Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said FridayThe White House has blocked CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One on Saturday, impeding its TV press pool duties in the latest escalation of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/25/trump-media-ban-white-house-pool">administration’s battle</a> with the news media.CNN had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, the network said on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/politics/white-house-blocks-cnn-air-force-one-travel-pool">Friday</a>. The White House confirmed CNN’s exclusion when it did not list the network on guidance sent to the press corps regarding Trump’s schedule for Saturday. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/white-house-cnn-air-force-one">Continue reading...</a>

Outlet had been scheduled to fly with Donald Trump to Tennessee for a college football game, network said Friday

White House blocks CNN from Air Force One in latest escalation with news media

Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful contentTikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m and enact time limits and other restrictions for teenage users, avoiding a trial with a settlement that was modelled on Instagram-owner Meta’s recent agreement with US states.Alabama described it as a “first-in-the-nation settlement” with a state in the sweeping litigation over social media’s affect on teen wellbeing. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/tiktok-alabama-pay-100m-teenage-limits-restrictions">Continue reading...</a>

Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content

TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement

Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behindEarlier this month, the BBC conducted a sit-down interview with England’s captain, Harry Kane. In years gone by, a chance to quiz Kane about England’s tournament chances or his Champions League hopes would have made a respectable package for TV news.On this occasion, however, the corporation took a different approach. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/25/bbc-sport-digital-revamp-raises-questions-over-purpose">Continue reading...</a>

Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behind

BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social mediaThe organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had removed a critically acclaimed novel by a Canadian-Haitian writer from the longlist after an anonymous online account claimed the book was “almost entirely” written by AI.The Académie Goncourt, a Paris-based literary organisation, said on Friday its decision to withdraw Thélyson Orélien’s novel C’était ça ou mourir (It Was That or Die) was “driven by the desire to preserve the integrity of the Goncourt prize and the academy itself, whose central role is to promote and honour literature written by women and men”. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/25/thelyson-orelien-goncourt-prize-france">Continue reading...</a>

Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social media

Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media’s love of a cringe momentIt sparked delight among the diehard Milifans and a begrudging smile from those less keen on the foreign secretary, but a viral video of Ed Miliband has – possibly – confirmed his status as the internet’s awkward dad.About 1.5 million people have viewed an interaction between Miliband and the TikTok personality Feroz Khan on the streets of New York, during which the digital content creator asks Miliband a series of questions including his name, job and his top piece of advice. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/25/why-ed-miliband-has-embraced-his-awkward-dad-image-in-viral-tiktok-video">Continue reading...</a>

About 1.5 million people have watched footage of foreign secretary that capitalises on social media’s love of a cringe moment

Why Ed Miliband has embraced his ‘awkward dad’ image in viral TikTok video

Wallace and Gromit stop-motion models and other beloved creations raise money to train new generations of animators Wallace’s reaction as the auction got into full swing might have been a trademark “good grief!” – and the enthusiasm of some of the bidding could have caused even the phlegmatic Gromit to show surprise.Fans of Wallace and Gromit and other beloved creations of Aardman Animations seized the chance to grab souvenirs when more than 200 pieces – including Wallace, Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run puppets from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aardman.com/">Aardman</a> productions – went under the hammer <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.aardman.com/latest-news/2026/september/iconic-aardman-puppets-head-to-auction-as-studio-celebrates-50th-anniversary/">on Thursday.</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/24/wallace-gromit-auction-aardman-stop-motion-puppets-animators">Continue reading...</a>

Wallace and Gromit stop-motion models and other beloved creations raise money to train new generations of animators

‘Cracking auction, Gromit!’ Original Aardman puppets go under the hammer

As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop My generation of writers is dying. Of&nbsp;Granta’s fabled list of 20 Best of Young British Novelists, 1983, six&nbsp;are gone, including our most princely satirist, Martin Amis. We’re all approaching birthdays where the cake is too small&nbsp;for the candles. Some of us are&nbsp;wounded: Salman Rushdie by an attacker’s knife, Julian Barnes lives with blood cancer, others with the fatal hurt of being forgotten.But what’s the likely fate of those of&nbsp;us who are surviving – for now? Do&nbsp;readers still love us? When Barnes announced that he was signing off&nbsp;because of illness, was he also intuiting that the younger generations had heard enough from us old birds and geezers who were young when Sean Connery had dimples, when David Hockney first coloured his hair&nbsp;yellow? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/25/my-generation-of-novelists-is-dying-rose-tremain-on-70-years-of-writing-and-late-life-inspiration">Continue reading...</a>

As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop

‘My generation of novelists is dying’: Rose Tremain on 70 years of writing, and late-life inspiration

The stars are no strangers to public scrutiny of their most intimate relationships – but they’ve never experienced anything like this. They talk about playing a famous divorcing couple, and how money makes things revoltingIn a London hotel room, Dominic West is weighing up how much he would accept to strip to his socks. In the new series War, West plays a social media billionaire who is supposed to be fairly decent, though there’s one excruciating scene – goading someone to strip for money – that reveals he’s definitely also a bit of a git. “That, I suppose, is the kick billionaires must get: that people would do anything for money,” he says. He wonders what his price would be. His co-star Sienna Miller laughs and says he’d do it “for the lols”, and West grins and says: “No, I’d want three figures. A hundred quid.”War is a juicy eight-part legal drama, where Miller and West are a divorcing couple – she a narcissistic film star, he said billionaire – so just about all their scenes together are suppurating with contempt, which is fun, but also a bit of a shame because they have such good chemistry. They first worked together 21 years ago in the West End production of Shakespeare’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/jun/22/theatre">As You Like It</a>. “So we had a history, which was great,” says Miller. There have been many times she’s gone into jobs where “on the first day you’re married to someone and you don’t know them. It’s helpful to have some sort of rapport.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/25/sienna-miller-and-dominic-west-interview-war">Continue reading...</a>

The stars are no strangers to public scrutiny of their most intimate relationships – but they’ve never experienced anything like this. They talk about pl...

‘I’d strip for £100!’ Dominic West and Sienna Miller on nudity, narcissism and their juicy new show War

Clip of the former Tory MP staring intently at fellow panellist is shared widely onlineRory Stewart has been an Afghan NGO leader, a Conservative leadership candidate, a Harvard professor, a popular podcaster, and the deputy governor of an Iraqi province.This week, he created a moment that drew wider attention than any of them: he fixed a beady gaze on a fellow Newsnight panellist for the longest four seconds in television history. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/24/rory-stewart-strange-newsnight-moment-stare-goes-viral">Continue reading...</a>

Clip of the former Tory MP staring intently at fellow panellist is shared widely online

The eyes have it: Rory Stewart’s ‘magnificently strange’ Newsnight moment goes viral

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human lifeFor an hour or two this week, I’ve been in the company of people whose lives I’ve seen unfold, almost from the beginning, almost to the end. They are people whom, with one exception, I’ve never met. And yet I’ve shared in their triumphs and disappointments for decades.They are the group who, in 1964, when they were seven years old, were the subjects of what was initially a single, 40-minute ITV documentary, but which flowered into a work that is<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/23/how-seminal-show-7-up-itv-touched-your-lives"> quite magical</a>. Returning to those same boys and girls every seven years, watching as they turned first into shy and awkward teenagers, then into husbands and wives, then into parents and grandparents, the 7 Up series has become a document of our times – but also something larger and far more revealing. This week the broadcaster aired what it says will be <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/15/70-up-review-itv1-itvx">the final chapter</a>: the seven-year-olds are now 70. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/25/7-up-class-documentary-series-social-attitudes">Continue reading...</a>

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life

The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland

Meltdowns, more contestants, Ross Kemp being ‘the daddy’: read on for our guide to the return of TV’s best reality gameshowPrepare to become obsessed with famous people backstabbing and betraying one another in a Scottish castle. Yes, autumn is upon us, meaning the return of last year’s TV sensation, The Celebrity Traitors.The inaugural VIP version of the BBC’s reality gameshow proved a runaway hit and broke ratings records as Alan Carr chaotically schemed and sobbed his way to victory. The second series promises to be bigger, better and more murderous with extra episodes, shock twists and an even starrier lineup. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/25/10-things-to-know-about-celebrity-traitors-claudia-winkleman">Continue reading...</a>

Meltdowns, more contestants, Ross Kemp being ‘the daddy’: read on for our guide to the return of TV’s best reality gameshow

From shocking cruelty to the reason Claudia hid in a bush: 10 things you need to know about The Celebrity Traitors

All the contenders for this year’s prize are a reflection of the crisis in masculinityJarvis Cocker, one of the judges for this year’s Booker prize, has <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/male-authors-are-lagging-behind-says-booker-judge-jarvis-cocker-7bcfq7qgk">expressed</a> surprise that the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/what-the-judges-said-the-booker-prize-2026-shortlist">shortlist</a>, announced this week, contains four male authors and&nbsp;only two female writers, because, “generally speaking, the male-written books weren’t as good as the ones written by women”.The Pulp frontman might be on to something. Over the past 10 years, however, seven Booker winners have been men; the number of women boosted to four by the controversial joint win between Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood in 2019. The <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/the-guardian-view-on-the-booker-prize-shortlist-a-cause-for-celebration">2024 Booker shortlist</a> was the first to have five female authors in the prize’s history. Last year’s winner <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/11/its-notoriously-hard-to-write-about-sex-david-szalay-flesh-booker-prize-winner">Flesh</a>, by British-Hungarian author David Szalay, stripped what being a man means down to its bones. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/25/the-guardian-view-on-the-2026-booker-shortlist-what-it-takes-to-be-a-man">Continue reading...</a>

All the contenders for this year’s prize are a reflection of the crisis in masculinity

The Guardian view on the 2026 Booker shortlist: what it takes to be a man | Editorial

‘Why don’t more journalists do this?’ one commentator asked on News24 after Latika M Bourke literally made the headlines. Plus: interviewing the KKK<ul><li>Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/28/weekly-beast-email-austrailan-media-diary-free-newsletter-subscribe-sign-up?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter here</a></li></ul>It’s a fundamental rule in journalism that you should never want to be the story. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, as when reporters are targeted or shut out by political parties. But at other times it can look a little more like headline seeking.Enter the prominent journalist and author Latika M Bourke, writer-at-large for The Nightly in London and co-host of ABC Radio National’s Global Roaming program (she added the M after leaving the Sydney Morning Herald, where <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/time-slows-down-at-these-magical-rarely-visited-greek-islands-20240419-p5fl6r.html">her byline was plain old Latika Bourke</a>). On Monday, Bourke was in New York attending Anthony Albanese’s press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly. The PM was spruiking <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/anthony-albanese-un-security-council-bid-siobhan-mckenna-news-corp-consul-general-ntwnfb">Australia’s bid</a> for a non-permanent seat on the UN security council for 2029 and 2030.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/28/weekly-beast-email-austrailan-media-diary-free-newsletter-subscribe-sign-up?CMP=copyembed">Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/25/latika-m-bourke-fraud-question-australian-pm-anthony-albanese-weekly-beast">Continue reading...</a>

‘Why don’t more journalists do this?’ one commentator asked on News24 after Latika M Bourke literally made the headlines. Plus: interviewing the KKK

The reporter whose Albanese question put her on the front page of her own paper | Weekly Beast

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Blue Cross Blue Shield says hospital use of AI tools led to an additional $942M in healthcare spending over a two-year period.

Insurers claim AI is already increasing healthcare costs

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was designed to addict children.

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million in a settlement tied to allegations that the short-form video platform misled users about safety and was de...

TikTok agrees to pay at least $100M in Alabama settlement

Two companies now say they will accept advertising for director Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk, following earlier reporting that a number of social media platforms had rejected the ads.

Two companies now say they will accept advertising for director Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary about Elon Musk, following earlier reporting that a nu...

Meta and YouTube say they will run ads for ‘Musk’ documentary after all

This $189.99 air purifier is specifically designed to tackle pet odors, removing up to 70% in one hour.  

Levoit’s new air purifier is for the pet odors that have taken over your apartment

After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves. 

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it

The company behind Facebook and Instagram wants to keep consumers connected to the digital world via its ever-growing line of smart glasses.  

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the company's new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

After days of upheaval at Automattic, following a failed attempt to remove CEO Matt Mullenweg, the company has a new board. 

Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

AI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge. 

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge

Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list. 

Meta opens early access program for new Muse features

When NPR staffers flagged strange comments under their podcasts on Spotify as bots, it took a Gen Z colleague to (immediately) figure out the mystery.

The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section?

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.

Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an un...

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness, and building businesses.

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

The funding, which comes from Third Point, Nvidia, and others, will  fuel the company's massive AI data center buildout.

Ahead of US IPO, British AI neocloud Nscale secures $3.36B in convertible financing

Muju Earth Technologies has developed a deceptively simply pod that can save farmers money while improving crop yields.

The Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics — see it at TechCrunch Disrupt

The findings highlight how AI-generated and vibe-coded apps can spill and expose users' data when not configured or secured properly.

Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web

Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work. 

Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test

Muse is topping the app store charts and adding users at a rapid clip, while Meta ramps up the personal AI agent's promotion across its own apps and beyond.

Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,”&#160;maybe someone&#160;should have asked: what pace?&#160;Now&#160;it’s&#160;turned into model drop week for both companies as&#160;Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by&#160;OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates&#160;just&#160;90 minutes&#160;later.&#160;But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose&#160;personal AI agent Muse&#160;is&#160;reportedly&#160;outpacing&#160;ChatGPT’s early numbers and is headed for&#160;smart glasses&#160;and [&#8230;]

When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,”&#160;maybe someone&#160;should have asked: what pace?&#160;Now&#160;...

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The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an imminent attack.

The tech giant, which allows companies to send large datasets over the internet, said it received a "credible threat" from law enforcement about an immin...

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