West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing powerDavid Sullivan is suing the BBC for £150m over multiple claims of sexual misconduct made in a documentary.Lawyers acting for Sullivan, who remains West Ham United’s co-owner, have lodged a high court claim against the corporation over its Panorama investigation Predator: The Billionaire Football Boss, which was broadcast in June. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/01/david-sullivan-sues-bbc-150m-panorama-sexual-misconduct-claims">Continue reading...</a>

West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing power

David Sullivan sues BBC for £150m over Panorama’s sexual misconduct claims

Network was listed as primary TV pool covering Thursday’s presidential activities but then was abruptly removedFor a second time in a week, the White House has unilaterally removed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/cnn">CNN</a> from its assignment as the primary television pool representative covering <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>.CNN was <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/white-house-cnn-air-force-one">excluded on Saturday</a> from pool duty onboard Air Force One, despite a district judge’s ruling – two days earlier –&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/judge-orders-trump-restore-white-house-access-cnn-ms-now-politico-media-ban">overturning the White House’s ban</a> on the network and two other media organizations. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/01/nn-white-house-second-removal-media-ban">Continue reading...</a>

Network was listed as primary TV pool covering Thursday’s presidential activities but then was abruptly removed

White House removes CNN from press pool for second time in a week

Decision follows independent review into handling of February ceremony, where his involuntary tics caused a BBC crisisJohn Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner whose outburst at the British Academy film awards in February <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/23/backlash-bafta-n-word-controversy-jamie-foxx-wendell-pierce-tourette-activist-john-davidson">led to a crisis for Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and the BBC</a>, will attend the Bafta Scotland awards and watch the ceremony from a separate “relaxed” space.In a letter sent to Bafta members on Thursday, the organisation’s chair Sara Putt and CEO Jane Millichip said that, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst">after an independent review</a>, Bafta had “strengthened and centralised our safeguarding, risk assessment and compliance processes” and had made arrangements in consultation with “safeguarding and inclusion experts” for Davidson’s attendance at the awards ceremony organised by Bafta’s Scottish branch, which is due to take place in November. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/tourette-syndrome-campaigner-john-davidson-to-watch-bafta-scotland-awards-in-separate-relaxed-space">Continue reading...</a>

Decision follows independent review into handling of February ceremony, where his involuntary tics caused a BBC crisis

Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson to watch Bafta Scotland awards in separate ‘relaxed’ space

Presenter and producer of That’s Life!, a TV series providing entertainment and consumer reporting, out of which came the Childline service For four decades Esther Rantzen, who has died aged 86, was one of the most recognisable figures on British television. A pioneering and influential female presenter and campaigner, she also set up the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.childline.org.uk/">Childline telephone hotline</a> for children to report abuse and bullying, and in her later years advocated the right to assisted dying for terminally ill people.Rantzen became a champion of consumer rights and the central figure on the BBC’s That’s Life! programme, which ran for 21 years from 1973. She went on to present other, shorter-running series, including Hearts of Gold (1988-96) and a chatshow, Esther (1994-2002). She also appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2004 and I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in 2008. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/01/dame-esther-rantzen-obituary">Continue reading...</a>

Presenter and producer of That’s Life!, a TV series providing entertainment and consumer reporting, out of which came the Childline service

Dame Esther Rantzen obituary

Corporation says story did not meet editorial standards after it attracts criticism from US and UK mediaA BBC article that included a claim that a trend for bare nails was linked to “white supremacist standards of beauty” has been permanently removed from its website, after editors concluded it did not meet the corporation’s editorial standards.The article, which first ran on the BBC’s website on 27 September, examined an apparent “viral craze” for bare rather than decorated nails. It said the trend had been flooding social media and fashion catwalks. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/30/bbc-removes-article-linking-bare-nails-trend-white-supremacist-standards-beauty">Continue reading...</a>

Corporation says story did not meet editorial standards after it attracts criticism from US and UK media

BBC removes article linking bare nails trend to ‘white supremacist standards of beauty’

Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well readReaders of Ukraine’s leading English news site “really want Russia to suffer” but that should not lead the title to downplay the military and political problems facing Kyiv, its editor-in-chief has said.Speaking to the Guardian before an event in London, Olga Rudenko said many of the Kyiv Independent’s most-read stories described Ukrainian deep strike attacks into Russia, potentially distorting its coverage. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/kyiv-independent-editor-olga-rudenko-readers-want-russia-suffer-cant-be-propagandists">Continue reading...</a>

Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well read

Kyiv Independent editor: ‘Our readers want Russia to suffer but we can’t be propagandists’

Star of Spider-Noir told fan convention he ‘spoke with love’ at seeing gifted actors for ever gearing up for superhero fight scenesNicolas Cage, whose recent credits include the Sony Marvel series Spider-Noir, has criticised the Marvel Cinematic Universe, calling it an overfunded and embarrassing spectacle.“I do say this with love,” said Cage at a fan convention in Texas. “When I see these 50-plus and otherwise intelligent and remarkably gifted thespians putting on these ridiculous outfits and getting ready for the fight – let’s face it, it’s all cutting to the fight – it’s hard for me not to be reminded that the MCU is becoming a well-funded and glorified WWE.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/nicolas-cage-marvel-movies-glorified-wwe-ridiculous-outfits">Continue reading...</a>

Star of Spider-Noir told fan convention he ‘spoke with love’ at seeing gifted actors for ever gearing up for superhero fight scenes

Nicolas Cage calls Marvel movies ‘a glorified WWE’ with over-50s in ‘ridiculous outfits’

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with natureOnce again, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/young-country-diary">Young Country Diary series</a> is open for submissions! Every three months we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a hedge full of berries, a beetle on the move, or a nervous deer. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/27/nature-lovers-guardian-young-country-diary-writers">Continue reading...</a>

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with nature

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

The Traitors and big film shoots help boost economy but some highlight lack of opportunities for local talentScotland’s striking Ardross Castle, the oldest star of The Celebrity Traitors, which kicks off on Thursday night, is just one of the stops on the Scottish tourist board’s “screen tourism” trail. From Outlander and The Odyssey filming in the Highlands and islands, to Glasgow city centre standing in for New York and Gotham City in the latest instalments of Indiana Jones and Batman respectively, film and TV is increasingly big business in Scotland.The country’s screen sector, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.screen.scot/news/2025/october/new-research-shows-scotlands-screen-sector-on-course-to-contribute-one-billion-to-scottish-economy">growing year on year</a>, is projected to be worth £1bn to the economy by 2030. But while some have celebrated the upsides of a booming production sector, others highlight a lack of opportunities for Scottish talent and the challenges of excessive tourism in areas featured on screen. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/30/crews-filming-in-scotland-told-to-hire-local-as-industry-booms">Continue reading...</a>

The Traitors and big film shoots help boost economy but some highlight lack of opportunities for local talent

Scottish screen sector boom brings questions over jobs and overtourism

The spots, including a recycled campaign ad, are funded by taxpayers and present the president as a heroThe US government is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to get a blatantly partisan message in front of voters as the midterm elections loom.And while these <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/politics/trump-ad-government-campaign.html">TV ads</a> aren’t explicitly campaign ads, they might as well be. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/01/taxpayer-funded-pro-trump-ads">Continue reading...</a>

The spots, including a recycled campaign ad, are funded by taxpayers and present the president as a hero

Americans are paying millions for a batch of pro-Trump ads | Margaret Sullivan

The most hotly anticipated TV show of the year is here! And a number of the stars – ahem Grant Mitchell – are struggling already …Warning: this article contains spoilers for episode one of The Celebrity Traitors.So – have they managed to capture lightning in a franchised bottle again? The new series of The Celebrity Traitors, more hotly anticipated than Nigella entering the Bake Off tent, is here. Twenty-one contestants of varying levels of fame, but never dipping below C-list, have signed up to endure Claudia Winkleman’s tyranny in Ardross Castle, in the hope of winning up to £100,000 for their chosen charity and a place in the nation’s consciousness and possible heart for between one week and a lifetime, depending how things work out. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/01/the-celebrity-traitors-review-bbc">Continue reading...</a>

The most hotly anticipated TV show of the year is here! And a number of the stars – ahem Grant Mitchell – are struggling already …

The Celebrity Traitors review – Ross Kemp really needs to get a grip

​M​att Parker and Trey Stone t​ake aim at the obscenely wealthy ​in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they areA little over a year ago, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone renewed their deal with Paramount after a contentious negotiation that held up production of the 2025 season.That $1.5bn agreement raised questions about whether Paramount, newly owned by David Ellison, would really offer the creators creative freedom – or was the billionaire class solidifying its hold over a comedy series as cover to meddle in other divisions, like CBS News?<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/21/sign-up-for-five-great-reads-guardian-australias-wrap-of-our-best-summer-stories?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/01/south-park-has-ai-datacentres-sentient-penises-and-a-billionaire-problem-in-more-ways-than-one">Continue reading...</a>

​M​att Parker and Trey Stone t​ake aim at the obscenely wealthy ​in the latest episode – but it feels harder now to forget how wealthy they are

South Park has ​​AI datacentres​, sentient penises ​and a billionaire problem – in more ways than one

‘SAME FILM – DIFFERENT TRUTH’ is the marketing solution for the film’s poor reception by critics. Or, as Cruise says in the ad, ‘Fuck those people!’ ‘You know what? Fuck those people!” The speaker is Tom Cruise in his serious-fatsuit role of Digger, in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/warnerbros/status/2104949461940330943">the bold new online ad</a> which gives the finger to his film’s bad reviews and the haters. His words are now repurposed to address loathsome critics. The ad’s message is that a provocative, passionate film like this is divisive. You should make your own mind up. Which is true of course. Although it is just as true for films getting across-the-board raves.The last movie to try this was Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: it too ran an ad campaign rebranding the existence of bad reviews (though like Digger it also had plenty of good reviews) as evidence of genius which had yet to be appreciated. This campaign went terribly wrong when it was pointed out that bad reviews it had quoted for Apocalypse Now and The Godfather <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/21/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-trailer-fake-quotes-critics">were in fact made up</a>. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/digger-ad-tom-cruise-movie">Continue reading...</a>

‘SAME FILM – DIFFERENT TRUTH’ is the marketing solution for the film’s poor reception by critics. Or, as Cruise says in the ad, ‘Fuck those people!’

Don’t hate the movie, hate the critic! Digger’s new PR push is a risky bet for film that was never meant to be divisive

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President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.

Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture  Venezuela’s president

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.

OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products...

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you

Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers. 

Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground

Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.

World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months

OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.

OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports

Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.

Opus 5.5 loves to tell you ‘this matters’ (and other AI writing tells)

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating. Come see MyMonthlyCar in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, taking place October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.

When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he doesn't see rows of cars — he sees millions of dollars just sitting there, depreciating. Come see...

This startup wants to turn idle car inventory into rental revenue

Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.

Amazon releases its own Jev clone as decision models flood the web

Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.

Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the chan...

Shopify debuts Canvas, a way to build online stores by chatting with AI

The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.

California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people

The CEO promised to get more specific about his vision. But the details are still absent. 

One year later, Tesla and Musk still don’t have a good definition of ‘abundance’

Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.

Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet that consumers will incre...

Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional h...

Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses

Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, and even interact with characters using generative AI.

Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, and even interact with c...

Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters

The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for good. 

The new Kindle ditches the raised bezel in a push toward a smaller, lighter e-reader

The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle.

Amazon introduces Kindle Click, a $35 remote for turning pages

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.


Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one ...

Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work. 

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk's and Luckey's companies already sell the kinds of technology the study is likely to recommend.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it m...

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