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The making of Fargo at 30: ‘Man, you don’t give me this role, I’m gonna shoot your dog’

As the Oscar-winning Coen brothers classic reaches its three decade anniversary, stars of the film discuss the stories behind its production

AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows

Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks

Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent

What does the US military’s feud with Anthropic mean for AI used in war?

Tech policy professor who served in US air force explains how a feud between an AI startup and the US military illuminates ethical fault lines

The myth of Baba Vanga: how a mystic’s ‘prophecies’ fuel online propaganda

Many of the Bulgarian seer’s predictions were never recorded, yet her name bolsters conspiracy theories and geopolitical narratives

‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower

Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare

‘A very paternalistic attitude’: why is female desire still not taken seriously?

In documentary The Pink Pill, the fight to provide access to the so-called ‘female Viagra’ exposes an industry that still discounts the needs of women

‘Kitty karma’? Jessie Buckley tries to claw back approval after enraging cat-lovers

Oscar favourite insists she is a ‘lover of cats’ after telling podcast about ultimatum she once gave to now husband

From The Bride! to Harry Styles: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Maggie Gyllenhaal gives us a new take on The Bride of Frankenstein, and the stadium-conquering pop prince is back with a new album

The Guardian view on AI in war: the Iran conflict shows that the paradigm shift has already begun

Editorial: The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate the need for democratic oversight and multilateral controls

Keir Starmer accused of ‘mimicking Trump’ with Middle East crisis TikTok post

PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing

‘A piece of supremely nasty mischief’: the Guardian’s film critic on the latest White House war video

In a chilling social media video that is beyond irony, clips from Braveheart, Gladiator, Superman and Top Gun are crassly interspersed with real kill-shot footage of the attacks in Iran

White House releases video promoting ‘justice the American way’ featuring Hollywood characters

Critics have called Trump administration’s provocative video ‘slopaganda’, used to promote president’s agenda

Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact

Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with Conservatives

Daryl Hannah slams Ryan Murphy’s Love Story as ‘tragedy-exploiting’ and ‘textbook misogyny’

Actor penned scathing essay for the New York Times, criticising show’s portrayal of her and sharing she’s received ‘threatening’ messages since it aired

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  • Lucky Strike review – likably manly Scott Eastwood fights his way home in second world war yarn
  • US water facilities targeted by ‘malicious cyber actors’ – who’s to blame?
  • Prisoners of Paradise review – Ellie Bamber heads to Mauritius for chaste literary tale of star-crossed lovers
  • Web of billions: how Spider-Man became the most heroic franchise in Hollywood
  • Love Me Tender review – Vicky Krieps custody-battle drama is intelligent, sensual and bitter slice of life
  • Post your questions for Imelda Staunton
  • Metro Bank customer fights for £14,000 refund after AI-linked fraud
  • The Summer Book review – Glenn Close powers sweet-natured take on Tove Jansson’s grief classic
  • Careless whispers: what really happened between George Michael and Lindsay Anderson? The Wham! movie producer reveals all
  • ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
  • Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data
  • Fred Stone obituary
  • Vincent Pastore obituary
  • Justin Hardy, director of Wicker Man sequel, dies three weeks before its premiere
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day makes $932m at box office in second biggest opening weekend in history
  • Children using social media at younger age appear to do worse in school tests
  • Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’
  • Best TV shows and movies streaming in Australia this month
  • Lonely planet: why are we addicted to the social media scroll when it is so clearly harming us?
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day: new characters, new flaws, new tech and brain-exploding future consequences – discuss with spoilers
  • Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
  • Nolan’s film could make The Odyssey the most sought-after book in the US
  • ‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement
  • Nolan’s Odyssey shows what happens when a leader’s violations are rewarded
  • This Tempting Madness review – watchable psychological suspense offers Mexican standoff of gaslighting
  • Barbie sequel at risk as salary talks with Robbie, Gosling and Gerwig hit impasse
  • The Ribbon Hero review – do-gooder princess battles giant flying earwigs in update of classic yarn
  • Memory review – a cinematic exorcism through a child’s eye view of terror in the Chechen wars
  • The right hates The Odyssey because of its ‘wokeness’ – but it missed an even bigger threat to its worldview
  • Atlas of Disappearance review – forensic quest for thousands of forgotten victims of the Spanish civil war

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