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Crazy Old Lady review – Carmen Maura excels as a homicidal pensioner wielding a red hot poker

Mistaken identity, dementia, family dysfunction and a murky past entwine in this Spanish horror involving a sprightly octogenarian with a penchant for torture

‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations

Detectives say tools supplied by Palantir were integral to convictions of a criminal gang that stole £800,000

‘I like the challenge’: French animator Florence Miailhe on being nominated for an Oscar for the first time aged 70

The film-maker’s passionate and richly textured new short Papillon (Butterfly) tells the heartbreaking story of French-Jewish swimmer Alfred Nakache, who was stripped of his citizenship in Vichy France

Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it

Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools

Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire actor, dies aged 71

The actor killed himself, his family said in a statement that aimed to raise awareness of ‘his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder’

Nine urges Albanese to force tech companies to compensate media in face of AI threat

Long-awaited news bargaining code with Google, Meta and TikTok at risk of further delay, chief executive says

Crypto exchange Binance may have funded Iranian entities, reports say

Internal investigators said at least two accounts allegedly saw $1.7bn move to Iranian-backed groups

Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Collins ‘honoured and ecstatic’ to play Hepburn, in film charting the dramatic making of the 1961 romantic comedy

As we enter the age of the AI-rranged marriage, here’s why I hate Fate

When the most profound human emotion becomes an automated transaction in an online shop, the techlords have won

Canada seeks answers from OpenAI for failing to alert police after suspending school shooter’s account

Company had suspended account of Tumbler Ridge shooter in June 2025 over ‘furtherance of violent activities’

‘No surprise’: Robert Aramayo’s teachers knew Bafta winner was destined for great things

Awarded best actor and rising star for role as man with Tourette syndrome in I Swear the 33-year-old was ‘mesmerising’ even when learning his craft in Hull

New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use, regulator says

Ofgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than current peak demand

Sam Altman defends AI’s energy toll by saying it also takes a lot to ‘train a human’

OpenAI CEO also downplayed concerns about how much water datacenters require at AI summit in India

Nick Reiner pleads not guilty in his parents’ killings

Reiner, 32, charged with two counts of first-degree murder after parents were stabbed to death in December

John Oliver on Elon Musk’s X: ‘Now worse than useless’

Last Week Tonight host delved into the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in relation to the Epstein files and Musk’s poisonous ownership of X

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  • AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
  • Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy review – Mo Gilligan ruffles feathers in battle against ultra-processed foods
  • Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components
  • Tell us: has Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stoked your interest in classics and poetry?
  • Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdom
  • Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey gives UK poetry sales an epic boost
  • Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast
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  • Google Earth’s potential disinformation nightmare
  • 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
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  • Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data
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