The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online

Jamie Sykes’ queasily entertaining play dramatises the contemptible views found in ‘incel’ forums – but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as well as out

Urchin review – Harris Dickinson’s homelessness drama is a terrific directorial debut

The Triangle of Sadness and Babygirl actor has made a strong, singular and sometimes surreal first film behind the camera, with a superb central turn from Frank Dillane

Ministers ‘oblivious’ to UK’s scale of violence against women and girls, say MPs

Refuges turn down 65% of requests for support, says parliamentary committee calling for better monitoring

Fake fitness influencers: the secrets and lies behind the world’s most envied physiques

The Liver King’s raw-meat-to-ripped-abs regime has been exposed – but thousands of other influencers claim their bulging muscles are just the result of hard, honest graft. Should we believe them?

Readers reply: If you were prepping, what would your top five items be?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts. This week’s followed the Spain/Portugal outages

Deaf President Now! review – passion and energy in stirring record of student protest

Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it

FaceAge: the AI tool that can tell your biological age through one photo

What if a simple selfie was enough to show scientifically how well or badly we’re ageing? That moment’s getting closer …

The new pope is the internet’s biggest meme. What does that say about us?

Social media has been fun for the first time in years. But the joy of this moment is about more than just jokes

Surgery, real sex and water sports: Louise Weard on her four-hour camcorder trans film Castration Movie Part One

The Canadian director set out to make a 90-minute snapshot of the trans experience before it ballooned in length and scope. Nevertheless, the film’s writer, director and star is confident of reaching the mainstream

‘It cannot provide nuance’: UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

Experts say such tools may give dangerous advice and more oversight is needed, as Mark Zuckerberg says AI can plug gap

‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?

‘It’s the misogyny slop ecosystem!’ How Candace Owens and the American right declared war on Blake Lively

Remember Johnny Depp v Amber Heard? If you thought that was ugly, wait till you see Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni. As the stars of It Ends With Us swap lawsuits over claims of sexual harassment, the conservative media has picked its side – and it’s not pulling any punches

‘Dangerous nonsense’: AI-authored books about ADHD for sale on Amazon

Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topics

Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant

The end of civilisation might look less like a war, and more like a love story. Can we avoid being willing participants in our own downfall?

Greyscale and prune your algorithm: ‘digital nutritionist’ offers advice on cutting down screen time

Kaitlyn Regehr says parents worrying about their children need first to look at their own usage