Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups

High in fibre and polyphenols, popcorn has been touted as the perfect snack for the health-conscious. It’s also the ideal vehicle for salt, sugar, butter, bacon fat …

Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality

Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?

Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media

Investigation finds AI content that purports to show genuine customers, prompting calls for greater transparency

Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off

Removal of Alan Latham’s firms means there is no longer an entity for creditors to make claims against

To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?

The animated sequel sets up a tug-of-war between physical and digital play for children but is still eager not to be an anti-tech screed

Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach

Ruling means Boca Chica Beach, located near sprawling Starbase site, likely to close during future rocket launches

‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites

We’ve already listed our writers’ all-timers, now Guardian readers get their say on the seminal director’s best blockbusters

Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat

Figures including Jared Kushner and Scott Bessent named in directory of Dialog participants that was exposed online

Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me

We’re both addicted to our screens. But at least we’re watching together – it’s dystopian bonding for the modern age

Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging

The reconstruction of the vaquita, whose numbers barely reach double figures in the wild, is designed to help research and conservation efforts

A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency

Does a thought-experiment about US ascendancy in the technology say as much about AI jitters as it does about the reality?

Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy

Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furore

From Funboys to Olivia Rodrigo: the week in rave reviews

Steve Coogan drops in on the lovably daft Northern Irish comedy, and the alt-pop superstar teases some relationship mysteries. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today

Twenty years ago I briefly became the victim of a viral pile-on – all because of a silly YouTube video. But I’m glad I had the chance to embarrass myself and move on. Are today’s teens so fortunate?

Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage

Apart from effort to electrify, there were geopolitical tensions around climate science and the 1.5C goal at pre-Cop31 climate talks