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Is it time to break up with US big tech? - The Latest

30 janvier 2026 à 18:44

With Donald Trump tearing up the world order, governments across Europe are having to confront the fact that most of the technology they rely on comes from US companies. French officials have taken a step this week to reduce their dependence on US digital infrastructure, announcing they have stopped using Zoom, the US-owned video meeting software, in favour of a French-made program. But how viable is this? And what are the risks? The Guardian’s Michael Safi speaks to the tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker

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© Photograph: The Guardan

© Photograph: The Guardan

Jayasree Kabir obituary

30 janvier 2026 à 18:39

Actor who was a celebrated figure of Bangladeshi cinema after being discovered by the Indian director Satyajit Ray

Few performers’ careers have encompassed both discovery by Satyajit Ray and working opposite sometime Likely Lad James Bolam. Yet this was the distinction the actor Jayasree Kabir, who has died aged 73, achieved while shifting between the southern and northern hemispheres as work and family commitments required.

Launched while still a teenager in Ray’s 1970 film Pratidwandi (The Adversary), Kabir compiled a modest yet highly selective list of credits, including several key titles of Bangladeshi cinema, before making her final screen appearance in a 2004 episode of the BBC’s primetime ratings winner New Tricks, starring Bolam.

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US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files

30 janvier 2026 à 18:37

Batch will include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, deputy attorney general Todd Blanche says

The US deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, announced on Friday that the justice department is releasing more than 3m pages of documents related to its investigation into disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the largest trove of files released to date.

In a testy news conference, Blanche said that the release will include more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, which will have “extensive redactions”. He added that the Trump administration has produced roughly 3.5m pages in an effort to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. He said that they include large quantities of commercial pornography and images “that were seized from Epstein’s devices”.

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© Photograph: Department of Justice

© Photograph: Department of Justice

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