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What’s so funny about getting an AI app to give you a roasting?

Roasting can be really brutal, but at least if we inflict it on ourselves, we can get ahead of the joke

On my radar: Mo Gilligan’s cultural highlights

The award-winning standup on Peckham superheroes, black boy joy and his favourite trainers

‘Plants are trying to kill you’: why carnivore influencers claim we should eat only meat

A growing crowd is hawking ‘beef lattes’ and chomping on sticks of butter, with some touting anti-vegetable conspiracy theories. Experts warn their diet is unsustainable

Why is dating app Feeld so popular? Fetishes and throuples are only part of the story

Established apps were taking attitudes to sex and love right back to the 1950s. Thank goodness for something less traditional, writes Zoe Williams

Don’t break the streak! How a daily ritual can enrich your life – or become an unhealthy obsession

Paulomi Debnath has shared a kiss with her husband every morning for 18 years. Ron Hill ran every day for more than 52 years. When does an enjoyable habit become a compulsion?

Brat summer to goth winter: Beetlejuice revival prompts sartorial spookiness

From the red carpet to M&S and Primark, ghoulish themes are set to take over our wardrobes

Sunday with Eddie Marsan: ‘My potatoes are legendary’

The actor talks about Motown and meditation, and divulges his secrets for really crispy, fluffy spuds

‘I wouldn’t dream of telling a stranger I hated their laugh’: how does it feel when your social media followers cross a line?

Sometimes being the subject of a ‘parasocial’ relationship can be positive. But then come the messages about my body, health or life choices … and it all gets a bit weird

April review – Dea Kulumbegashvili comes into her own with haunting abortion drama

Shocking violence is tempered by strange, silent sequences in a sophomore feature about an obstetrician under investigation, in which buried trauma has echoes of The Piano Teacher

YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness

Platform will ensure algorithms do not keep pushing similar content to young viewers, even though it does not breach guidelines

Yes, it sounds like a conspiracy theory. But maybe our phones really are listening to us

Big brands already know far too much about us. But Cox Media Group’s ‘Active Listening’ software adds a whole new layer of creepiness, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Furniture to assemble? There’s an app for that – because no one wants to do anything for themselves any more

We can now endlessly outsource our small tasks, from shopping to DIY. But I really would rather do them myself, says journalist Rachel Connolly

‘The new digital flex’: the airport tray trend stirring outrage and delight

High-end possessions artfully placed in grey plastic security trays are giving #foodstagram a run for its money

Why bother going on holiday when you can watch other people’s on social media?

I’ve discovered the perfect way to avoid the stress of travel, the mosquito bites and the overtourism. Plus, I can stay at home and tend my tomatoes while knowing I’m saving the planet, writes Emma Beddington

Babygirl review – Nicole Kidman overwhelmed by lust as CEO having torrid and toxic affair

Halina Reijn’s film about a company executive’s carnal adventure with her intern is expertly done but suspect at its core, despite Kidman’s bold performance

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