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Russia used Israeli firm’s tool to crack phone months after ties severed, report finds

Case of Andrei Pivovarov raises questions about how much control Cellebrite has over its own software

Jackass: Best and Last review – kings of gross-out comedy’s final, funny farewell

So-called final outing for Johnny Knoxville and his daring, stunt-hungry pals might be close to a greatest hits reel, but there are enough laughs to warrant the nostalgia

A Better Tomorrow review – firefights aplenty and unapologetic melodrama in John Woo’s blood-drizzled crime classic

Spectacular shootouts and even broad comedy are packed into this Woo’s fierce 1986 thriller of vengeance and loyalty

Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!

As the former teen heartthrob turns 60, we look at his most intense, ironic, lovable roles – from a sympathetic scientist to a peevish puppeteer

Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds

LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution

Chris and Martina: The Final Set review – tennis titans discuss their deep bond and intense rivalry

Now supporting each other through cancer treatment, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova trace the ups and downs of their decades-long relationship at the summit of sporting achievement

Marginalized for her ‘immense ambition’, the genius of director Elaine May is finally being recognized

As a new retrospective opens, collaborators of the Mikey and Nicky film-maker explain how she blazed a trail for female directors in Hollywood

The Furious review – dial-shifting dadsploitation mayhem as father goes in search of kidnapped daughter

There’s more than a whiff of Taken in Kenji Tanigaki’s exhilarating martial-arts movie, in which a handyman goes after some evil people traffickers

‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age

Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes in

Blue Heron review – sombre and sophisticated portrait of childhood trauma in 1990s Canada

A Hungarian immigrant family grapple with oppositional defiant disorder in Sophy Romvari’s intimate and unshowy debut feature

Bello! Why gen Alpha subconsciously speaks the language of the Minions

From global loanwords and garbled Italian, the slang of the children of millennials doesn’t just share elements with Minionese, it may have absorbed it

Weatherwatch: How UK firm’s low-cost tech can warn of volcanic eruptions

VolcanoTech’s sulphur dioxide detecting sensors are in already in use in a number of countries

World Cup becomes cult of the individual but ignores team complexity

The irony of the superstar-heavy narrative is the way it embellishes rather than diminishes the importance of the collective

What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?

The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries

Met gets extension to AI project after Sadiq Khan blocked deal

Mayor’s office grants extra 12 months to run pilot while London force procures long-term supplier

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  • Apple becomes second $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks
  • Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness
  • South Korean stock market at three-month low as AI sell-off intensifies
  • Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content
  • The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull
  • Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Zendaya saves Tom Holland’s semi-Cronenberg-style superhero
  • Debate over AI’s future divides Silicon Valley as China gains ground
  • Who dares ridicule Gianni Infantino as the World Cup boss creates global peace? Not me: is it you?
  • Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home
  • Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about the arrival of AI-enabled smart lamp-posts?
  • Why has Christopher Nolan got rid of all the sex in The Odyssey?
  • A self-emptying, frictionless marvel: Shark PowerDetect Speed Clean and Empty Pet Pro review
  • Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more
  • 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
  • Meta disregarded its own research on teen harm, Tennessee lawyers tell jury
  • 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

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