Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sourcesReform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own financial affairs after issuing a legal threat to the Guardian.In a letter sent from his lawyers, a Guardian correspondent was singled out for her reporting on a series of Tice’s financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/11/richard-tice-accused-of-nasty-tactics-over-legal-threat-to-the-guardian">Continue reading...</a>

Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources

Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian

<ul><li>NBC is current US broadcaster of tournament</li><li>Streaming services making inroads into live sports</li></ul>Apple TV has joined the battle to win US rights to golf’s Open Championship in the streaming platform’s latest move into sport.The Guardian has learned that Apple has had preliminary discussions with the R&amp;A about bidding for the Open, whose current US deal with NBC expires in 2028. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/11/apple-tv-eyes-us-broadcast-rights-to-the-open-as-foray-into-sports-broadcasting-continues">Continue reading...</a>

NBC is current US broadcaster of tournament

Apple TV eyes US broadcast rights to the Open as foray into sports broadcasting continues

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapyLucy Davis, the actor best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in The Office, has said she has incurable stage four breast cancer.The 53-year-old said she was diagnosed a year and a half ago and the disease had metastasised to her bones including her spine, right hip and ribs. She said it was too late for chemotherapy. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/11/lucy-davis-the-office-actor-stage-four-breast-cancer">Continue reading...</a>

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapy

The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Safeguarding young people in films is a vital role, often remembered by their charges later in successful careers, but not always recognised. Some of the best share their tipsLinda Matthews has rarely had to stop a production in its tracks. Steve Stone’s 2017 psychological horror In Extremis was an exception. Set on an isolated country estate during an apocalyptic storm, it follows a family that have to confront the oncoming disaster and their own personal demons to survive. For Matthews, however, the real drama unfolded behind the camera. “I don’t mind being the big bad person,” she says. “I was working with a young girl who was playing a cancer patient. She had to wear a bald cap and everything. Just as we were about to film, she burst into tears. She told me it reminded her of her friend’s mum, who was going through cancer treatment. That was the end of that.”You may assume Matthews is a producer or a very hands-on investor, but you would be mistaken. After leaving a career in banking, she founded Premier Chaperones in 2010 and has spent the past 15 years safeguarding children on some of the world’s biggest film and television sets. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/whats-it-like-to-support-children-on-a-film-set-chaperones">Continue reading...</a>

Safeguarding young people in films is a vital role, often remembered by their charges later in successful careers, but not always recognised. Some of the...

‘Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us’: what’s it like to be a child chaperone on a film set?

<ul><li>Analyst on indefinite leave after Wisconsin arrest</li><li>CBS Sports president says network ‘still assessing’</li><li>JJ Watt to join Jim Nantz on lead broadcast team</li></ul>CBS Sports president David Berson said Tuesday he does not have a timeline for a decision about Tony Romo’s future.Romo, the network’s lead NFL analyst, is on leave following his arrest last month in Wisconsin on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/11/tony-romo-cbs-future-owi-arrest-david-berson-jj-watt">Continue reading...</a>

Analyst on indefinite leave after Wisconsin arrest

CBS Sports chief says ‘no timetable’ on Tony Romo’s future after OWI arrest

Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performersSpotify is to label AI artists and exclude them from algorithm recommendations as part of a crackdown on fake performers.The world’s largest music streaming platform is creating a label for AI-generated artist identities called “AI personas” that will appear on the artist profile and on track listings on playlists. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/spotify-label-ai-artists-block-them-from-some-playlists">Continue reading...</a>

Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers

Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them

Famed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edinburgh, we meet the man Hitchcock called ‘the golden calf’‘Can you take another story?” asks the veteran actor Bruce Dern towards the end of our talk, as though every tale is a drink and the landlord has called last orders. He doesn’t want to keep me and knows we’re running out of time. It’s just that one memory sparks another and these tales won’t tell themselves. He says that the next one is a doozy. “It’s about Marilyn Monroe.”Throw out all the questions and turn the clocks to the wall. One does not interview Dern so much as say hello, hit record and sit back. The man began his career acting alongside Montgomery Clift and Mary Astor and has collaborated with everyone from John Wayne to Tom Hanks, Hitchcock to Tarantino. He’s the lawless survivor of American movies, blown in from the past, and talking 19 to the dozen. “I’m 90 fucking years old,” he tells me. “So I’m not going to be around to see all this AI shit or whatever. But I don’t consider myself old. I still walk and jog every day.” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/bruce-dern-northbound-hitchcock-gandhi-edinburgh">Continue reading...</a>

Famed for playing loners, cranks and wayward angels, the Hollywood star is now a wolfish 90 – but he still jogs daily. As he takes his latest film to Edi...

‘I turned down Gandhi because I’m terrified of snakes’: the amazing movie memories of Bruce Dern

Company also announced a paid service for early access to president’s posts on policies to the social media siteDonald Trump’s media company – which owns the Truth Social platform favored by the US president – posted a $238m loss in the second quarter.Trump Media &amp; Technology on Monday <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/b2icontent.irpass.cc/2660/rl168841.pdf">reported that losses</a> in the three months through June came as the company branched into new ventures including crypto. The company’s new chief executive, Kevin McGurn, announced at a conference call about the earnings that after a yearlong effort to expand into online betting and crypto, the company would be refocusing on social media. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/trump-media-company-loss">Continue reading...</a>

Company also announced a paid service for early access to president’s posts on policies to the social media site

Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss

Ten years later, the actors are stopped in the street to talk about their chemistry in the fantastic BBC sitcom Mum. The pair open up about joy, naughtiness and Tinder swiping<ul><li>More from our series Making Love: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/14/we-met-and-two-minutes-later-we-were-kissing-how-gavin-and-stacey-became-britains-most-bang-tidy-tv-couple">‘We met and two minutes later we were kissing’ – how Gavin and Stacey became Britain’s most bang tidy TV couple</a></li></ul>Ten years ago, Stefan Golaszewski introduced us to 59-year-old Cathy in his sitcom Mum. It was the day of the funeral of her husband, Dave, in the chaos of her suburban semi-detached before setting off. Her dopey son, Jason, was there with his goofy new girlfriend, Kelly, as was Cathy’s pushover brother, Derek, and his snobby partner, Pauline. Dave’s parents were picking at nibbles, too, making borderline problematic comments. And there was a quiet, kind man, Michael, trying to reach Cathy in this mayhem to give her a bouquet of flowers.Michael was an old friend of Cathy and Dave. Over the next three seasons, he slowly revealed his true feelings to Cathy. It started with a little hand grab. Then came the admission that, after Michael’s mum died, the last thing he talked to her about was, “You.” Garden centre trips followed (“We’ve been to three and you still haven’t bought any chairs!”) as did Cathy’s doubts (“What if I just miss Dave?”). Then, one day, she gave in to her feelings: “It sort of crept up on me.” After a final declaration of love in the rain, the pair walked off into the sunset with a bag of crisps and bottle of bubbly. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/11/lesley-manville-peter-mullan-interview-mum-tv-romance">Continue reading...</a>

Ten years later, the actors are stopped in the street to talk about their chemistry in the fantastic BBC sitcom Mum. The pair open up about joy, naughtin...

‘There is no age-limit on love!’: Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their heart-melting TV romance

Football manager José Mourinho stars in a three-parter from the creators of Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Don’t expect it to be quite so entertaining…Among his previous credits, the director of this mini-series Joe Pearlman can count the revelatory and hilarious 2018 film, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/11/bros-after-screaming-stops-review-sly-documentary">Bros: After the Screaming Stops</a>. That documentary worked brilliantly because its subjects seemed so sweetly but devastatingly lacking in discretion or self-awareness that everything they said landed like a line from a Christopher Guest parody. They couldn’t help themselves.In terms of a character study, storied football manager José Mourinho is a very different kettle of cold fish. Like the Goss twins, he takes himself very seriously indeed, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end. He’s something of a closed book. “You are pushing me to speak about myself,” he says, towards the end of the final part of this series. “And I don’t want to.” Which is fair enough but it does beg the question: why then, would you agree to be the subject of an in-depth three part documentary series?Mourinho is on Netflix <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/11/mourinho-review-if-he-didnt-want-to-open-up-maybe-he-shouldnt-have-starred-in-a-docuseries">Continue reading...</a>

Football manager José Mourinho stars in a three-parter from the creators of Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Don’t expect it to be quite so entertaining…

Mourinho review – if he didn’t want to open up, maybe he shouldn’t have starred in a docuseries…

Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominanceHello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/series/reworked">Reworked series</a> on AI and the future of work, filling in for Blake Montgomery this week. Major legal battles against <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/meta">Meta</a> over child safety are playing out in courts across the US – and the tech giant is losing. Recent rulings raise big questions about social media companies’ responsibility to their youngest users. Meanwhile, more key executives have jumped ship from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/google">Google</a> as it battles <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/openai">OpenAI</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/anthropic">Anthropic</a> in the race for AI dominance, and Meta’s smartglasses face a fearsome backlash. Let’s dig in!<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/09/i-kept-catching-people-giving-me-dirty-looks-the-backlash-against-meta-smart-glasses">‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/ai-smartglasses-camera-film-privacy-consent">This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/tell-us-filmed-without-consent-metas-smartglasses">Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent?</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears">Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/meta-ai-smart-glasses-privacy">‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinion</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/10/bernie-sanders-ai-development-pause-letter">Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/uk-children-explicit-deepfake-images-ai">Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/07/white-house-ai">The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/datacenters-little-rock-arkansas">‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai">Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/04/spacex-first-earnings-report">SpaceX beats revenue expectations in first earnings report after IPO crash</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/10/meta-child-safety-google-executives-ai-techscape">Continue reading...</a>

Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominance

Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning

Family fallouts, failing marriages, sunburn, food poisoning ... from Deborah Levy’s hypnotic and disturbing Hot Milk to All In, Claire Powell’s all-inclusive nightmare, Leon Craig looks at the best novels about vile vacationsEvery summer, we long for a much-needed break from daily life, dreaming of self-reinvention in some distant paradise. But really, holidays can be absolute hell. Instead of relaxation we encounter heaving crowds, lumpy beds, the caprices of our loved ones and the grim truth that we can escape neither their worst failings nor our own, however far we travel.Small wonder, then, that the disaster holiday has become a booming subgenre in fiction. For most of us, the levels of luxury promised by hit TV series <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jul/09/the-white-lotus-review-hbo">The White Lotus</a> are pure fantasy, yet we’re all vulnerable to the expensive promises we’ve been sold. Two of the smartest offerings in fiction this summer come from Claire Powell’s All In and Chloë Ashby’s Family Friends. In the former, a struggling couple whose marriage is on the rocks go on an all-inclusive Spanish weekend break, paid for by a rich brother. Poignant and extremely funny, the frictions that ensue are all too believable. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/11/feel-the-burn-why-holidays-from-hell-make-for-blistering-fiction">Continue reading...</a>

Family fallouts, failing marriages, sunburn, food poisoning ... from Deborah Levy’s hypnotic and disturbing Hot Milk to All In, Claire Powell’s all-inclu...

Feel the burn: why holidays from hell make for blistering fiction

From poignant farewells to adorable cuddly toy monkeys, these are the televisual finales that turn Guardian readers into puddles of joyA missing monkey, a token tennis bracelet, and the end of the Korean war! These are the most uplifting and moving finales in TV history, according to Guardian readers. Warning, spoilers lie ahead. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/10/i-cant-watch-it-without-sobbing-your-happiest-tv-endings">Continue reading...</a>

From poignant farewells to adorable cuddly toy monkeys, these are the televisual finales that turn Guardian readers into puddles of joy

‘I can’t watch it without sobbing’: your happiest TV endings

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Reservoir has built an ultra-efficient water heater that can predict hot water demand, store energy, and detect plumbing leaks throughout a home.

Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want

Yulu aims to have a fleet of 200,000 bikes in the next two years and faster electric two-wheelers, aiming at new logistics use cases.

India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices.

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

The divestiture comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side. 

Uber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion camp...

FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems. 

OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

Google also shared numbers of how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice feature. Plus, Gemini now generates more than 150 million images every day, according to Google. 

Google also shared numbers of how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice featu...

Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users

Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.

Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is stil...

Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app

Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.

What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?

One of OpenAI's longest-serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was "excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point."

One of OpenAI's longest-serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was "excited to help you all advance the ...

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’

River AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate.

General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the company's models made more progress than you might expect.

For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the comp...

An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems

Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business.

Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition

The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.

Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight

Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September, where it will be ad-free.

Block Blast! goes ad-free on Apple Arcade

Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026 

FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's permission.

FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.

Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to bu...

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

Bumble is ditching the rule that it has enforced since launching in 2024. Men can finally message first.

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