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Gotta catch an MP! Players ‘debate’ UK politicians in Pokémon-style game

Creator of Politidex hopes free online app will help humanise politics and act as a way of ‘flipping the narrative’

One in seven in UK prefer consulting AI chatbots to seeing doctor, study finds

Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical advice

US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined £950,000

Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners’ reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act

Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says

Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash

Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI

Horticulturalists express alarm after award-winning Matt Keightley launches app that can automate designs

Online safety campaigners reveal Starmer frustrations after Phillips exit

PM accused of dragging heels on forcing tech firms to block transmission of nude photos on children’s phones

A warning to the news industry: act now or the Joe Rogan/Piers Morgan ecosystem will leave you far behind

There is a revolution reshaping how people want and get their information. News brands can and must react, but the time is now, says Deborah Turness, former head of BBC News

Broadcasters must react to threat from ‘creator journalism’, says ex-head of BBC News

Deborah Turness, who resigned last year, says traditional news in danger of being replaced by personality-led content

‘He’s inspired generations’: Stormzy to produce biopic about football great Ian Wright

The Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker says his life story – now in development with the rapper’s Merky Films – has ‘hard-hitting moments, but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy’

Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) review – one man’s quest to keep Gaelic psalm singing alive

Jack Archer’s gentle film follows the immensely likable Rob MacNeacail as he journeys across Scotland and Ireland in a bid to save these traditional songs of people and place

Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurous

Michael Pennington, Shakespeare and Star Wars actor, dies aged 82

‘Brilliant, wise’ co-founder of English Shakespeare Company celebrated for roles including Macbeth and Mercutio

Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Health service has given US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to certain data to build integrated platform, according to reports

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

The host of the film awards ceremony at which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur has said he won’t host it again

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it

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  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones

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