Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers

Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp’s ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media

Eat the rich … before they eat you: in praise of body horror classic Society

Hurtling towards a deranged finale, this 1989 obscenity follows a rich kid who grows suspicious of everyone around him – and it’s never felt more relevant

Optus claimed live updates on triple-zero outages would impose ‘huge burden’ months before outage

Telco had resisted new rules that will require greater sharing of information with authorities during outages

Tariffs on talent? Trumps’s visa fees threaten tech’s most prized employees

The president’s deal on visas could upend Silicon Valley, and will a TikTok purchase finally go through?

All Amazon Fresh stores in UK to close

Company to shut 19 shops and convert five to Whole Foods outlets, after concept of stores without tills fails to catch on

‘It’s prime time for rapture talk’: TikTok gets its first ‘world is ending’ moment

Evangelical Christians on #RaptureTok are warning others of doom on 23 or 24 September – and sharing how they’re prepping

Emma Watson explains long break from acting: ‘I do not miss selling things’

The Harry Potter star, who has not acted in a film since 2018, says she found promotion duties ‘soul-destroying’ but is now ‘maybe the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been’

UK teachers and parents: what is the impact of deepfakes in your school?

We’d like to hear from schools and parents across the UK about how they are responding to AI generated deepfakes among pupils, and how it is impacting on children and school communities

Please Don’t Feed the Children review – Destry Spielberg debut splices 1970s exploitation with YA fairytale

A band of roving, feral orphans – asymptomatic carriers of a plague that turns adults into cannibals – regret accepting a stranger’s act of apparent kindness

What does ‘Boriswave’ mean and what is its political significance?

Use by Nigel Farage is latest example of terms coined by the ‘extremely online right’ entering political mainstream

All the Devils Are Here review – Eddie Marsan and Sam Claflin hole up in cottage-bound crime drama

In the aftermath of a large heist, Marsan’s gang of thieves battle mistrust and cabin fever as they make tracks for a remote Dartmoor homestead

The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for

Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Pixel 10 Pro XL review: Google’s superphone gets AI and magnetic upgrades

Top camera, great software, solid battery life and huge screen bolstered by helpful Gemini and Qi2 support

Mission Alarum review – dreadful Sylvester Stallone spy thriller shames cinema itself

Donald Trump’s ‘special ambassador to Hollywood’ plays a grizzled agent in this dismal action movie

Hundreds of Hollywood stars sign open letter condemning Kimmel suspension

Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Robert De Niro among signatories of letter decrying Disney’s move after Jimmy Kimmel made remarks on Kirk’s death