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Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games

‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal

Following a failed relationship in my 40s, solitude is tempting. But I’m not giving up on finding love, warts and all

‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’

In her work as an online safety campaigner, the baroness and Bridget Jones director has seen things she can never unsee – and she’s furious at the tech overlords doing nothing to stop the abuse

‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film

Director Adam Shankman and drag queen actors explain putting a brilliantly madcap twist on Airplane! style parody

The Guide #247: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie

Are you indifferent to office sweepstakes and bored by endless stats? Fear not – there’s a bounty of film, TV and music being released this summer to take your mind off the on-pitch action

UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?

These young people recognise dangers of ‘addictive’ social media but have differing views on a total crackdown

From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The multiple Grammy-winner muses tunefully on love’s ups and downs, while Peter Mullan stars as a local historian in a new comedy drama

‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace

The philanthropist always saw Epstein for who he really was – despite his meetings with her then husband Bill Gates. Now carving out a life on her own terms, she explains why she’s focused on the fight for women’s health

The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone

After a week of violence and discord, this is clear: some politicians know images supersede inconvenient facts. And Labour has no good response, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses

Data analytics company loses on 22 out of 23 counts in lawsuit disputing how Swiss government rejected firm’s services

How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?

He’s now the world’s first trillionaire, after his rocket and AI company broke IPO records on its way to a $2.1tn valuation

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened

One economist says Musk’s world-first level of extreme wealth highlights massive economic disparities and could have profound effects on society

SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire

Initial public offering for aerospace and AI company made Musk the world’s first trillionaire as share prices jumped

Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’

Unidentified officer removed from frontline duties in the first known case of its kind in the UK

The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply

The economic principles taught in school aren’t as relevant as hype, connections and total, arbitrary control

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  • Shares in Asian chip firms plunge further as AI sell-off continues
  • Personal Problems review – an exhilarating lo-fi epic of Black working-class life in 80s New York
  • Datacentre projects could face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says
  • The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on
  • Solo Sunny review – a rueful East German gem of ambition, loneliness and faded dreams
  • AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns
  • US bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’
  • How to keep your Claude chats and Google files private
  • 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?
  • How do we prevent AI agents from going rogue? It starts with a new kind of measurement
  • 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

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