‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry.
Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriend’s menstrual blood in his freezer
The longevity influencer and his girlfriend, Kate Tolo, say they’re studying women’s health – a worthy goal, but perhaps some skepticism is in order
If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid
A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future?
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are liberating people from their phones
Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device
In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser
The trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ‘traitor to the west’ after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond? asks Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
‘We didn’t feel safe’: Booking.com users face battle to get money back
From melted electric sockets to shabby alternatives, readers tell of dealings with platform when things go wrong
Gregg Araki on sex, film and queer resistance: ‘All the terrible shit in the world is because of sexual repression’
As his 12th feature film, I Want Your Sex, hits theaters, the cult gay film-maker is as fired up as ever
‘A towering piece of monoculture’: how The Odyssey discourse has dominated this summer
Christopher Nolan’s smash hit epic has continued to excite and enrage everyone from rightwingers to academics, an old-fashioned throwback to a uniting big-screen event
From Ish to Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret – the week in rave reviews
A poetic coming-of-age tale haunted by racial profiling among the Asian community in Luton, while a BBC documentary unearths troubling allegations against the high profile celeb. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
From Spider-Man: Brand New Day to Ariana Grande: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Your friendly neighbourhood superhero spins a new web of adventures, and the singer returns from Oz with her hopeful eighth album
Mahershala Ali on Marvel’s collapsed Blade reboot: ‘If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it’
Two-time Oscar winner was to take on role of vampire-hunting antihero but said project is no longer happening
$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use
Agents withdraw Jerry Falade’s hotly anticipated debut after saying they can no longer authenticate ‘how the manuscript evolved’
Glen Hansard obituary
Oscar-winning singer, songwriter, actor and founder of the Dublin rock band the Frames