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Can you solve it? The Zoom puzzle

How the ubiquitous app places our faces

When there’s an app that can save lives, there will be no need to download it out of a sense of duty

The NHS test and trace app fails on several counts; no wonder ministers are resorting to peer pressure to encourage uptake

The five: robots helping to tackle coronavirus

Automatons have been chipping in with the effort to beat Covid, from disinfecting hospitals to delivering groceries

SpaceX successfully launches Nasa astronauts into orbit

Donald Trump and Mike Pence witness launch in Florida; first attempt was cancelled minutes from blast-off

SpaceX-Nasa launch scrubbed due to poor weather

The first crewed flight from US soil since 2011 was called off 16 minutes before lift off; the next opportunity is on Saturday

Tom Cruise space-set film moves closer to reality after adding director

Doug Liman on board as director of film be shot aboard International Space Station, backed by Nasa and Elon Musk

Of course billionaires like Elon Musk love outer space. The Earth is too small for their egos

This week, Musk’s SpaceX will launch the first US astronauts into space in nine years. We’re meant to be inspired, but back on the ground the workers are struggling

‘The big show’: US poised to return to human spaceflight with historic launch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in partnership with Nasa, to launch Falcon 9 rocket from Florida carrying two American astronauts

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch first astronauts from US soil since 2011

Falcon 9 rocket to make history as billionaire seeks to commercialise space travel

Elon Musk’s Crew Dragon puts America back in the space race

The launch of the billionaire’s vessel will be the first crewed US flight since shuttle missions were shut down nine years ago

The Dalai Lama: Scientist review – a mildly enlightening soft-focus insight

The Tibetan spiritual leader mingles with big-name scientists in a documentary that is enamoured with its wondrous subject

To prevent a second coronavirus wave, we need to look beyond the R number

The risk of future outbreaks will vary across the UK. We need to limit mass gatherings and travel, says Rowland Kao, professor of veterinary epidemiology and data science

Reviewing the arts in lockdown: ‘Life is lonelier, but also more thoughtful’

Guardian critics on working from their living rooms, and why wifi could be the saviour of culture

UK coronavirus app could be ‘ditched for different model’ after trials

UK will either ‘adapt’ contact tracing app or change to decentralised model favoured by other countries

Food bank app makes up for a collapse in donations

Bankuet sees massive growth as the lockdown clears long-life items from supermarket shelves

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Film & Tech News

  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
  • Don’t wait for Prime Day. We found the 31 best early deals from Amazon and its competitors
  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people
  • Girls Like Girls review – Sapphic teen romance is a precious and predictable yawn-a-thon
  • Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype

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