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Christian metal band sues Netflix over KPop Demon Hunters name

25-year-old band Demon Hunter says name of streamer’s hit movie creates ‘substantial confusion’ among consumers

Roblox commits to privacy overhaul after eSafety discovers adults can contact children via gaming platform

Regulator says verifiable safety measures are ‘critical’ to the online service’s viability

Sweet Milk Lake review – a rewarding film about a trans man mistaken for his twin brother

Harvey Zielinski is superb as director, writer and star of his feature debut – playing not one but two roles

Tom Holland set to earn $100m from Spider-Man: Brand New Day

In a year that’s seen the British actor star in the season’s two biggest blockbusters – and marry his co-star from both – he is reportedly earning a huge pay packet thanks to box-office bonuses

Coyote Vs Acme review – quirky comedy returns from the dead to flip Wile E Coyote’s slapstick-violent world

After being shelved as a tax-writeoff, this Looney Tunes reboot redraws the hapless hunter as the Erin Brockovich of the cartoon world

Will AI give you the job? Automated hiring tools spark discrimination and secrecy lawsuits

A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fire

Over/Under review – beautiful coming of age story of female best friends set across five summers

There’s an astonishing naturalism about the two leads, navigating the ups and downs of adolescence, bodily changes and learning to use tampons

Sali Hughes on beauty: will social media bans for teens mean the return of grownup skincare?

Soon it will be harder for the beauty industry to aggressively market at children, hopefully spelling the end of gimmicky, ineffective kiddie makeup

Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut

Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop stars

David review – biblical Goliath-slayer animation offers upbeat boybandish worship musical

Christian kids’ movie is entertaining during the big battle, but the older bouffant hero’s lack of depth is distracting and the worship songs a weak link

John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86

The director’s BBC hit opened the door to Hollywood action films including Hamburger Hill, The Dogs of War and Raw Deal

OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent

Amid race with Anthropic, firm plans to overhaul research and training and require more safety parameters after hack

US states accuse Meta of covering up research on teen social media addiction in pivotal trial

State attorneys general claim tech company intentionally designed addictive products that harm young people

Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins

Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design

‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones

Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker

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  • ‘I thank God for killing me and bringing me back’: Nicolas Winding Refn on the emergency op that inspired his new sci-fi horror
  • Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
  • English far-right extremist who discussed killing Jews, Muslims and migrants is jailed
  • Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year
  • The Liberation review – Carrie Coon joins all-female cult in unsettling drama
  • Amazon raises starting pay to $20 an hour and adds Whole Foods discount
  • UK politics: Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – as it happened
  • Girls creator Lena Dunham welcomes baby girl delivered via surrogate
  • Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away
  • Resident Evil review – Zach Cregger’s rebooted action horror is a wild rollercoaster ride
  • ‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment
  • Everything Australians put online could be scraped for AI under proposed new rules. How will you be affected?
  • The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better
  • EU moves closer to social media ban for under 13s
  • Smile at Last review – photo-love-story style parable of a teen abandoned at a tough Soviet youth facility
  • Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
  • Battle of Chile director Patricio Guzmán dies aged 85
  • In-I in Motion review – Juliette Binoche pulls back the curtain on dance duet with Akram Khan
  • Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
  • Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition
  • The best life hack I’ve ever heard? Monetise what you’re bad at
  • ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation
  • Your mission, Tom Cruise, is to improve at interviews. And please keep sending the cakes
  • The US government is failing Americans on AI
  • Whisper of the Heart review – Studio Ghibli deep cut is pep talk on how to live the artistic life
  • The Cycle of Love review – a 6,000-mile bike ride caps a real life Swedish-Indian romance
  • Wednesday briefing: Why tech companies might be only too happy for us to believe AI will ‘kill us all’
  • Anthropic lands deal in $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says
  • Your photos, your words and your work: will Labor make it easier for AI companies to take them for free?
  • Singapore pays people to pick up a book in battle against doomscrolling

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