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The fight against AI datacenters is important – but it’s just a starting point

AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society’s greatest risk

How a throwback to 2006 took down Telstra’s national phone network

The same technology that helps your smartphone know when daylight savings ends set off a ‘digital domino chain’ that locked customers out of the network

‘Injustice and pain’: Justin Baldoni makes first public statement on Blake Lively lawsuit

It Ends With Us director and his wife, Emily, shared five-minute Instagram video on ‘traumatic’ experience

‘I saw it seven times in the cinema’: readers’ favourite films of 2026 so far

On the back of our editors’ choices of the year’s finest, we asked you to share your magical movie moments from the first half of 2026

‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed

As his American Utopia tour film hits cinemas, the musician answers your questions about his Scottish sense of humour, working with Brian Eno and his desire to direct another film

LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests

The advocacy group’s study finds a decrease in queer people of color and zero trans characters in 2025 films

From Greek epics to biblical blockbusters: the 20 best mythological movies – ranked!

Ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, we rate the top films based on myths, legends and fables

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters

Crude jokes about the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him

Melbourne international film festival 2026: eight must-see films, one TV show and an ‘astonishing’ VR experience

Our picks include a hard-hitting drama starring Channing Tatum, a new Australian dramedy featuring Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez, plus a film from a chook’s eye-view

Why are we so obsessed with Taylor Swift’s wedding?

With marriage rates in decline, the appeal of a big wedding that we can live vicariously is stronger than ever

SA police investigating death during Telstra outage – as it happened

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Low-e windows keep homes cool … but may set neighbours’ property on fire

Low-emissivity windows also keep houses warm in winter, but use on bowed glass can have magnifying-glass effect

Telstra outage: triple-zero calls affected by network glitches as regional train services slowly resume

Carrier says some were unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after mobile network went down

Louise Lasser, star of cult sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Woody Allen comedies, dies aged 87

The 1970s soap parody made a household name of Lasser, who was also known for her collaborations with ex-husband Allen and later films including Requiem for a Dream

How social media is changing Wimbledon from eminent tournament to ‘bucket list’ event

From high-profile influencers to live ticket-queue tracking, some fear aggressive marketing is ruining championships

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  • Tinsman Road review – found footage haunted horror as a film-maker searches for his sister haunts
  • 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

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