SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say

Elon Musk’s rocket company could go public as early as June, Bloomberg reports

‘System malfunction’ causes robotaxis to stall in the middle of the road in China

Distressed riders who were stranded for hours say Apollo Go customer service agents offered ‘useless platitudes’

Big tech’s tipping point: inside the 3 April Guardian Weekly

Social media firms held to account. Plus: Trump’s defining strategic failure

Terry Cox obituary

Drummer with Pentangle, the folk-rock group who found fame in the 1960s with their fusion of jazz, blues and traditional songs

‘About bloody time’: Prince Harry welcomes lawsuits against tech firms

Prince tells privacy summit of ‘harrowing stories’ of how use of tech giants’ platforms led to ‘grave and irreversible harm’

Patrick McKeown obituary

Precision engineer whose unit at Cranfield University helped develop scanners, tiny integrated circuits and the mirrors of the James Webb space telescope

‘We got cancelled and we’re still here!’ Michael Patrick King on The Comeback – and why And Just Like That will age well

Could AI write an entire sitcom series? That’s the plot of the new season of comedy drama The Comeback. Its co-creator explains why it’s ‘very possible’ – and why the world needs to catch up with AJLT

Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI

We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming

MP rejects Palantir’s claims that criticism of NHS England deal is ‘ideologically motivated’

Committee says it was appropriate for government to seek guidance on way out of £330m deal with US data company

US tech firm Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as it steps up AI spending

Company chaired by Trump ally Larry Ellison seeks to reassure investors that bet on AI infrastructure will pay off

Fuze review – Theo James and Aaron Taylor-Johnson face off in head-spinning London heist

Diamonds might not be forever in a film centred around a massive, ticking bomb on a building site, which is equal parts violent and silly

Why do this spring’s blockbusters feel so smug?

From action thrillers to sci-fi flicks, a deluge of recent releases are riddled with self-satisfied smarm

‘As soon as I left the first session I felt taller’: is reformer pilates as amazing – or awful – as they say?

One of the fastest-growing fitness trends is also one of the most divisive. To its fans, it promises a stronger, healthier body; to its critics, it’s another way to make women feel insecure. Time to sort fact from fiction

Deathstalker review – ludicrously enjoyable revisit of 80s swords-and-sorcery silliness

Inventive creature design, goopy practical effects and a metal guitar soundtrack make this reworking of a Roger Corman fantasy a treat for one’s inner child