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Patricia Greene obituary

Actor who played Jill Archer for 68 years on the long-running BBC radio soap opera The Archers

‘These are some of the most complex structures ever created’: how tech reporting moved into the physical world

The Guardian’s global tech reporting team are investigating the impact of the vast datacentres being built to power the AI revolution. We spoke to them about how their beat has become increasingly offline

CurrentBody Multi Light Therapy LED mask review: hands down the best I’ve tested

With five light modes targeting everything from fine lines to blemishes and pigmentation, CurrentBody’s latest mask promises a lot – and so does its price tag

‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won

When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did they pull it off?

‘I felt dizzy’: bodybuilder recalls how drug abuse caught up with him

Jamie Mantzouridis used steroids, growth hormones and insulin until the side effects became impossible to ignore

‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros

Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey is set to break box-office records. What made the director so determined to adapt the ancient Greek epic? And why does a poem from 600BC hold a vice-like grip on pop culture?

Fitness influencers linked to wellness brand helping run illegal steroid market on Telegram

Ambassadors for Gencore Global directed followers to Telegram channels promoting steroids, prescription medicines and experimental peptides

‘A very good clone’: news stories faked to lure victims to scam investment sites

Fraudsters create false articles that appear to be from publishers such as the Guardian to share on social media

‘We were kids dressed as gangsters, running riot’ – Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone at 50, by its cast and crew

Jodie Foster hated her 6am starts, Parker couldn’t stop swearing, Dexter Fletcher was traumatised by his haircut … There was as much drama off-screen as on during the making of this classic movie

Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France

Microsoft, Amazon and Google say they still aim to achieve net zero output despite construction boom

AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has a movie coming out. Spare us this future

Acting is about human connection across cultural and social divides. But we can’t expect much of that in the ‘Tillyverse’

Safe from AI: which jobs will help you thrive in the future?

Experts say there will still be opportunities ahead in everything from teaching to hotels and the law

From Moana to Suki Waterhouse: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia star in the latest Disney animation to get the live-action treatment, and the model-actor-singer proffers more of her signature lush soft rock

Use of VPNs to bypass age checks on porn sites to be investigated by Australia’s eSafety watchdog

Online safety regulator monitoring compliance of top 30 adult sites after age verification laws introduced in March

Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets

Suit claims OpenAI poached Apple workers, coaxing them to share confidential material in bid to create hardware

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  • Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east
  • ‘She wasn’t acting, she wanted to live it’: how a fake pregnancy resulted in the wildest true crime film of the year
  • It’s the vibe: Australian comedy classic The Castle set to become a stage play
  • New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash
  • David Jonsson: the London rising star handpicked to be the new Black Panther
  • Plas Johnson obituary
  • ‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
  • ‘It reminded me of James Bond’: Guardian readers on The Odyssey
  • Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation
  • Tom Holland says some of his films are ‘shit’ and people shouldn’t see them
  • Charli xcx portrait added to National Portrait Gallery collection
  • Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm
  • The Phantom Pain of Rojava review – Kurdish veterans of the war against IS tell story of courage and survival
  • Joyce Carol Oates thinks the 90s TV adaptation of The Odyssey is the best. I beg to differ
  • ‘The greatest album never made’: the untold story of George Michael’s secret, star-packed duets project
  • There was one thing I swore I’d never do on WhatsApp. And now I’ve gone and done it
  • Unauthorised version of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey shared on X
  • A Dairy Story review – giving cows and calves a happier life through progressive farming
  • What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse
  • AusAlert blared around parks, libraries and cinemas for a few seconds, but some didn’t get the alert at all
  • Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’
  • Valentina and the MUOSters review – US military surveillance in Sicily triggers family discord on the ground
  • Honor Magic V6 review: sleek foldable phone lacking a bit of polish
  • Liberty embraces sewing boom with craft classes as it expands fabrics section
  • ‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China
  • ‘My mother was 4ft 11in and scared the hell out of people’ – Sean Astin on child stardom, The Lord of the Rings and surviving 45 years in Hollywood
  • Manzoor Hussain obituary
  • Industry star David Jonsson to play Black Panther in Marvel sequel
  • Tony Williams obituary
  • Joanna Pettet obituary

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