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My Bigfoot Life review – teen cryptozoologist’s Sasquatch search is an uplifting odyssey

Daniel Lee Barnett goes into the woods in search of the big shy guy, but the real story here is his family’s devotion to supporting their autistic son’s passion

Impact of chatbots on mental health is warning over future of AI, expert says

Nate Soares says case of US teenager Adam Raine highlights danger of unintended consequences in super-intelligent AI

An ale star cast: pint-pulling Rupert Everett surprises country pub’s punters

Hollywood actor helps out at the Swan at Enford in Wiltshire as he and his neighbours fight to save their local

Roblox to extend age checks in attempt to curb adults talking with children

Company says changes to gaming platform will root out ‘bad actors’ after child safety concerns over unsupervised interaction

Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise

Study finds scrollers are more prone to piles than those who go to the lavatory without phones

‘I felt doomed’: social media guessed I was pregnant – and my feed soon grew horrifying

The algorithm knew I was expecting before I had had a chance to tell my family, friends or GP. At first, I was served up joyful videos. Then the tone became much darker ...

Mother of Brianna Ghey joins Kate Winslet in call for smartphone ban in schools

Esther Ghey urges government to introduce legal ban and says current guidance creates ‘postcode lottery’

Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance

Coventry council to use Palantir AI in social work, Send and children’s services

Exclusive: Workers say £500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises ‘serious ethical questions’

‘Sliding into an abyss’: experts warn over rising use of AI for mental health support

Therapists say they are seeing negative impacts of people increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help

Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds

Upgraded medical tool can diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms

Six great reads: the Revenge Porn Helpline, revolutionary architecture and how Netflix ruined movies

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days

ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken

Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problems

Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safe

Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds

The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployed

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  • Strictly Ballroom review – Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale
  • Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Practice dates: should you swipe right on people you’re not attracted to?
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth

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