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US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports

Popularised by Tom Holland, who doesn’t have much of it, and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, who allegedly has it in abundance, ‘rizz’ – short for ‘charisma’ – is now the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year. But what does it say about modern life today, asks Ellie Muir

Hollywood writers and actors recently proved that they could go toe-to-toe with powerful media conglomerates. After going on strike in the summer of 2023, they secured better pay, more transparency from streaming services and safeguards from having their work exploited or replaced by artificial intelligence.

Streamlining streaming for streamers.