, more crass version of myself, there was a lot of eyerolling and snark about how soulless the event was. Also, I wouldn’t stop talking about seeing Gary Busey.Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/oscars-us-crisis-film">Continue reading...</a>

It’s hard to be transported by the glitz and glamour when it’s constantly overshadowed by some white-hot new horror

The Oscars feel silly in an era of endless crisis. But film still matters | Dave Schilling

Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with ‘Human Authored’ logos and an empty book. The government must listenIn a scene that might have come from a dystopian novel, books were being stamped with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://societyofauthors.org/2026/03/11/human-authored-scheme-launched-as-generative-ai-threatens-authors-livelihoods/#:~:text=News-,Human%20Authored%20scheme%20launched%20as%20generative%20AI%20threatens%20authors%E2%80%99%20livelihoods,supporting%20the%20Human%20Authored%20scheme">“Human Authored” logos</a> at this week’s London Book Fair. The&nbsp;Society of Authors <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/uk-society-authors-logo-identify-books-written-by-humans-not-ai">described</a> its labelling scheme as “an important sticking plaster to protect and promote human creativity in lieu of AI labelled content&nbsp;in the marketplace”.Visitors to the fair were also being given copies of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.dontstealthisbook.com/">Don’t Steal This Book</a>, an anthology of about 10,000 writers including Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro, Malorie Blackman, Jeanette Winterson and Richard Osman, in which the pages are completely blank. The back cover states: “The UK government must not legalise book theft to benefit AI companies.” The message is clear: writers have had enough.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters"> letters</a> section, please <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.">click here</a>. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/the-guardian-view-on-changes-to-copyright-laws-authors-should-be-protected-over-big-tech">Continue reading...</a>

Writers are voicing their anger at AI theft of their work with ‘Human Authored’ logos and an empty book. The government must listen

The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech | Editorial

Features woven into the fabric of platforms have been central to landmark social media harm case in US. How do they work?It was as “easy as ABC”, claimed the lawyer prosecuting a landmark social media harm case against Meta and Google which heard closing arguments this week. The defendants were guilty, said Mark Lanier, of “addicting the brains of children”. Not true, replied the tech companies. Meta insisted providing young people with a “safer, healthier experience has always been core to our work”.Features such as autoplay videos, infinite scrolling and constantly chirruping alerts woven into the fabric of online platforms were central to the six-week trial in Los Angeles, which has been compared to the cases against tobacco companies in the 1990s. But how do these features work and what are their consequences? Are they creating addicts rather than users or are they just giving consumers more of what they want? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/meta-and-google-trial-are-infinite-scroll-and-autoplay-creating-addicts">Continue reading...</a>

Features woven into the fabric of platforms have been central to landmark social media harm case in US. How do they work?

Meta and Google trial: are infinite scroll and autoplay creating addicts?

Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverageThe videos look authentic – and they are spreading like wildfire on social media. One, for example, shows Iranian missiles exploding upon the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Another shows US soldiers being held at gunpoint by Iranian military.They aren’t real but – often made with the help of cutting-edge AI – they are wildly misleading. They may get debunked, but somehow that doesn’t make a dent. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/ai-generated-fake-iran-images">Continue reading...</a>

Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverage

AI-generated Iran images are widespread. How do we know what to believe? | Margaret Sullivan

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The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates

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Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google's biggest acquisition ever.

Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics. 

Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong

Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."

The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit

The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."

US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B

Honda's decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America.

Honda is killing its EVs — and any chance of competing in the future

These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.

Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company

We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft.

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

Learn how to use Spotify, Canva, Figma, Expedia, and other apps directly in ChatGPT. 

How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including DoorDash, Spotify, Uber, and others

The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor. 

‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again

AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.

AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving fast...

Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks

Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup. 

Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools

The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons.

Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing

Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content.


Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators

At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing.

Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films

The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations.

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Kalanick's existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport. 

Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics

Gavriel Cohen is living an open source developer's dream as his project has achieved acclaim and a partnership with Docker in a matter of weeks.

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