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Revealed: the vast illegal casino network targeting UK gamblers

Calls for tougher laws as network stretching from Caribbean to Georgia generates riches for offshore tycoons by appearing to prey on the vulnerable

Australia wants to sell its social media ban to the world – but are the measures even working?

Two-thirds of teenagers are still on social media platforms included in the ban, according to the eSafety commissioner

Bone Keeper review – there’s a critter in the caves in serviceable Brit horror

An unconvincing group of friends is briskly picked off one-by-one while searching for a beastie that hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite

Let’s get metaphysical! Existentialist cinema is back, if anyone cares

The philosophy was embraced by film noir, the French New Wave and modern hitmen questioning life’s purpose. Now dust off your turtlenecks, for Sirāt and a new version of Albert Camus’ The Stranger look set to make ennui on-trend again

I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep

Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?

Why every woman can see herself in the story of a German celebrity couple’s split

Many will recognise their own experiences of digital abuse in Collien Fernandes’s allegations – technology offers perpetrators both tools and cover, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

What’s new to streaming in Australia in April: Half Man, The Audacity and Beef returns

Plus: Charlize Theron survives the bush in Apex, Elizabeth Banks shrinks in The Miniature Wife and Mark Wahlberg creates a global scandal in Balls Up

Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras

Milpitas approves measure to distribute smart doorbells and says residents can upload footage to police database

OpenAI, parent firm of ChatGPT, closes $122bn funding round amid AI boom

Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blogpost it generates $2bn a month in revenue

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI

At this point, it’s trite to say that a bad film feels as if it’s been AI generated, but this simplistic sequel is next-level – it’s nothing more than an Easter holiday cash grab

TMZ tracks US lawmakers vacationing amid the partial government shutdown

Tabloid outlet has covered Republicans and Democrats relaxing at places such as Disney World as shutdown drags on

Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book

Publisher alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series

The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them

For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There is a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertise

Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him

Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point

Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree

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  • Memory review – a cinematic exorcism through a child’s eye view of terror in the Chechen wars
  • 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

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