How Flightradar24 became the go-to platform for the world to watch global aviation crises unfold

The Swedish flight tracking tool, spun out of a price comparison portal, is tracking the travel chaos sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran in real time

Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D camera

Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable

Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actors

Trump says he fired Anthropic ‘like dogs’ as Pentagon formally blacklists AI startup

Reports say talks have resumed between defense department and startup over military’s use of company’s AI

Iran’s internet blackout could worsen human toll of war, say rights groups

Experts say government’s shutdown means civilians are not seeing evacuation warnings before bombs hit

‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom

In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and dopamine-driven algorithms

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown

Cillian Murphy reprises his haunted gang boss in Steven Knight’s muscular film spin-off – as a wartime clash with Nazis and family betrayal pulls him back to Birmingham

Retailers want ‘delightfully human’ AI to do your shopping, but will the chatbots go rogue?

Plans for agentic shopping assistants are under way at Australia’s major companies. Guardian Australia tested the technology after a string of mishaps

The ‘Jim Carrey is a clone’ theory is absurd. Of course people believe it

Conspiracy claims have erupted over the star’s appearance. These days, I can’t blame people for endless skepticism

She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it

Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm

Chic couture, bio-terror and a whole load of Mike Leigh: Lesley Manville’s finest films – ranked!

With her 70th birthday around the corner, we assess the greatest screen outings of everybody’s favourite underrated doyenne of British cinema

Paramount-Warner Bros mega-merger could still face ‘real threats’, antitrust experts say

The $110bn deal will require approval from regulatory authorities in the US, the EU and the UK

Soul to Soul review – joyous 1971 concert film captures Black American stars’ emotional return to Ghana

Restored documentary records a historic independence day show in Accra, with electrifying performances from Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett and more

$700 Erewhon hauls, 21-hour shifts: celebrity assistants go public with their grueling, fabulous work

Staff for the rich and famous are influencerizing their day-to-day lives, giving followers access to luxury while creating financial safety nets for themselves

Checking your ex’s socials or overusing Find My Friends? Welcome to the age of interpersonal surveillance

Invasive behaviour that would have shocked us a decade ago now barely registers. And that includes the way we digitally track and monitor each other, says technology journalist Tatum Hunter