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Johnson’s majority slashed as 38 Tory rebels fire warning shot over Huawei’s involvement in 5G – as it happened

MPs vote down Iain Duncan Smith’s amendment by 306 votes to 282, cutting Boris Johnson’s working majority of 87

Looking for love? Wash your hands first, say dating apps

How dating apps are adapting to love in the time of coronavirus

Cross-Whitehall unit set up to counter false coronavirus claims

DCMS-based unit aims to identify disinformation about virus and establish its scope

How a global health crisis turns into a state-run surveillance opportunity

A colour-coded contagion-risk app being rolled out across China doubles as a means of social control

‘All the data we need’: Seti computing project paused after 20 years

Seti@home enlisted people’s computers to aid search for extraterrestrial intelligence

‘Thirdhand’ smoke a health risk in cinemas, say researchers

Hazardous chemicals could be carried on clothing and bodies of audience, study suggests

Cao Fei: Blueprints review – would you trade love for progress?

The artist searches for meaning in times of great change – from communist lovers caught in the 50s Sino-Soviet divide to modern warehouse workers who just can’t relate

How artificial intelligence outsmarted the superbugs

The new antibiotic, effective against super-resistant pathogens, is proof that AI can do more than make tech giants rich

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, Chinese social media is full of laughter and anger

With people trapped indoors, online activity of all sorts – funny, inspiring, government sanctioned and not – has bloomed, says Yuan Ren, a former editor at Time Out Beijing

Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for first time

Team at MIT says halicin kills some of the world’s most dangerous strains

The gene genie: our podcast exploring the tech reshaping human identity

A year-long multimedia project has investigated the scientific and ethical impacts that gene editing could have on society

Chinese film director Chang Kai and family die from coronavirus

Four members of same family die during self-quarantine at centre of outbreak in Wuhan

How should Jeff Bezos invest his $10bn Earth Fund?

Scientists propose best use of funds pledged by Amazon founder to fight climate crisis

Live shows get your heart racing – scientists prove it

UCL scientists measured heart rates and sweat glands of audiences and found live shows caused much greater response

AI systems claiming to ‘read’ emotions pose discrimination risks

Expert says technology deployed is based on outdated science and therefore is unreliable

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  • 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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