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You be the judge: should my boyfriend put his phone on silent?

He says he needs it on for work; she says the constant bleeps and ringtones drive her to distraction. You make the call on who’s guilty

Amazon’s luxury fashion site goes online in Europe

World’s largest online retailer launches Luxury Stores featuring clothes by Elie Saab and Altuzarra

Unplugging review – Eva Longoria is relaxed in phone-addict detox relationship comedy

Two urbanite screen obsessives head to the countryside to cure their digital addictions in this social-issue yarn that is light on the laughs

Clever people love deep diving into celebrity culture – smart and trashy (and fun) is everywhere

We are raccoons: bright, yet obsessed with scrabbling into trash with our little paws, looking for a yummy treat

Crossword book club: Horse Under Water by Len Deighton

The latest in our suggested reading for fans of crosswords and puzzling: Harry Palmer’s second outing

Toy story: costume designer launches museum dedicated to children’s play

Oscar-winner John Bright will put his vast collection of antique puppets, dolls and trains on show at new venue in East Sussex

‘You only have one shot’: how film cameras won over a younger generation

A new wave of enthusiasts are eschewing the multi-megapixel convenience of digital photography in favour of an older, slower, ‘magical’ tech

On my radar: Meg Mason’s cultural highlights

The writer on motherhood and Marguerite Duras, the euphoria of Florence + the Machine and a brilliant Le Carré redux

Indira Varma: ‘I wanted to be a clown. Or David Attenborough’

The actor, 48, on Star Wars, bubble baths, and doing the Spitting Image voice of Priti Patel

‘Fexting’ like Bidens can make relationships worse, say experts

Arguing by text often raised as a problem during sessions with counsellors and psychologists

Pink suits and manbags: Elvis rips up stereotypes in Baz Luhrmann biopic

Upcoming film explores how Memphis upbringing shaped king of rock’n’roll’s music and style

The Camera Is Ours review – evocative shorts from pioneering female film-makers

This compilation of British documentary shorts, dating from the 1930s to the 1960s, comes with content warnings about racism – though the sexism can be just as shocking

Tamagotchi kids: could the future of parenthood be having virtual children in the metaverse?

According to an expert on artificial intelligence, would-be parents will soon be able to opt for cheap and cuddle-able digital offspring

A Sexplanation review – a personal study of the inadequacy of sex education

Alex Liu makes for a charismatic guide to the sexual landscape of America, with an engaging curiosity to help demystify the birds and the bees

I’ve finally put something on eBay that people want – now I wish I hadn’t

I was so excited when eBay started, until I realised no one wanted my stuff – so why do I feel so emotional about this sudden flood of unexpected interest, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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  • Quantum of Solace: a heartbroken James Bond is fuelled by rage in Daniel Craig’s most underrated 007 film
  • US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
  • You’re only supposed to blow the bloody hooves off: AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook
  • Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?
  • AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts
  • How to Live on Earth review – Benedict Cumberbatch exudes positivity in response to the climate crisis
  • Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds
  • Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator
  • Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave
  • ‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
  • 500 Miles review – kids hit the road to visit Irish grandad Bill Nighy in YA tearjerker
  • ‘Climate change is a form of oppression’: the voices affected most by environmental crisis
  • The Morrigan review – spirit of pagan demon queen unleashed in Irish burial chamber horror
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  • Landship review – soldiers yearn for tinned meat in muddy first world war drama that stays inside the tank
  • Self-doubt, burnout … and Taylor Swift: why Toy Story 5 is the ultimate millennial girl movie
  • Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive
  • Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas
  • UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
  • HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
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  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute

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