Speeding for online glory: the internet subculture where young men drive dangerously for likes
Social media trend feeds on footage shot from cars racing down busy roads, with potentially lethal consequences
The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging
Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on, says Dan Hancox, a writer and editor covering music, politics and cities
Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?
As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engine
Zip Wire review – cancer-curing scientist is on the hook for cable-dangle thriller
This nonsensical film sees an OCD-afflicted scientist fending off assassins while hanging from an aerial wire, and fails to get pulses racing for even a minute
eHarmony deceived Australian customers with ‘subscription traps’ that cost hundreds of dollars, court finds
Australian consumer watchdog says it received hundreds of complaints about the US-based dating site and its memberships
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites
London and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructure
Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on Elon Musk’s X as for being MP
Restore Britain leader paid up to £1,476 an hour by platform, which critics say is financially incentivising inflammatory content
John Oliver on ‘smart’ appliances: ‘Spying on you through the washing machine’
The host also discussed the rise of forgotten monthly subscriptions for anything from dishwashers to litter boxes
No 10 says glorification of dangerous driving ‘for clips and entertainment is utterly disgraceful’ – UK politics live
Downing Street repeats calls for social media platforms to review content and policies as companies urged to uphold legal duties
Guardian-produced Gaza documentary from Oscar-winning Israeli directors of No Other Land to screen at Venice film festival
Film directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-directors of No Other Land along with Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal , investigates ‘Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians’ during the war
Post your questions for Alex Winter
The 80s icon and star of The Lost Boys and Bill & Ted has also had a storied career behind the camera and on stage. Now, he’ll answer your (non-bogus) questions
The Visitor review – existential Lithuania-set homecoming drama leaves everything in limbo
This portrait by Vytautas Katkus of a man contemplating his recent fatherhood and his own father is steeped in ennui and ends up drifting
Marching in the Dark review – rural Indian widows show stunning resilience as they battle poverty and taboos
Kinshuk Surjan’s documentary follows women in dire financial straits whose bereavement compounds their social plight, which they confront together
‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their go-to comfort films is a grimy and gory trip back to the start of a surprisingly uplifting torture porn franchise