Comedian and former Britain’s Got Talent judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace over a number of years. He denies the allegations <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/ng-interactive/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-sex-grooming-allegations-young-women">Continue reading...</a>

Comedian and former Britain’s Got Talent judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace over...

‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex

Met says several people have been in contact since start of disgraced comedian’s rape and sexual assault trial<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/09/russell-brand-sentenced-rape-sexual-assault">Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault</a></li></ul>Police have received further criminal allegations against Russell Brand since the start of his trial.The Metropolitan police said several people had been in contact during and since the conclusion of the 51-year-old’s rape and sexual assault case. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/10/lucy-powell-russell-brand-cross-examination-victims">Continue reading...</a>

Met says several people have been in contact since start of disgraced comedian’s rape and sexual assault trial

Police receive further criminal allegations against Russell Brand

Regulations under consideration could affect up to 150 platforms, including LegoPlay, Spotify and eBay, sources sayA substantial expansion of the social media ban for under-16s could inadvertently lead to a ban on YouTube Kids and other sites that had been thought exempt, sources briefed on the government’s proposals have said.One source close to the talks said the regulations now under consideration meant up to 150 platforms, including games platforms such as Lego Play, could be covered by the ban, which is set to come into force in March. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/10/uk-social-media-ban-expansion-for-under-16s-could-cover-youtube-kids">Continue reading...</a>

Regulations under consideration could affect up to 150 platforms, including LegoPlay, Spotify and eBay, sources say

UK social media ban expansion for under-16s could cover YouTube Kids

Senators pressured Danielle Thumann, senior counsel to FCC chair Brendan Carr, to speak about agency’s actions toward ABC and Jimmy KimmelDuring a contentious Tuesday hearing on her nomination by Donald Trump to serve as a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner, Senate Democrats hammered Danielle Thumann about recent actions taken by the Brendan Carr-led regulator that have been criticized as hostile to press freedom.Thumann, who serves as senior counsel to Carr, is expected to be approved as commissioner, with Republicans in charge of the US Senate and House. But Ben Ray Luján, a senator of New Mexico, assured her that the commission’s actions will be under close scrutiny when Democrats take charge of the chamber in January. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/trump-fcc-nominee-danielle-thumann">Continue reading...</a>

Senators pressured Danielle Thumann, senior counsel to FCC chair Brendan Carr, to speak about agency’s actions toward ABC and Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s FCC nominee avoids questions from Democrats on Carr’s ‘censorship agenda’

Former builder got his big break after restoring the home of a producer who was working on a precursor to the show Tommy Walsh, the building and DIY expert who appeared on television shows including Ground Force, has died aged 69 after a long illness.Walsh started his career as a professional builder before rising to fame alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock on the popular BBC garden makeover show from 1997 to 2005. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/09/tommy-walsh-co-presenter-of-bbcs-ground-force-dies-aged-69">Continue reading...</a>

Former builder got his big break after restoring the home of a producer who was working on a precursor to the show

Tommy Walsh, co-presenter of BBC’s Ground Force, dies aged 69

As Hollywood begins to adopt the technology, the professionals in most direct jeopardy are the illustrators mapping out directors’ first visions. They sketch out what could be lostA film industry dominated by AI is a dystopian prospect: stories and dialogue generated by large language models, populated by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/16/first-trailer-released-for-ai-val-kilmer-western">reincarnated screen icons</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/11/ai-actor-tilly-norwood-movie">uncanny humanoids</a>. That is in the future, but the real-world impact of AI is already directly affecting jobs behind the scenes, as Hollywood’s biggest film-makers begin to adopt the technology. James Cameron – long an advocate for emerging technologies in film-making – is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://stability.ai/news-updates/james-cameron-joins-stability-ai-board-of-directors">on the board of a gen AI firm</a>, citing his interest in how AI will intersect with CGI; Steven Soderbergh used Meta-powered tech to create animations for his <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/16/john-lennon-last-interview-review-steven-soderbergh">recent documentary about John Lennon</a>; even Christopher Nolan, while dismissing the idea that AI will replace humans as “nonsense”, conceded that it will create some useful “imaging tools”.The current canary in the coalmine however is the storyboard artist, whose work gen AI appears to have directly in its sights. Storyboard artists are the illustrators who draw the panels of images with notes and diagrams that map out scenes before they are filmed. Storyboards are used to work out how a film will look, and as a blueprint to communicate a director’s vision to cast and crew, and are one of the first steps in bringing a script off the page. Now they appear on the verge of replacement by programmes that use text prompts to create illustrations instead. Even an old-school diehard like Martin Scorsese has got on board; in June <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/03/martin-scorsese-accused-of-throwing-artists-under-bus-with-ai-storyboards">he announced a partnership with an AI firm</a> whose text-to-image model he used in the storyboarding process for his next movie. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/10/storyboard-artists-ai">Continue reading...</a>

As Hollywood begins to adopt the technology, the professionals in most direct jeopardy are the illustrators mapping out directors’ first visions. They sk...

Even Martin Scorsese uses AI for storyboards. Can the art survive?

Seven films in Seville programme highlight how Roma are creating their own narrativesGrowing up in Romania, whenever Alina Șerban spotted Roma people on television or in movies, they were usually cast as villains or depicted as somehow exotic.But this week the Romany actor and film-maker is part of a cohort pushing back against this stereotyping, joining forces with Romany film-makers from across Europe in a landmark screening of seven films during the Seville European film festival. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/10/roma-romany-film-makers-seville-film-festival-showcase">Continue reading...</a>

Seven films in Seville programme highlight how Roma are creating their own narratives

‘We are human too’: the Roma film-makers striking back at stereotypes

The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-booker-prize-end-of-everything">Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visionary writer gets the recognition he deserves</a></li></ul>Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/09/the-end-of-everything-by-m-john-harrison-review-near-future-visions-from-an-sf-master">The End of Everything</a>, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history.Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said that while plenty of previous winners had dabbled in science fiction, Harrison’s was “the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world”. She called it “a historic win, for a writer whose decades of work are lightly worn on every page”.The End of Everything by M. John Harrison (Profile, £16.99). To support the Guardian, order your copy at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.guardianbookshop.com/the-end-of-everything-9781800812949/?utm_source=theguardian&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_content=endnote">guardianbookshop.com</a>. Delivery charges may apply. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-wins-2026-booker-prize">Continue reading...</a>

The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

Dunagan was six when he voiced the young deer in the classic cartoon, with an assistant director instructing him to pretend his own mother had diedDonnie Dunagan, who voiced Bambi in the Walt Disney classic, as well as playing the son of Frankenstein opposite Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, has died aged 92.Dunagan was six when he was chosen to provide the voice of the young deer in the animation’s most heartbreaking chapter. He recalled the experience in the recording booth as easy and relaxed, with rudimentary technology and notes from an assistant director instructing him to pretend his own mother had died when voicing Bambi’s reaction to his mother being killed by a hunter. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/09/donnie-dunagan-bambi-voice-triple-purple-heart-marine-dies">Continue reading...</a>

Dunagan was six when he voiced the young deer in the classic cartoon, with an assistant director instructing him to pretend his own mother had died

Donnie Dunagan, original voice of Disney’s Bambi and triple Purple Heart marine, dies aged 92

The judge took the suicide risk seriously while defending investigative journalism and the right of women to tell their storiesThe Guardian and ITV News <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex">investigation into David&nbsp;Walliams</a> has exposed difficult dilemmas for journalism. Last week, the high court helped clarify how to navigate them. The court heard that women had described to the Guardian how Mr Walliams, one of Britain’s most successful comedians and children’s authors, used his fame to prey on them for sex when they were young adults or teenagers. Publishing their claims carried a serious risk that Mr Walliams might take his own life. But this is a story of great public interest, and those women deserve to be heard. Some of them told the Guardian that they have lived with the effects of his alleged conduct for years.For months, the Guardian and ITV News weighed concerns for him and his family against the women’s right to tell their stories. Both organisations wanted the court to scrutinise the evidence and rule on publication. If they then decided to proceed, Mr&nbsp;Walliams&nbsp;and&nbsp;his carers would be given time to&nbsp;prepare before publication. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/10/the-guardian-view-on-david-walliams-allegations-about-abuse-of-power-and-sexual-misconduct-deserve-publication">Continue reading...</a>

The judge took the suicide risk seriously while defending investigative journalism and the right of women to tell their stories

The Guardian view on David Walliams: allegations about abuse of power and sexual misconduct deserve publication | Editorial

Workers in music, film, TV and theatre may not feel they can speak up about abuse, but the authority I lead is able to help them<ul><li>Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour peer and the chair of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority</li></ul>Russell Brand was sentenced to more than 10 years in jail yesterday, after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The details that emerged from his case have been shocking and at times deeply disturbing. We have witnessed the bravery of the women who came forward to seek justice – and the brazen and brutal sense of entitlement exhibited by a pampered star at the height of his fame.The Brand trial brought into sharp relief many of the victim-blaming attitudes I have spent my professional life as a criminal barrister trying to challenge. Old tropes emerged about victims not screaming out during rape and not reporting immediately. This is why lawyers who conduct sex cases should be required to hold a certificate that they have undergone recent additional training. The justice system has to provide women with a fair opportunity to obtain justice, without subjecting them to discriminatory assumptions and further trauma.Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour peer and the chair of the Creative Industries Independent Standards AuthorityDo 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/nov/10/russell-brand-jailed-sex-attackers-music-film-tv-theatre-abuse-ciisa">Continue reading...</a>

Workers in music, film, TV and theatre may not feel they can speak up about abuse, but the authority I lead is able to help them

Russell Brand has been jailed. Now we have the power to identify more sex attackers like him  | Helena Kennedy

As the demand for information and transparency about our lives increases, these brilliant books dealt with shadows, mystery, privacy and intimacy The first box of submissions for the 2026 Booker prize arrived by courier a few days before Christmas. As I made my way through 19 books over the next six weeks (they start you off at a leisurely pace) I spotted a theme: God is back. In novels set from antiquity to our contemporary world, from romances to comedies to thrillers, characters reached for transcendence and absolution and found themselves mired in all manner of sin, or at least spiritual confusion. Priests were popping up everywhere; people sought comfort in the ancient texts; near-biblical bouts of extreme weather would prove either cleansing or calamitous.The boxes continued to arrive month after month, making me feel as though I was part of a very generous but exacting book club. There was the excitement of – as was the chair of this year’s judging panel Mary Beard’s method of choice – reaching your hand into the box, playing lucky dip to choose your next adventure. There was the joy of spotting recurring themes. Publishers decide which of their books to submit for consideration, and I’ve heard that it can lead to agonising second-guessing about what the judges may like (the preponderance of priests may have been due to the poet Patricia Lockwood, who wrote the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/27/priestdaddy-by-patricia-lockwood-review">wonderful memoir Priestdaddy</a>, being on the panel). I heard reports of one publisher declaring: “Mary Beard hates sex scenes.” “I don’t hate them,” she said when I told her this, “but they can’t be bad.” She was true to her word. In our first meeting, I made the case for a novel I enjoyed. She later emailed us a description of a penis in it that was admittedly clumsy. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/10/booker-prize-judging-algorithms-data-books">Continue reading...</a>

As the demand for information and transparency about our lives increases, these brilliant books dealt with shadows, mystery, privacy and intimacy

Judging this year’s Booker prize taught me our humanity cannot be captured by algorithms and data | Rebecca Liu

After years on the margins, Harrison’s win for this resonantly disturbing dystopia brings the visionary writer the recognition he deserves<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-the-end-of-everything-wins-2026-booker-prize">M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize</a></li></ul>A Booker prize for M John Harrison, at 81 the oldest ever winner, symbolises an extraordinary 60-year journey from the margins into the limelight, without ever compromising on a literary vision that remains deeply weird and unique. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/09/the-end-of-everything-by-m-john-harrison-review-near-future-visions-from-an-sf-master">The End of Everything </a>is baffling, unnerving, confusing – very purposefully so. It follows two lost souls on the Kent coastline, beachcomber Phillip and his artist aunt Marnie, decades after alien entities called the iGhetti have leaked into our world and triggered a slow-motion social collapse. The City of London is a battle zone; strange biological “artefacts” are washing up from the sea; people are unpredictably affected by episodes of psychic rupture that they call, with classic British understatement, a “bad patch”.But in the midst of catastrophe, what can one do but try to keep calm and carry on? In the real world, we’re currently supposed to be gathering our government-mandated three-day stockpile, though we’re not sure for what emergency – take your pick. And you can take your pick as to what the iGhetti might symbolise – late-stage capitalism? We are told they became more forceful in the 1980s, and cluster around the financial district. Brexit? In this novel, the continent does indeed appear to be cut off from England. Climate degradation? AI? The artefact that Phillip pulls out of the sea, hoping to sell it on the black market, shows the mimicry and uncanny self-actualisation of a large language model.The End of Everything by M. John Harrison (Profile, £16.99). To support the Guardian, order your copy at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.guardianbookshop.com/the-end-of-everything-9781800812949/?utm_source=theguardian&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=article">guardianbookshop.com</a>. Delivery charges may apply. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/09/m-john-harrison-booker-prize-end-of-everything">Continue reading...</a>

After years on the margins, Harrison’s win for this resonantly disturbing dystopia brings the visionary writer the recognition he deserves

M John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical

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OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.

OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder

New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.

New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices,...

OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect

Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5 million for new fund targeting AI in pharma.

Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development

X-energy received a construction permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build four reactors in Texas.

X-energy gets green light to build its first small modular nuclear reactors

Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company.

Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at th...

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO

The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M

PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades. 

PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that. 

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google

Google's Pixel Tag lets you track lost items with your Android device, similar to Apple's AirTag. 

Pixel Tag, Google’s $30 Android-ready answer to Apple’s AirTag, is now available

As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such as last year's figures.

As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access con...

Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks

The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline

Sundrop is a new iPhone app that uses Apple's on-device AI to help parents rediscover their favorite photos and create keepsakes without uploading images to the cloud. 

Sundrop is a new iPhone app that uses Apple's on-device AI to help parents rediscover their favorite photos and create keepsakes without uploading images...

Sundrop turns your endless baby photos into recaps, time lapses, and more — without AI

Apple TV's new accessibility feature lets viewers turn on sign language interpretation within supported titles.

Apple TV makes sign language interpretation a built-in accessibility feature

Google's new tensor processing units (TPUs) broaden its chip portfolio to more use cases: confidential model training and more memory capacity.  

Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chips

The remote access giant also urged its self-hosted customers to take down their own servers amid a "critical security incident," fearing the possibility of cyberattacks.

The remote access giant also urged its self-hosted customers to take down their own servers amid a "critical security incident," fearing the possibility ...

N-able takes its remote access service offline after researcher publishes dozens of zero-day bugs

Users can now interact with Meta’s AI assistant through voice calls, text messages, or dictation on their Apple Watch.

Meta’s AI agent Muse lands on Apple Watch and Android Wear OS

Reddit's new AI-powered reviews summarize what users like and dislike about 10,000 products, helping shoppers research purchases ahead of the holidays.

Reddit is turning user conversations into AI-powered product reviews

Kunal Shah said the company wants to make voice notes, groups, stickers, and video "simpler and more expressive."

New WhatsApp head wants to make the app easier to use, give its AI more chops

Adobe is taking on Figma with a new prototype builder tool in Firefly.

Adobe brings AI agents and new creative tools to Photoshop, Premiere, and Firefly

The company could end up being worth a hefty $1.404 trillion if its shares list at the top of the price range, on a fully diluted basis. 

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