Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet
US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks says it believes issue ‘is now resolved’
Amazon vs Perplexity: the AI agent war has arrived
A lawsuit over automated shopping reveals a deeper struggle over who will control the next generation of AI and what happens when autonomous agents start acting on our behalf
North by Northwest: Hitchcock’s funniest, most ambitious film
Every scene in Cary Grant’s mistaken identity caper is pure absurdity – including that famous cornfield chase. You can’t look away
Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply
Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups
John C Reilly wants to win hearts in Mister Romantic, a show that’s truly lovable
From Chicago to Stan & Ollie, the Oscar-nominated actor has sung on screen for years. Now he arrives on stage – inside a trunk – to serenade the audience
Crypto market sheds more than $1tn in six weeks amid fears of tech bubble
Bitcoin price at lowest level since April while FTSE 100 falls as Google boss warns there is ‘irrationality’ in AI boom
Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits
Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
Bone Lake review – holiday rental house of horror is fun for everyone
You don’t need to be a fright flick aficionado to enjoy this smart and witty tale of a romantic weekend break going gruesomely wrong
Mind the glitch: is Hollywood finally getting to grips with movies about artificial intelligence?
As Gore Verbinski’s AI-apocalypse film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die hurtles towards us, it’s clear from the over-caffeinated trailer that we won’t be getting another ponderous parable about robot souls, digital enlightenment or the hubris of man
‘Fear really drives him’: is Alex Karp of Palantir the world’s scariest CEO?
His company is potentially creating the ultimate state surveillance tool, and Karp has recently been on a striking political and philosophical journey. His biographer reveals what makes him tick
3 Wishes for Christmas review – seasonal romcom has all the personality of a supermarket voucher
Unimaginative British fable has a credible lead in Christine During, but otherwise it’s the movie equivalent of receiving socks as a present
‘Smile? YOU smile.’ A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time
Gen Z actors such as Millie Bobby Brown and Jenna Ortega are refusing to do what is expected of ‘the talent’, says Priya Elan, a writer specialising in the arts, music and fashion
Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss
Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts
Heroines, not heroin: charity’s Facebook page returns after AI flagged it for drugs
Photography group Hundred Heroines was removed after Meta’s AI tools mistook name for class-A opioid reference
A Desert review – high art meets trailer trash in Americana-aesthetics horror
A photographer’s road trip into the Californian desert takes an unexpected turn in director Joshua Erkman’s bewitching feature debut