Brawny billionaires, pumped-up politicians: why powerful men are challenging each other to fights

Musk and Zuck challenged each other to a fight; the former House speaker allegedly shoved a colleague. It was a bumper year for male insecurity

‘The math ain’t math-ing’: Taraji P Henson speaks out about Hollywood pay gap

Henson, who plays Shug Avery in a new musical version of The Color Purple, broke down during a press interview for the film as she outlined the disparity

The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back

Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination ...

Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts

Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

‘Tranq tourism’: alarm in Philadelphia as TikTokers travel to film drug users

A low-income area has become ground zero for the dangerous sedative xylazine – and an ‘exploitative’ type of content creation

UK firms exploit ADHD medication shortage to push unproven ‘smart’ supplements

Health experts condemn ‘irresponsible’ targeting of people desperate for NHS help

UK anti-abortion charity with links to MPs ran misleading Facebook ads

Right to Life UK, which has links to MPs, has multiplied its spend tenfold

Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s

Reports suggest a ban is among potential options to protect young people from online harm

TechScape: Will Meta’s encryption plans be a ‘devastating blow’ to child safety online?

The Facebook and Instagram owner is miles ahead of the competition, say regulators, who suggest that could change when it rolls out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

Monica review – Trace Lysette superb as painful homecoming heals family wounds

Lysette is excellent as a young woman returning home to care for her dying mother in Andrea Pallaoro’s intelligently crafted film

I stopped looking at my phone every time I was waiting for something – this is what I learned

We all do it: waiting in queues at the shop or the bus stop or for a class to start. But is it making us miserable, asks Emma Beddington

Ex-commissioner for facial recognition tech joins Facewatch firm he approved

Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is ‘outrageous conflict of interest’ as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets

Millions of young people exposed to vape posts online, charity says

Report claims posts promoting smoking alternatives have been viewed more than 3.4bn times across social media

UK accuses Meta of empowering child sexual abusers with encryption rollout

Tech firm says it has developed ‘robust’ safety measures after home secretary and campaigners condemn move

Meta platforms are marketplaces for child predators claims lawsuit

Facebook and Instagram ‘enabled adults to find, message and groom minors’ for sexual exploitation, alleges state of New Mexico legal filing