‘Begging my boyfriend to get one’: Paul Mescal inspires yet another fashion craze with Hamnet earring
The Night Manager’s Diego Calva and James Norton are also helping to build hype around small singular hoops
The AI bubble will pop. It’s up to us to replace it responsibly
When bubbles burst, what comes next can be better, if we build it differently
Reality winners: the rise and rise of the ‘verbatim’ movie
From Kaouther Ben Hania’s reconstruction of the killing of a five-year-old Gazan girl in The Voice of Hind Rajab to Ira Sachs use of a taped interview in Peter Hujar’s Day, real-life dialogue is being turned into drama
What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship
It’s not what we can or cannot say that matters – rather, it’s whether what we say can get any visibility at all under the US-specific algorithm, says academic Paolo Gerbaudo
M3gan 2.0 to Ella McCay: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The AI-led robot is back in a fun, Mission: Impossible style sequel, and Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis’s sharp-tongued comedy is a cause for celebration
SpaceX reportedly mulling Tesla merger or tie-up with Elon Musk’s xAI firm
Rocket company examining feasibility of both options before potential $1.5tn stock market flotation, report says
How liberals lost the internet
In the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attention, says digital media academic Robert Topinka
Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge
AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says
The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use
‘Women hold our power in our orifices’: Kristen Stewart on her audacious feature directing debut
The Chronology of Water is a ‘punk rock ayahuasca trip’ of a film that takes no prisoners. Stewart and her star, Imogen Poots, talk about the passion and pain that fuelled it
‘Chilling’ hacking network is targeting vulnerable children, charity warns
Ecosystem known as the Com is carrying out extreme exploitation, violence and sexual abuse, says report
Seized review – captivating documentary goes inside a shocking newspaper raid
The story of the Marion County Record and the forces that tried to destroy it is expanded for a charming, and concerning, look at freedom of the press
Apple reports massive spike in iPhone revenue, particularly in China
The iPhone maker reported first-quarter earnings after market close
US regulators open inquiry into Waymo self-driving car that struck child in California
Federal transportation regulator to investigate after child in Santa Monica sustained minor injuries from incident
Undertone review – disappointing podcast horror is mostly skippable
There are some effective early moments in this ultra low-budget, audio-first horror but deja vu soon replaces intrigue