Tesla offers Elon Musk a trillion-dollar pay package

CEO will have to increase the value of his electric car company from just over $1tn to $8.5tn over 10 years.

Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader fetches £2.7m at LA auction

Prop from franchise’s original trilogy one of several from science fiction and fantasy films to sell for large sums

Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove Albion review – a football epic for the ages

With no home ground and one match away from non-league competition, the Seagulls’ climb up to the Premier League is one of the game’s great success stories

Nosferatu to One of Them Days: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The classic movie gets a horrifying update starring a captivating Lily-Rose Depp, while SZA and Keke Palmer light up a hilarious buddy comedy. Plus: the worst – or most genius? – romcom premise ever

Jaguar Land Rover staff told to stay home after cyber-attack

Prolonged halt at Merseyside and West Midlands factories is tacit admission that quick resolution is unlikely

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow… what does James Gunn’s new Superman title mean?

In Superman: Man of Tomorrow, will the Man of Steel team up with Lex Luthor? Duke it out with him in the galaxy’s most unexpected custody battle? Or tackle climate change and LGBTQ+ rights?

Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island

A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer space

‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back for a legally obligated final gig. Our writer smells the glove

Trump plans to sign executive order to rename Pentagon to ‘Department of War’ – as it happened

Order would authorize Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to introduce legislation to revert to pre-1947 name. This blog is now closed.

Trump hosts US tech leaders at White House dinner – minus Elon Musk

Tesla CEO’s absence is marked departure from his constant presence at the White House in early days of Trump 2.0

Be Best, bots: Melania Trump and tech CEOs discuss saturating US schools with AI

Pivoting from her anti-bullying campaign, the US first lady has inaugurated a taskforce on AI and childhood education

Erupcja review – Charli xcx gives acting a trial run in shallow friendship drama

Musician fails to make much of an impression in a slight and unpolished project filmed in Warsaw over the Brat summer of 2024

Head of UK’s beleaguered Alan Turing Institute resigns

Jean Innes says it is time for ‘new chapter’ at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for change

Darth Vader’s lightsaber among movie props up for auction in Los Angeles

Weapon valued up to $3m and items from movies including Alien and Armageddon for sale in three-day online auction

The Voice of Hind Rajab review – provocative docufiction is fierce, urgent and heart-shattering

In an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli army