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Booking.com under investigation by EU regulators over fake listings and scams

European Commission calls accommodation website’s approach to fraudulent listings and phishing scams as ‘absolutely substandard’

New prize launches for books co-written with AI

After months of controversy over the possible use of AI by winners of prestigious awards, the Prix Pascal de Littérature IA is rewarding fiction written with the help of LLMs

The best Kindles in the UK for every bookworm and budget – tested

Whether you want a colour screen, somewhere to scribble notes or a child-friendly model, here’s what we recommend from Amazon’s e-reader range

As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line

Enthusiasts like Grimes and A$AP Rocky may embrace AI-generated content, but they won’t produce it themselves

UK cinemas report ‘bonkers’ demand for documentary You Can See Everything

Tickets for film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes said to be selling out after $15m opening weekend in the US

Scream review – Wes Craven meta horror remains super smart and scary 30 years on

Self-aware romp through the genre is redolent of the 90s but its ghost-masked killer is as alarming as ever

The best gifts for nine-year-olds, picked by nine-year-olds and parents

Popcorn makers, Lego Fortnite and the coolest water bottle around … surprise the mini tween in your life with our pick of the top gifts and toys

Making Marie Antoinette review – sweet Coppola home movie reveals the family business

Shot by Sofia’s mother Eleanor this documentary shows something of the strain of shooting a period piece, but is a far cry from the tumultuous portrait of her husband in Hearts of Darkness

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House review – new levels of giddiness unleashed in spooky spin-off

Picking up not long after the events of the final episode of the BBC’s haunted house comedy, this glorious new film is every bit as warm and comforting as the TV sitcom

‘A difficult line’: meet the editors tackling Wikipedia’s arms trade pages

Volunteers and new recruits come together for ‘wikithon’ to put more detail about industry into public domain

UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTok

Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff

Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro family

Tesla and SpaceX explore merger as Elon Musk gives backing

Billionaire, on SpaceX earnings call, says ‘I do think there’s a lot of merit to combining the companies’

You Can See Everything mania lifts viewership for The Dropout by 186%

The hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary has led to increased interest in the award-winning narrative series on Hulu as well as Bad Blood, a 2018 book on the scandal

Americans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchs

The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve

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  • Disquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal
  • The secret behind Lula’s win in Brazil may be an ‘army’ – of social media creators
  • The staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized
  • ‘Never big enough’: inside the booming penis enlargement industry
  • Relying on AI is rotting your brain. But here’s what you can do about it
  • The Guide #267: Robert Pattinson embraced his inner lowlife and became one of the best actors of his era
  • From Wicker to Zelda: Ocarina of Time: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Apologies for any confusion!’: how to write the perfect passive-aggressive email
  • How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
  • North Korea is likely culprit behind $6.3bn crypto hack, ‘largest heist in history’
  • How do we make new economic ideas a reality? – Aditya Chakrabortty answered your questions
  • How big a deal is the $6.3bn Binance crypto heist, who did it, and are investments safe?
  • Billionaire tax: how a union leader’s ‘crazy’ idea became the defining issue of California’s midterms
  • Buy a wind-up radio – and don’t forget the chocolate: survival experts on how to prepare for an emergency
  • To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere
  • Sir Patrick Stewart obituary
  • Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain
  • ‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies
  • From Possible Love to Ali G: Who Iz I?: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I saw the script and went: oooh!’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skårsgard on their steamy folk-horror movie Wicker
  • Electrocutions, disease and no pay: how workers risk exploitation in Europe’s datacentres
  • Experience: I live in the house from the 80s horror movie Poltergeist
  • Liberal senator admits mistake after grilling ABC execs about Gaza journalist’s ‘Hamas’ ID
  • Patrick Stewart brought gravitas and complexity to the screen, from Star Trek to X-Men
  • Manosphere and online misogyny should be treated as public health issues, say UK experts
  • More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result
  • DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline
  • The Guardian view on online harms: Ofcom is failing at its job
  • Brazil’s victory for the planet and democracy: seven lessons from Lula’s win
  • The Mosquito Bowl review – Netflix mixes football, war and cliches in slick by-the-numbers saga

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