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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

UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps

Measures to include restrictions on ‘safe’ social media apps, with some fearing banning some platforms and not others will lead to legal challenges

David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88

The peroxide blond painter from Yorkshire made his name with sunkissed visions of California and never stopped breaking barriers, going on to become one of contemporary art’s most important figures

What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks

Taylor Swift and Timothée Chalamet lead the charge in blue and orange, as courtside style hits a ‘memeable’ peak

Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’

Australian Human Rights Commission has called for a digital duty of care to prevent social media algorithms from incentivising ‘racist’ content

More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?

The gunman’s ‘militancy and excitement’ increased as Australian far-right groups grew bolder, a new book suggests

‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing

With more than 177,000 people forcibly disappeared since 2011, short doc Maybe Tomorrow captures ‘the violence of waiting’ experienced by family

Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood

The $750,000 relationship horror about a cursed wish is set to outgross a new Star Wars movie, energizing Gen Z audiences and creating a rare cultural conversation

France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP

Cyber agency says BlackCore targeted John Swinney, as well as interfering in New York and French elections

Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses

‘Late life’ male celebrities are turning the need for spectacles into a style statement as they refuse to disappear into fashion invisibility

Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?

By the power of Grayskull, Amazon MGM has the power to revive a franchise that hasn’t been big since Choppers were the coolest bikes in town

David Gamble obituary

Other lives: Film editor who won a Bafta for his work on Shakespeare in Love

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  • ‘Kind of like a fairy tale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl
  • The best cordless vacuum cleaners in the UK for a spotless home – tested
  • ‘They played noughts and crosses on the PM’s huge forehead!’ An Indian standup picks his favourite gen Z protest memes
  • One big chart: deaths in the Odyssey
  • Hollywood producer charged with seven counts of wire fraud in $100m scheme
  • Meta misses earnings forecasts after Zuckerberg media push to promote AI
  • Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police
  • Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study
  • Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir
  • FTSE 100 hits record high despite AI sell-off
  • Atlassian tightens tracking of staff AI use as other technology firms encourage ‘tokenmaxxing’
  • Can’t hear what’s playing on TV? It’s not your ears, it’s the flat screen. These affordable soundbars can help
  • After 40 years, Aliens is still shaping the way video games are made
  • Andrew Scott’s Oscar-tipped Ian Charleson biopic to open London film festival
  • Jared Leto denies accusations of criminal sexual conduct against teenagers
  • Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms
  • Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
  • Boris Karloff’s unlikely love of cricket lives on with foundation in his name
  • Billy Liar review – Tom Courtenay is superb in classic study of a young man and his quixotic dreams
  • Personal Problems review – an exhilarating lo-fi epic of Black working-class life in 80s New York
  • Datacentre projects 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

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