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Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 review: bringing bass to bone conduction headphones

New running headphones combine bone conduction and open-air speakers for more rounded sound

Not very demure: TikTok creator faces a legal battle over her own catchphrase

A man in Washington state has trademarked the phrase – but all isn’t lost for Jools LeBron, legal experts say

‘He isn’t just a pet. He is a character’: Black Dog director Guan Hu on filming an indescribable bond

The Eight Hundred film-maker explains that his moody, sprawling feature springs from a decisive moment in Chinese history but also a very intimate connection

Broca’s Aphasia review – Taiwanese sex doll service offers eerie insight into male domain

Su Ming-yen’s uncanny delve into the world of artificial women is both fascinatingly mundane and quietly unsettling

Mushrooms are magic in the tussle with frizzy hair, says Dyson

Company says fungal chitosan, made from cell walls of oyster mushrooms, is active ingredient in new hair products

From Bennifer to Burton-Taylor: why some couples can’t stop making and breaking up

As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go their separate ways again, why won’t some just call time on doomed affairs?

‘We’re not as open about sex as we imagine’: Gillian Anderson on pleasure, powerful women, and collecting secret fantasies

When the actor asked women to share their erotic secrets for a new book, she found herself rethinking her own relationship with desire - and deciding to have more fun

Pigs sipping White Claw and cows in the kitchen: should we be worried about offbeat pets going TikTok viral?

Non-traditional pets get millions of online views. But the rising trend poses questions about animal welfare

An anti-childcare movement is spreading online – it’s both disturbing and regressive

Ignore the trad wife influencers: wanting or needing space from your child is not just normal, but healthy for both of you, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web?

Tell us: are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

We’d like to hear from people who have been purchasing luxury goods and experiences in recent years, and how they feel about their spending habits

‘Mistakes are romantic’: the revival of point-and-shoot cameras

Models, athletes and TikTokers shun phone cameras as 35mm sales surge and a new Pentax film camera is launched

A Life Like Any Other review – wonderfully moving look back at a mother’s resilience

Faustine Cros’s documentary revisits home videos from her childhood through fresh eyes having learned as an adult what her young self had missed

‘Sobbing in the aisles’: writers on their most memorable parent-kid film experiences

Whether a terrifying Postman Pat, a mortifying sex scene, or a brush with button-phobia, our writers report on the family viewing they will never forget

Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked!

The six times Oscar-nominated actor, who turns 50 this month, stars in comedy horror Nightbitch releasing in December. We look back at some of her best roles

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