Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavements
‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?
The unconventional actor is releasing a new hip-hop album, the latest unlikely new string to his bow, but the big surprise is that he might actually be great
Once, cyber-attacks required great skill. AI is changing that
Modern AI systems are, in effect, a universal adviser to help people do harmful things. We’ll need to harness AI for defense, too
‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes
Starship Technologies six-wheelers could soon become a more familiar sight across the country under new laws
Black Box: Flight 298 review – there’s a beastie in the hold in airborne conspiracy horror
Low-budget chiller leans heavily on tinfoil-hat paranoia to build its reasonably effective suspense
Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project
Team hope 30 of hours of footage held by three countries will be enough to bring to life film-maker’s vision
‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort films is a pick for a comedy that demands countless rewatching
Keir Starmer’s attempts to placate big tech were a disaster. Andy Burnham must take a stand
Labour came to power promising to tackle Silicon Valley and stand up to its lobby. But from workers’ rights to online privacy it has failed at almost every turn, says crossbench peer Beeban Kidron
The Last Assassins review – shades of Blade Runner in dystopian thriller shrouded in silty-green murk
Athena Park flees futuristic marauders in a post-apocalyptic tale that looks handsome but very familiar
Why did the BBC hire Ashley Cain? Because it has a warped idea of what young men want
The forefronting of macho personas like Cain’s is cynical, and misses the reality of my generation’s experiences, says Rohan Sathyamoorthy, a 20-year-old writer from London
Fragments of Ice review – fascinating chronicle of Soviet collapse through the lens of a Ukrainian ice skater
Film-maker Maria Stoianova mines her father’s video diaries from the 1980s and 90s to document the decline of communism – and his obsession with western shopping malls
Ring Video Doorbell Pro review: night and day better with new 4K camera
Camera, wifi and design updates bring welcome upgrades to Ring’s top model in wired or battery flavour
‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global
Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX
Tech and AI stocks now make up as much as 12% of most balanced superannuation funds, experts say
‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
Up to 4,000 community banks fear looming legislation to regulate digital cash will deprive rural firms and farmers of $850bn-worth of loans