The UK wants to catch up in the global AI race – but is too wary to go all-in

UK fears a ‘triple whammy’: oversized investment in AI stocks, slower adoption of AI than predicted and the breakneck pace of AI’s development

Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment

PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major speech

Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill: ‘He was radiating peace, beaming love’

The Piano director shares her memories of the actor on set – and the last time she saw him in hospital

Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence

A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depth

They Fight review – boxing drama is an emotional gutpunch

Anchored by an indelible André Holland performance, the film finds tenderness and warmth amid its gritty Washington DC backdrop

Deep Water review – plane-crash survivors play existential roulette with bitey fish

Renny Harlin’s disaster movie brings aquatic mayhem along with suspense and schadenfreude as aircraft passengers battle to survive hungry sharks

The Last First Time review – queer coming-of-age drama gives itself up to pleasure

A Mexican student’s post-exams night out becomes a heady voyage of self-discovery in this slight but joyful coming-of-age drama

Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 review: a quality PC whose trackpad taps you back

Snappy performance, long battery life, great keyboard and excellent new haptic touchpad make the best of Windows 11

‘Just a local’: rural New Zealand fondly remembers Sam Neill, its everyday star

Sam Neill raised money for the community cinema and traded banter in the local cafe, so to residents of the small towns near where he lived, the actor fitted right in

‘He made wine and he shared it. What more do you want?’: Sam Neill remembered by his co-stars

The actors Lindsay Duncan and Charles Dance, alongside director Peter Webber, pay tribute to a practical joker, unpretentious craftsman and ‘very cool guy’

Sam Neill’s final films tell us a lot about who he was as an actor – and why we’ll miss him

A character actor in a leading man’s body, he gave balls-to-the-wall performances in a subversively varied career

Christopher Nolan fans are embarking on epic journeys to see The Odyssey the way he wants them to

Cinephiles are crossing oceans to see the film at its highest possible resolution – and only 41 cinemas in the world are equipped to do it

I interviewed Sam Neill in 2024. He was even more charming than I’d expected

The actor, who has died aged 78, was refreshingly candid about Hollywood, filmmaking, his cancer treatment – and why he preferred life on his New Zealand farm to the movie business

Open earbuds let you tune in without tuning out the world. Here are the five best pairs in the US

Don’t float through the world in an AirPod bubble – enjoy music or podcasts and carry on using these tested favorites

Tom Cruise unveils remarkable transformation in Digger trailer: ‘I’ve never had something that could challenge me in this way’

The new Alejandro González Iñárritu film sees Cruise playing an eccentric oil baron on a mission to save the world