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Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism review – culture and politics collide in film of eco-artist double act

Portrait of the artists asks whether protest art can have a tangible, real-world impact

AI could never replace my authors. But, without regulation, it will ruin publishing as we know it

Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught, says literary agent Jonny Geller

Ghost Trail review – pain and paranoia as a Syrian refugee attempts to track down his torturer

Jonathan Millet makes his fiction feature debut with an ambitious slow-burn thriller that opens up a complex world of pain

The Glassworker review – beautiful Ghibli-esque anti-war fable

Pakistani animator Usman Riaz’s dazzling debut owes much to Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Japan’s legendary studio, even if the magic and wonder falls a little short of his hero

Meta announces first Ray-Ban smart glasses with in-built augmented reality display

Meta Ray-Ban Display have screen on inside of lens that can translate conversations, display information on landmarks and give directions

Donald Trump joins royals for state banquet at Windsor as thousands protest against US president’s visit – as it happened

Politicians, dignitaries and high-profile tech entrepreneurs attend feast

Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ AI breakthrough in problem solving

Version of company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved complex real-world problem that stumped human programmers

Nick Clegg: US-UK tech deal is ‘sloppy seconds from Silicon Valley’

Meta’s former president of global affairs says agreement will leave UK more reliant on US tech firms

Israel’s culture minister threatens national film awards after Palestinian story takes top prize

Miki Zohar says he will cancel funding for the Ophir awards after The Sea, about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who is denied entry to Tel Aviv, wins best picture

One Battle After Another review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrillingly helter-skelter counterculture caper

Anderson updates Thomas Pynchon for the era of Ice roundups, pitting shaggy revolutionary Leonardo DiCaprio against cartoonish forces of reaction

‘You think rape’s your fault’: Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker on her devastating memoir

She had a zest for life that propelled her to the heights of stage and screen – but behind all this lay a shocking story of violence, grooming and abuse. From her bed, flanked by pills and cigarettes, Ireland’s grande dame looks back

Will Bartolo and Rae Colquhoun-Fairweather: the 10 funniest things we have ever seen (on the internet)

The clown duo share what makes them laugh, including pop divas, unhinged mobile game ads and Kermit unmasked

New AI tool can predict a person’s risk of more than 1,000 diseases, say experts

Delphi-2M uses diagnoses, ‘medical events’ and lifestyle factors to create forecasts for next decade and beyond

‘This is the hardest I’ve ever lived’: meet the US cowgirls making it as ranchers

More women are entering the US ranching and agriculture field. Their struggles – and aspirations – defy the traditional Marlboro cowboy stereotype

A new kind of action – how Babes With Blades are fighting for screen space for women of colour

When Jade Ang Jackman met Ayesha Hussain it was to make a film about the latter’s training as a stunt performer. With that in the bag along with Sag award nominations, they are going after bigger ambitions together

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  • AI datacentres plan on-site power stations on huge scale despite climate risks, research reveals
  • Nvidia hires leading US law firm to investigate Jensen Huang’s relationship
  • Give Me the Ball! review – tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King is ferocious force for equality
  • Farewell to Elon Musk’s Cybertruck. Has any car ever been more repellent?
  • Female Perversions review – Tilda Swinton searches for erotic adventures in rework of Madame Bovary
  • NAZA documentary on Gaza killings becomes one of year’s most watched
  • Germany reportedly bans Chinese drones at military bases over security concerns
  • Nima Momeni sentenced to 16 years to life in murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee
  • US justice department sues Lyft over alleged refusal to serve passengers with disabilities
  • UK social media ban expansion for under-16s could cover YouTube Kids
  • Inquiry launched into UK budget bank tax leak; Wall Street hit by US inflation data – as it happened
  • Tinto Brass obituary
  • ‘Flying cars’ could launch in China next summer, maker of two-seat model says
  • Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation
  • 13 Assassins: Takashi Miike’s viscerally violent remake is full-throttle samurai mayhem
  • Whispers in the Woods review – paddling in the moonlight in tender study of human-animal interaction
  • Meghan makes first public appearance since father’s arrest but pulls out of speech
  • Nvidia and Jensen Huang sued in US over affair with alleged Chinese spy
  • Traces of Justice review – ‘Chinese Sherlock Holmes’ at centre of arresting forensic cop thriller
  • ChatGPT’s Teen Mode could deprive teenagers of a fundamental need
  • ‘I’m looking for faces which surprise me’: how Richard Avedon photographed the soul of his subjects
  • Are walking pads worth it? We put the best under-desk treadmills to the test
  • Soul Patrol review – heartstopping story of the US army’s first Black special ops team at work in Vietnam
  • Apple MacBook Pro review: lighter, thinner and a stunning OLED touchscreen
  • ‘We are human too’: the Roma film-makers striking back at stereotypes
  • Australia to introduce mandatory reporting after OpenAI hack to combat artificial intelligence ‘going rogue’
  • One Nation dumps Victorian election candidate who praised Adolf Hitler as ‘GOAT’
  • Teenager who planned terror attack in Sydney tells court he was radicalised online and used AI to strategise
  • Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
  • Jensen Huang’s image has been shattered. Could he be pushed out at Nvidia?

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