Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace and AI company’s initial public offering.A Guardian analysis of Musk’s posts, replies and reposts between 31 May and 12 June has shown the extent to which the social media activity of the world’s richest person, who lives primarily in the US, has focused on UK politics. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/04/elon-musk-uk-race-immigration-spacex-ipo">Continue reading...</a>

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics

Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Investigative journalist had enemies in high places and accused, Yorgen Fenech, is establishment figure from powerful familyOn the steps of the courts of justice in Valletta, there is a bronze statue of Malta’s late president. A bundle of papers in one hand, Guido de Marco stands on a plinth, looking out at passersby in the busy street below.Every morning since Wednesday this week, his daughter has walked up the steps of the same courthouse, in dark glasses and smart clothes, a bundle of papers in her hand. A sought-after criminal lawyer, Giannella de Marco is representing the man accused of ordering the 2017 murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in a case that continues to dominate public debate nearly nine years after the event. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/04/malta-murder-trial-daphne-caruana-galizia-journalist">Continue reading...</a>

Investigative journalist had enemies in high places and accused, Yorgen Fenech, is establishment figure from powerful family

Malta’s ‘trial of the century’ revives interest in murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Judge says evidence indicates attack on Pouria Zeraati outside home was carried out on behalf of Tehran regimeTwo Romanians who took part in a “targeted” knife attack on a television journalist in London “on behalf of the Iranian state” have been jailed.Pouria Zeraati, who worked for the Persian-language channel Iran International, which is critical of the Tehran regime, was left bleeding in the street <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/29/counter-terror-investigation-iranian-journalist-stabbed-outside-london-home">after being stabbed three times</a> outside his home in Wimbledon. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/03/two-romanians-jailed-stabbing-iranian-journalist-in-london">Continue reading...</a>

Judge says evidence indicates attack on Pouria Zeraati outside home was carried out on behalf of Tehran regime

Two Romanians jailed over stabbing of Iranian TV journalist in London

Family of woman who died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry say justice system has failed herThree men from Derry have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019.Her family said the verdict at Belfast crown court meant the justice system had “completely failed” them and McKee. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jul/03/three-men-found-not-guilty-of-murdering-journalist-lyra-mckee">Continue reading...</a>

Family of woman who died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry say justice system has failed her

Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee

Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-prey-watchdogs-telling-parents-protect-children-nudification-apps">AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps</a></li></ul>Parents should not put photos of their children on public display online, according to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.iwf.org.uk/resources/ai-child-abuse-imagery-parent-guide/">landmark guidance</a> issued to tackle the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material.The recommendation has come from the National Crime Agency and the Internet Watch Foundation, which fear that most people are unaware of the dangers posed by paedophiles and criminal networks. 
 They suggest that parents and guardians make their social media accounts private or share pictures of their children through a “close friends” group. The NCA and the IWF stressed they were not telling parents how to behave online, but said they should be aware of the problem and how to tackle it. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-sexual-abuse-fears-uk-parents-warned-posting-images-children-national-crime-agency">Continue reading...</a>

Exclusive: National Crime Agency and safety watchdog issue guidance amid rise in explicit material online

UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears

As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPTThree paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, if any, were AI‑generated?“The hotel is in a great location for everything. Lots of places to eat and drink. The hotel itself is always abuzz. The tavern located on the ground floor is definitely a must. Food, service, prices and atmosphere were great.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/future-of-fiction-next-great-novel-ai-language-chat-gpt">Continue reading...</a>

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How AI is changing language

A leading light of American TV comedy, directing sitcoms such as Friends, Frasier and almost every episode of CheersJames Burrows, who has died aged 85, was one of the most influential figures in US television sitcoms for more than four decades. He was the co-creator and primary director of Cheers, one of America’s most beloved and successful sitcoms, which ran for 11 seasons between 1982 and 1993 and won 28 Primetime Emmy awards. Its final episode was second only to that of M*A*S*H <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/01/final-episode-of-mash-attracts-record-number-viewers-1983">as the most-watched of all time</a>.However, unlike producer/writers such as Nat Hiken, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/19/norman-lear-obituary">Norman Lear</a> or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/13/larry-gelbart-obituary">Larry Gelbart</a>, who had stamped their marks on previous generations, Burrows’ influence came entirely as a director. As such he was intimately involved in the creation of many shows, and enjoyed long runs on sitcoms such as the Cheers spin-off Frasier, Friends, and Will and Grace. For years he was the first-choice director of pilot episodes, used to sell programmes to the networks; he did almost 100 of them, including two versions of some, if the first produced only a lukewarm response. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/03/james-burrows-obituary">Continue reading...</a>

A leading light of American TV comedy, directing sitcoms such as Friends, Frasier and almost every episode of Cheers

James Burrows obituary

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequelThe architects of cinema’s most popular alien invasion have slightly differing accounts of how exactly the original plans for Independence Day came to them. But they both agree that it began with the now-famous image of a massive spaceship looming over a city skyline.Roland Emmerich, the director, recalls explaining the scope of the concept to Dean Devlin, the co-writer and producer, at the latter’s home: “He lived in an area on a hill, so I said, let’s go to the window – all of what you see would be [covered by] the underside of a spaceship. He said, where’s the humor? And I said, there’s a guy knocking out an alien saying ‘welcome to Earth.’ Then we learned that Tim Burton, a director I really admire, was doing Mars Attacks! We knew that movie was coming out in August, and we said, well, there’s a great date before: Fourth of July. And that’s why the movie is called Independence Day.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/03/independence-day-film-30th-anniversary">Continue reading...</a>

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel

The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far-right and racist content and is used to incite violence and division. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/02/lisa-nandy-culture-social-media-x-abuse-misinformation">Continue reading...</a>

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and division

Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-sexual-abuse-fears-uk-parents-warned-posting-images-children-national-crime-agency">UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears</a></li></ul>The two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran them through an AI imaging tool, they had become the basis for extreme pornography videos.These examples come from the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/report-remove/">Report Remove</a> service, which allows children who have had explicit pictures of themselves distributed without their consent to flag the image confidentially and have it blocked or taken down from social media. Due to breakthroughs in AI, and the wide availability of AI models and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/28/what-are-nudification-apps-how-would-uk-ban-work">nudification apps</a>, some under-18s are becoming victims without even being in contact with criminals. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-prey-watchdogs-telling-parents-protect-children-nudification-apps">Continue reading...</a>

As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography

AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

You’d think there was nothing new to learn about the glamour model-turned-tabloid sensation. You’d be wrong…‘Boobs,” says Katie Price, expressionlessly. “I always wanted a boob job. Always wanted them bigger.” Price, 48, places her tiny, tanned hands on the mountainous upper region of her pastel pink sweatshirt, under which lurk the latest results of this glandular restlessness. “I never wanted natural. I wanted stuck-on,” she says. “I wanted fake.” And so it came to pass. Now, 17 or so operations later, here she is, fidgeting on a beige sofa as she discusses the surgeries (“the pain!”), the insatiable ambition, the breakdowns, the flammable thongs, the still-bewildered ex-husbands and all the other stuff that has helped turn her into one of Britain’s longest-running soap operas; every bit of self-generated drama catapulting us, speechless, into the next instalment.The new four-part series Katie Price: Nothing to Hide (Wednesday, 9pm, Sky Documentaries) promises several cliffhangers of its own. Here, it bugles, is a “revealing portrait” that will “go beyond the headlines”. Oh God, we think, as Price’s eyebrows disappear behind yet another nimbus of synthetic fog (the woman vapes like a furnace). Not again. We have read the unreadable memoirs, endured myriad “tell-all” documentaries and suffered any number of hand-wringing tabloid “exclusives”. Could there really be anything left to know about the woman who has, we are told, “sold every aspect of her life”? The answer is yes, actually, and it is, remarkably, as fascinating and exhausting as its subject. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/04/katie-price-nothing-to-hide-sky-documentaries">Continue reading...</a>

You’d think there was nothing new to learn about the glamour model-turned-tabloid sensation. You’d be wrong…

Katie Price: Nothing to Hide – this remarkable profile is as fascinating and exhausting as its subject

It’s full of heart, humanity and such extreme competence it’s actually comforting to watch. No wonder it’s swept the boards at awards‘Let’s go save some lives.” That’s the mantra of Noah Wyle’s A&amp;E doctor at the start of every shift in The Pitt. The gritty US hospital drama seems an unlikely contender to be the most hopeful show on air. Yet despite the death, disease and pointed social commentary, The Pitt somehow pulls it off.The smash HBO hit’s second season climaxed last night in a blaze of Fourth of July fireworks, group cuddles, cute babies and cathartic karaoke. A third season is about to enter production. For millions of devoted fans, it can’t be stretchered back on to our screens soon enough. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/04/why-the-pitt-is-the-most-hopeful-show-on-tv">Continue reading...</a>

It’s full of heart, humanity and such extreme competence it’s actually comforting to watch. No wonder it’s swept the boards at awards

‘A halo of optimism’: why The Pitt is the most hopeful show on TV

When I was 12, the antics of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and co were an invitation to jump out of trees. These days, I see something deeper in their refusal of filtered perfectionMy name is Tom, and I am an idiot. I’ve been an idiot almost my entire life, ever since I was old enough to think it was funny and interesting to be one. So there was something sentimental for me in watching Jackass: Best and Last. It’s a final swansong for a 26-year project that is the finest document of idiocy and the Freudian death drive the modern world has seen.Jackass debuted in 2000, when I was 12 years old. I was already obsessed with professional wrestling. I’d watch grainy VHS-quality videos of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jul/21/fiction.simonhattenstone">Mick Foley</a> matches in awe, as he would jump headfirst into barbed wire, get repeatedly hit in the head with steel chairs or, famously, be thrown off a five-metre steel cage and through a table.Tom Usher is a freelance writerDo 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/jul/04/jackass-male-idiocy-film-best-and-last">Continue reading...</a>

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Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in the hands of everyone.”

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in ...

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you m...

The only AI glossary you’ll need this year

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are looking at. For instance, in meeting apps and sites, it could be toggle mic, toggle video, and bring window to the front. 

The gadget has three buttons, and it changes context based on what app you are looking at. For instance, in meeting apps and sites, it could be toggle mi...

The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more

The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here's what could make it better.

Chevy built an all-American EV truck — why is nobody buying it?

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an EU committee tasked with investigating the spyware industry.

A government customer of NSO Group used the company's Pegasus spyware to hack into the phone of a European politician, who at the time was serving on an ...

Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone.

If you're going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is ...

Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6

At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.

Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped

True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military. 

Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force

Selby's VC firm, Copper Sky Capital, is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.

Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.

IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain

Just for kicks, I took a look at Jersey Mike's IPO documents. Surely a sandwich shop would have no need to mention AI. But lo and behold. 

Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become

AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.

A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon

Meta has quietly launched Pocket, an experimental AI app that lets users generate and share interactive mini games using text prompts.

Meta quietly launches vibe-coded gaming app Pocket

Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead travelers about the costs and benefits of services.

Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead travelers about the costs and benef...

Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees

The news comes about a week after OpenAI announced its own custom AI chip in a partnership with Broadcom. 

Anthropic is discussing a new custom chip with Samsung

A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.

Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns

Early-stage firm Magnify Ventures has raised a $46.6 million Fund II from LPs, including Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures.

Melinda Gates’ venture firm backs Magnify Ventures’ $46.6M Fund II

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about letting the public share in the financial gains from the AI boom. 

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving discussions about letting the p...

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