Danny Glover: the good cop
He found fame as a policeman in the Lethal Weapon films, but it's his political activism that really drives him. He talks about his beloved Haiti, Obama's disappointing presidency and his friendship with Mel Gibson
Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price in mixed first day of IPO
Social network giant ends day at $38.23 (£24), up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start
Where are the women in film?
The conversation: This week's Cannes festival has been mired in controversy because of the lack of female film-makers. Producer Trudie Styler and director Lucy Walker spill the beans
Facebook IPO reaps huge rewards for founders as buyers watch and wait
Early trading delays subsided to sell 82m shares of Facebook stock in 30 seconds before subsiding close to the offer price
Cannes film festival set to honour the bookworm
Coveted Palme d'Or likely to go to a screen adaptation, with many of this year's entrants borrowing from literature
Facebook preaches accountability – but doesn’t practise it
Mark Zuckerberg's control of Facebook shares means there could be tension over strategy in the future
Tajikistan bans The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen spoof denied distribution licence over fears film is incompatible with central Asian country's mentality
Hewlett-Packard to axe up to 30,000 jobs
Computer and software company expected to cut 8% of workforce as consumers ditch bulky PCs in favour of tablets
Twitter to use Do Not Track
Social network to honour requests from users who do not want online behaviour recorded – unlike Google and Facebook. By Charles Arthur
Cannes 2012: After the Battle, the Egyptian fight for film
Yousry Nasrallah's Cannes offering is an act of defiance, a deeply political film shot amid hostility in Tahrir Square
SpaceX prepares to launch first commercial flight to space station
In a major step towards space privatisation, SpaceX will send a Dragon capsule with supplies for the International Space Station
TEDx stages Mogadishu conference to celebrate city’s ‘rebirth’
US brand of inspirational speakers takes its 'ideas worth spreading' to the final frontier: Somalia
Cecil Beaton portrait of ‘vulgar’ Elizabeth Taylor up for auction
Photograph of Taylor and Richard Burton taken at Rothschilds' chateau in 1971 expected to sell for £12,000
Facebook IPO: analysts warn investors away as more shares hit the market
As early investors decide to cash out, some consultants warn first-day bubble will burst once the cultural spectacle wears off
Brain implant allows paralysed woman to control a robot with her thoughts
The BrainGate implant can decode a patient's brain signals and instruct a robotic arm to reach and grasp objects
Cannes opens with Wes Anderson’s ‘charming evocation of childhood’
Moonrise Kingdom is first of 22 films competing for the Palme D'Or, none of which was made by a female director
General Motors gives Facebook the boot ahead of $100bn share sale
Withdrawal of one of the world's biggest advertisers days before stock market sale seen as an embarrassment by analysts
Carlos Fuentes obituary
Mexico's most celebrated novelist
Twitter now has 10m users in UK
UK is the fourth-largest country for Twitter users in the world, with 80% accessing it with mobile phones. By Charles Arthur
Unfriending the US: Facebook co-founder stands to save millions
In renouncing his citizenship last year, Eduardo Saverin will get out of paying $39m in taxes according to one estimate
Aishwarya Rai’s post-baby body forces India to confront its attitude to women
The former Miss World is due to appear at the Cannes festival as a debate about her weight rages in her home country
Facebook IPO: the data behind our animation
Facebook is about to hit the stock exchange - but just how big is it and how has it grown so massive?
Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson diagnosed with thyroid cancer – reports
Thompson, who quit amid allegations that he had lied on his CV, reportedly said his illness contributed to his decision to resign
Obama’s team of tech gurus to unleash ‘Holy Grail’ of digital campaigning
Dashboard, the Democrats' sophisticated new tool, melds data collection with a social aspect to unify volunteers nationwide
Trayvon Martin petition site Change.org comes to UK
Website that teenager's mother used to bring his case to world attention says it has 'structure of a business but non-profit ethos'
Next question after Scott Thompson’s departure: what is Yahoo actually for?
Since the advent of Google, and then Twitter and Facebook, the company hasn't had a unique selling point
Yahoo chief Scott Thompson quits amid claims of fake qualification
Internet giant replaces CEO with former News Corp executive after less than six months in job. By Dominic Rushe
Kennel worker Kitty Broad on The Lucky One
In this film all the characters seem to forget they're running kennels about halfway through, writes Battersea Dogs Home worker Kitty Broad
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: I don’t have broadband at home
Computing guru stuns business forum in Australia by admitting he doesn't have high-speed internet at his California home
Private investigators are selling access to financial and criminal records
Channel 4's Dispatches reveals the ease with which detectives can acquire highly personal information
Trade in sensitive personal data uncovered by secret investigation
C4's Dispatches records private investigator selling bank details and criminal and medical records to reporters
How 48 hours at large in LA turned Fellini into a maestro
A new film will suggest what happened when director Federico Fellini vanished for two days in 1957
Hollywood’s new breed of young directors eye top prize at Cannes
The A-list stars will be on the red carpet, but the focus in Cannes will be on a fresh generation of adventurous film-makers
Joyce Redman obituary
Vivacious Irish actor best known for her role opposite Albert Finney in Tom Jones
Iran unites in choking on Persian Gulf omission from Google Maps
US internet firm says 'body of water' was never labelled on mapping service, though Iranians still take to web to cry foul