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Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms

Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram

Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’

To test the safety and security of AI, hackers have to trick large language models into breaking their own rules. It requires ingenuity and manipulation - and can come at a deep emotional cost

Keira Knightley returns to West End in adaptation of Oscar winner The Lives of Others

Stephen Dillane and Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson set to co-star in Robert Icke’s production based on the German film this autumn

Ada: My Mother the Architect review – illuminating profile of brilliant builder balances work and family

Film-maker Yael Melamede presents a fascinating, if inevitably slightly indulgent, account of the revered Israeli designer’s life and work

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea review – hectic anime lives again

There is less daffy humour in this sequel than in the 2023 original, but some sublime animation

In the coming AI future, Britain must not end up at the mercy of US tech giants

Trump is volatile, capricious and unreasonable – but he belongs to the old world of analogue power. What comes next will be harder to manage, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Sam Neill announces he is cancer-free after taking part in Australian clinical trial: ‘I’m very, very excited’

Jurassic Park actor is advocating for CAR T-cell therapy, which he underwent as part of a clinical trial, to be rolled out for blood cancer patients across Australia

Mickey Mouse is watching you: Disneyland deploys facial recognition

Walt Disney Company says technology at California theme park will prevent fraud and streamline re-entry

Wolfram review – Warwick Thornton’s sequel to Sweet Country never quite comes together

Set four years after Thornton’s blistering neo-western, this film is impressively atmospheric and has strong performances, though Deborah Mailman is criminally underused

‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown

Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious

UK politics: Starmer avoids privileges committee inquiry into vetting of Peter Mandelson – as it happened

MPs rejected a Conservative party proposal for the prime minister to face a parliamentary inquiry into his appointment of Peter Mandelson

UK must seize initiative on AI or be left at its mercy, Liz Kendall says

Technology secretary speaks amid concerns country is struggling to make its own way in AI

Google reportedly signs classified AI deal with US Pentagon

Tech company is latest Silicon Valley firm to sign agreement with US military despite widespread employee opposition

People aged 18-29: tell us about your cinema going habits

We would like to hear from younger people about how often they go to the cinema

The Tin Can phone: is this the simple secret to a screen-free childhood?

Created by three dads from Seattle, the resolutely un-mobile handset doesn’t have internet access, apps or even a screen. No wonder anxious parents are snapping it up

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  • The brief life and sudden death of Zyzz: why did the bodybuilding influencer die at just 22?
  • ‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
  • Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
  • China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
  • Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriend’s menstrual blood in his freezer
  • If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid
  • The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are liberating people from their phones
  • In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser
  • ‘We didn’t feel safe’: Booking.com users face battle to get money back
  • ‘A towering piece of monoculture’: how The Odyssey discourse has dominated this summer
  • From Spider-Man: Brand New Day to Ariana Grande: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Mahershala Ali on Marvel’s collapsed Blade reboot: ‘If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it’
  • $2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use
  • Glen Hansard obituary
  • The Birthday Trip review – excellent Australian black comedy piles pressure on to privilege
  • On tour with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Foo Fighters: raw music documentary captures Australia’s ‘best summer’
  • Hold the front page! Marilyn Monroe is Dakota Johnson’s ninth cousin three times removed
  • ‘Change is happening! I can cut off my hair and misbehave’: Vicky Krieps on rage, rebellion, and rejecting Hollywood
  • AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
  • Release schedule: when to wee and when to wait during this summer’s biggest movies
  • Ryan Gosling is entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe – on a motorbike, in flames, wearing a leather jacket. What could go wrong?
  • McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous
  • Heretic to Love Me: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I was born without self-esteem’: Hannah Einbinder on Hacks, her buzzy queer horror – and being Hollywood’s most outspoken star
  • Drones offer alternative to balloons for weather research
  • Could AI take your job? Some workers in China already know the answer
  • Apple and Amazon report rising revenues as investors turn on some tech stocks
  • Netflix sued for $105m over stolen Nicolas Cage war thriller
  • ‘I was hyperventilating and sobbing’: Tomi Adeyemi says Children of Blood and Bone film ‘the worst thing I’ve ever lived through’
  • George and Amal Clooney evacuate from French house: ‘We do not know whether our beautiful home will survive’

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