Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
This celebratory show by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow delivers emotional openness alongside cracking jokes
OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says
Birds of War review – war journalists find love among the ruins
This documentary tells the story of the long-distance relationship between a BBC correspondent in London and a photographer on the ground in Syria with charm and humanity
AI summaries of Tripadvisor hotel reviews downplay serious complaints, investigation finds
AI-generated overview found to gloss over allegations of sexual harassment and describes hotel being sued over hygiene as ‘spotless’
New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
Language commission hails normalisation of te reo Māori after years of work in identifying frequently mispronounced words
Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world
People in the US: share your views on Trump’s earnings in his second term
We’d like to find out how Americans feel about Donald Trump’s $2.2bn earnings since returning to the White House
Best TV shows and movies streaming in Australia this month
Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, Prime Video and others in July, including The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Sheep Detectives and Christopher Nolan’s back catalogue
No console-flation: how the thirst for AI chips is sending games console prices soaring
AI data centres, memory scarcity and factory capacity are costing consumers –and console makers
The Guilty review – Russell Tovey is commanding in cop thriller that fills you with dread
Tovey plays a lone officer in a control room dragged into a mysterious case in this gripping drama directed by Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett
Alarm bells over conflict of interest as filing shows Trump raked in $2bn in 2025
Crypto ventures eclipse much of property portfolio, with revenue also coming from Trump-branded products
Anthropic says US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security fears
AI company was forced last month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals
Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is making some wonder: will we have real disclosure soon?
The short answer is that there’s nothing to disclose. But that doesn’t mean we won’t make contact with extraterrestrial life
Shrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
From Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fears
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review – two goofballs in search of a gig roll back the years
Channelling Bill and Ted, slacker buddies accidentally travel back to 2008, but open up a psychic wound which threatens their band’s existence