Why Sinners should win the best picture Oscar
Ryan Coogler’s artful action-horror offers superb performances, rich storytelling, historical detail – and a jook joint scene that tears the roof off
Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
Play Dead review – an intriguing high-concept horror set in a murder basement holds its breath
This thriller begins with a grisly jolt of invention before succumbing to diminishing returns
Three months into Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, has it been a success?
Getting platforms to comply with the restrictions was no small feat. But it’s too early to measure the real-world mental health outcomes
News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta
Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg
Flagship Harry Potter store to open on London’s Oxford Street
British outlet for the Hogwarts-adjacent ‘interactive retail experience’ will include ‘photo moments’ and exclusive merchandise
What was really behind Jack Dorsey laying off nearly half of Block’s staff?
CEO cited AI advances in cutting 4,000 workers, but a weak crypto market and declining stock price may also be at play
Dubai influencers’ lives of luxury interrupted by Iran strikes: ‘The image of safety has been shattered’
Contradicting images of parties and war flood feeds after Iran targets Gulf states in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks
Post your questions for Martin Clunes
His credits range from Men Behaving Badly to Wuthering Heights, and now he’s playing Huw Edwards. What would you dearly love to know about the actor and documentary presenter?
Game of Thrones film adaptation in the works at Warner Bros
Blockbuster adaptation of George RR Martin’s fantasy world will focus on events 300 years before the HBO series’ pilot
Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say
Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal is
Don’t bet that the Pentagon – or Anthropic – is acting in the public interest
The lesson here isn’t that one AI company is more ethical than another. It’s that we must renovate our democratic structures
What’s new to streaming in Australia in March: Peaky Blinders, Scarpetta and Deadloch returns
Plus Werner Herzog chases elephants in Africa, Rachel Weisz gets raunchy in Vladimir and Russell Crowe dazzles as Hermann Göring
Worldbreaker review – a big bear hug from Luke Evans in father-daughter sci-fi survival drama
A father trains his teenager to fight monsters, while mum, Milla Jovovich, is away leading the human resistance
Baftas host Alan Cumming criticises BBC for ‘broadcasting slurs and censoring free speech’
‘What should have been an evening celebrating diversity and inclusion turned into a trauma-triggering shitshow,’ says host after racial epithet was left in the broadcast