MacBook Air M5 review: Apple’s best consumer laptop speeds up
Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the Air now faces real competition
Wednesday briefing: Why are people turning global crises into high‑stakes bets?
In today’s newsletter: Prediction markets are reshaping how people interact with world events, turning warfare into a tradable speculation
Sex and drugs and poisoned champagne: 90 years on, we can finally see Joan Crawford’s wildest film
A legal dispute led to Letty Lynton, the golden age superstar’s controversial drama, being sealed away. Only now can audiences see what all the fuss was about
Nicole Kidman reveals she is training to become a death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying
Australian actor says the death of her mother in 2024 inspired the new direction
Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars
With AI-generated comedy videos and lego animations of Trump, Iranian content creators are using humour in propaganda battle against US
‘This craving to go viral is tiresome’: the artists sick of the pressure to promote on social media
From Stewart Lee in his wolf costume to Werner Herzog’s big steak sizzle-up, artists are now under huge duress to ‘chase the algorithm’ and reach audiences. Many of them are hitting burnout – and hitting back
My month in the tradwife world: ‘I can’t pretend I’m not enjoying myself at all …’
In the past few months, there has been a boom in tradwife novels, while the accounts of influencers only grow more popular. What is it about this culture that makes it so compelling to young women?
China now the ‘good guy’ on AI as Trump takes ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told
Experts say China is backing attempts at global governance, while US has set up race between profit-hungry companies
Run the dishwasher, plug in the car: how Great Britain plans to use record wind and solar power
With a summer glut on cards, customers are being urged to use more energy when renewables are abundant
Itch! review – skin-crawling body horror meets supermarket standoff in low-budget chiller
A killer itch and a trapped group of strangers make for a tense, if uneven, horror that balances grisly shocks with sketchy character drama
Mother Mary review – Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are lost in ludicrous pop star drama
Music from Charli xcx can’t save David Lowery’s dour chamber piece, despite some flashes of dazzling style
‘Cheers, Timmy!’ Royal Ballet and Opera head thanks Chalamet for ‘fantastic’ boost to sales
Actor Timothée Chalamet was credited by RBO’s chief exec with inadvertently boosting ticket sales through his high-profile critique of the art forms
Miracle Mile: boy meets girl, romcom meets nuclear war
This 80s thriller straddles both a charming love affair and the threat of impending apocalypse. Somehow, it all works
Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’
Workslop refers to AI-generated work that seems polished but is flawed and in need of heavy corrections
Nissan turnaround plan pins hopes on ‘AI-defined vehicles’
Japanese carmaker will add self-driving abilities to 90% of cars in future and cut a fifth of its models