‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America
In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack in 2001 are explored
It’s September. Time to put your knees away
From May to August, social media is awash with photos of brown knees. But summer’s almost over and they’re all starting to blur together
Super Nature review – crowd-sourced Super 8 film is a triumphant collage of hope for the natural world
Film-maker Ed Sayers’ project gathered footage from collaborators all over the world, cleverly edited to combine human and animal contributions
Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?
It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointments
The Extractor review – Indonesian hostage-rescue thriller has surprising thread of gentleness at its core
Iko Uwais directs and acts in the story of a band of elite soldiers who must rescue a group of researchers taken captive in the jungle
Number of young people with no close friends has soared since 2014 in England
Data paints sobering picture of 11- to 24-year-olds growing up in ‘bleak world’ shaped by pandemic and social media
Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignorance
How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily
A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa
Pin de Fartie review – spoonerist remix of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame finds fresh absurdity in Argentina
Beckett’s masterpiece is given a postmodern cinema slant, with characters in different locations, music and humour in a free and fanciful interpretation
From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop
An EU export ban on Dutch tech giant ASML’s machines could force the pause we all need, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late
US trade regulator and 22 states accuse Amazon of taking $20bn with secret surcharges
FTC alleges in lawsuit that online retailer ‘secretly and systematically overcharged’ advertisers for years
The Guardian view on regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly
Editorial: New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed
Onslaught review – super soldier slasher doesn’t go hard enough
There’s a committed performance from a spunky Adria Arjona in the Guest director Adam Wingard’s decent B-movie but it’s missing some sharper weaponry
‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds
Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatment