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Federal judge throws out most of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni

Judge Lewis Liman dismissed 10 of Lively’s 13 claims against Baldoni, including claim of sexual harassment

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco

Court dismisses former WhatsApp security chief’s lawsuit against Meta

Abdullah Baig alleged Meta ignored flaws putting billions at risk, but a US judge ruled he lacked sufficient evidence

Killer rabbits, bunny boilers and the holy hand grenade of Antioch: Easter bunny movies – ranked!

From Watership Down and Fatal Attraction to Bambi and Python’s Holy Grail, rabbits are an unlikely constant in film – and often with sinister intentions. Here are the 20 best leporine movie moments

Goodbye mrbrightside416: Google allows users to alter quirky Gmail addresses

Those in US given chance to have more professional usernames without losing access to account

I wrote a novel using AI. Writers must accept artificial intelligence – but we are as valuable as ever

Mastery of banal style is losing its usefulness – but language is more powerful than ever. It’s up to the writer to do what machines can’t

I handed over my dating life to AI. I don’t think she’ll see me again

In week five of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic decided to let AI take the lead on a date. If uncanny valley was a conversational style, it’s this

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam

Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations

Her daughter was murdered seven years ago. Why are images of the crime still on social media?

Bianca Devins was 17 when she was killed by a man who then shared photos of her mutilated body on sites like Instagram and Snapchat – something her mother Kim describes as ‘psychological terrorism’. Here, she reveals her battle to get them offline

Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests

Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving

Albanese announces crackdown on gambling ads, but falls well short of Labor’s own calls for total ban

Albanese calls gambling reform ‘most significant’ Australia has seen but steps back from implementing all 31 recommendations of landmark 2023 report

UK social media users less active on tech platforms due to rise of video apps

Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life

Claude’s code: Anthropic leaks source code for AI software engineering tool

Nearly 2,000 internal files were briefly leaked after ‘human error’, raising fresh security questions at the AI company

The Guardian view on the BBC’s future: who decides what news means?

Editorial: AI is interpreting journalism without regard for truth. The BBC must build the capacity to ensure its reporting is understood on its own terms

SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say

Elon Musk’s rocket company could go public as early as June, Bloomberg reports

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  • Atlas of Disappearance review – forensic quest for thousands of forgotten victims of the Spanish civil war
  • Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day makes debut to $927m box office to land second biggest opening weekend in history
  • ‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton
  • What do you wish you could buy in vending machines?
  • Why we’re all obsessed with Jimothy the raccoon, the internet’s animal of the moment
  • Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
  • From The Wizard of Oz to Trainspotting: 25 films to watch before you turn 25
  • UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach
  • 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?

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