Kate Bush joins campaign against AI using artists’ work without permission
Singer-songwriter follows Paul McCartney and others in speaking out as ministers consider opt-out system
Best podcasts of the week: Everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s new top team
Plus: in the final edition of Hear Here, we round up five of the best experimental podcasts, and five more to keep you thinking
‘Can we show someone being shot?’: the tense true story behind September 5
The Oscar-tipped drama follows the ABC crew of journalists who had to cover the unfolding violence as terrorism overtook the the Munich Olympics in 1972
‘It’s a pure form of gambling’: memecoins boom after Trump election
‘Hawk tuah girl’ Haliey Welch’s coin fails amid new wave of hype around crypto-related assets
Meta, TikTok and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news. What does it mean for you?
The Albanese government has unveiled a charge to incentivise digital platforms to pay publishers. Here’s what you need to know
Am-dram Alien documentary comes to TV as ‘unintentional pantomime’
Documentary about amateur theatre group’s take on classic horror film made available to wider audience
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp outage ‘99%’ resolved, says Meta
Social media firm apologises to those affected by blackout on Wednesday, after more than 100,000 complaints
General Motors pulls plug on Cruise, its self-driving robotaxi company
The company said it would no longer fund the venture and will prioritize Super Cruise, its driver assistance program
Kraven the Hunter review – Russell Crowe busts up laborious superhero yarn
Crowe’s safari-going Russian oligarch is the main redeeming feature of this Spider-Man-adjacent tale but there’s not much to like elsewhere
Austin Butler to play Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s American Psycho
Oscar-nominated star of Elvis will take on lead role in Challengers director’s take on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel
‘Sexuality is as individual as a fingerprint’: Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on Queer
In their feverish film, Craig plays a man embroiled in a drug-fuelled gay affair. He and director Guadagnino talk about love, ageing – and a forgotten sex act
Dollars from doughnuts: Krispy Kreme online orders disrupted in cyber-attack
Doughnut maker said it was investigating attack, which affects its online operations but not in-person sales
Sundance 2025: Olivia Colman, Jennifer Lopez and Josh O’Connor lead lineup
Next year’s Utah-based film festival will see world premieres of much-anticipated new titles also starring Benedict Cumberbatch, A$AP Rocky and Rebecca Hall
Emaciated zombie in 28 Years Later is not Cillian Murphy, sources confirm
Rumour that Irish actor returning as a zombie in Danny Boyle’s new film debunked, as art dealer Angus Neill confirmed to be playing role
Redundancies would put Alan Turing Institute at risk, staff say
UK’s AI research body’s ‘ability to be a serious scientific organisation’ is in danger, 90 staff tell trustees