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‘Oh God, I can’t bear it’: Judi Dench says Cats film was ‘a waste of goodwill and talent’

The actor’s forthcoming memoir Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It? says the makers had honourable intentions but the elements ‘didn’t coalesce’

All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea review – stirring portrait of fishers driven to eco-activism

With catches down 80%, dead crabs and lobsters washed up on beaches and officials denying any responsibility, Hartlepool seafarers have taken a stand

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani launches India’s biggest-ever IPO

Low-cost broadband provider Jio Platforms aims for £81bn valuation when it floats on the stock market on Wednesday

Worried about what your phone is doing to your brain? This new fad will make it worse

I have long known that internet detritus is bad for me. But with microdramas – stories told in episodes under two minutes – I can actually feel the damage being done, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Serbian prosecutor who investigated Belgrade Trump tower project ‘targeted with spyware’

Apparent attempt to hack Rade Bajić’s iPhone comes amid efforts to undermine landmark criminal case

Monster Mia review – kooky kid discovers school of beastly besties in wholesome Halloween fun

A scrappy girl discovers her tribe – which includes a vegan vampire – at a school for top scarers in this entertaining pre-teen animation

Googlebook review: Google’s new laptops are woefully underbaked

Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android

Hollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?

As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut, experts are split on whether mainstream adoption is a long way down the line – or just around the corner

The Cycle review – forensic scientist autopsies her dad in grisly psychodrama that turns supernatural

Tense story fritters away initial levels interest as generic horrors eclipse offbeat family dynamic

Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite

The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

I knew one of us could get hurt eventually. I never thought it would be my friend Helen

There will now be a flood of rhetoric about who is to blame. Don’t fall for the political opportunism from left or right. We are all responsible

Political hate speech can have real-world fallout. After the alleged attack on Helen Haines, our leaders must act

Social media amplify the worst excesses of what passes for public discourse, while some media outlets foment polarisation

New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests

System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph

Secrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how You Can See Everything became the film of the year

Nathan Fielder’s secretive Elizabeth Holmes documentary has become a sold-out smash hit and might make Oscars history

‘They pulled a guy’s face off. It’s my favourite bit!’ Linda Cardellini on Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men and slasher horror Crystal Lake

She got to torment Don Draper in Mad Men and has just won an Emmy for DTF St Louis. But nothing prepared the star for all the gore as she switched to horror with the Friday the 13th prequel

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