Apple Watch Series 11 review: wrist-flickingly good with longer battery life

The Apple Watch Series 11 adds the one thing most people actually want from a smartwatch: longer battery life.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.Otherwise the new model is a direct replacement for the Series 10, matching it in design, dimensions and features, with most of its upgrades coming from software

OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters

OpenAI is promising to give copyright holders “more granular control” over character generation after its new app Sora 2 produced a flood of videos that depicted copyrighted characters.Sora 2, a video generator powered by artificial intelligence, was launched last week on an invite-only basis. The app allows users to generate short videos based on a text prompt. The Guardian’s review of the feed of AI-generated videos last week showed copyrighted characters from shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, Pokémon and Rick and Morty.The Wall Street Journal reported last week that before OpenAI released Sora 2, the company told talent agencies and studios if they didn’t want their copyrighted material replicated by the video generator, they would have to opt out

Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year

When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low.But the broader education sector is well used to being a target.According to a UK government survey, educational institutions are more likely to face a cyber-attack or security breach than private businesses.Six out of 10 secondary schools have suffered an attack or breach over the past 12 months, rising to eight out of 10 for further education colleges and nine out of 10 for higher education institutions. By comparison, four out of 10 businesses have faced a breach or attack – roughly the same proportion as primary schools

Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up?

The Anti-Defamation League, one of the most prominent Jewish advocacy and anti-hate organizations in the US, has been the center of a rightwing pressure campaign that intensified on Wednesday when the FBI director, Kash Patel, denounced the group and said the agency would cut ties with the non-profit.Patel’s announcement followed days of attacks by rightwing influencers and Elon Musk on the ADL over its online database on extremism, which included a page on slain far-right pundit Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and the organization’s links to far-right extremists. On Tuesday, the ADL deleted its entire Glossary of Extremism, a flagship project which contained more than 1,000 entries on groups and movements with connections to hateful ideologies. The move failed to quell the backlash.The fury against the ADL this week has placed the 112-year-old organization in a difficult position

Tesla hit with second lawsuit over deadly California Cybertruck crash

Tesla is being sued by the parents of a another victim killed in a Cybertruck crash in the quiet town of Piedmont, California. This is the second suit filed against the car maker this week alleging a design flaw in its vehicle is to blame for the deaths of the passengers involved in the accident, according to court filings.The parents of Jack Nelson allege that the company that helped Elon Musk become the world’s richest man knew about the flaw for years and could have moved faster to fix the problem but did not, leaving the passengers trapped amid flames and smoke that eventually killed them.“This case arises from catastrophic design defects in the Tesla Cybertruck that turned a survivable crash into a fatal fire,” reads the complaint, which was filed on Thursday in Alameda county superior court. The Nelsons are being represented by the firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger

TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’

TikTok has directed children’s accounts to pornographic content within a small number of clicks, according to a report by a campaign group.Global Witness set up fake accounts using a 13-year-old’s birth date and turned on the video app’s “restricted mode”, which limits exposure to “sexually suggestive” content.Researchers found TikTok suggested sexualised and explicit search terms to seven test accounts that were created on clean phones with no search history.The terms suggested under the “you may like” feature included “very very rude skimpy outfits” and “very rude babes” – and then escalated to terms such as “hardcore pawn [sic] clips”. For three of the accounts the sexualised searches were suggested immediately