‘A cascade of terrible things’: documentary pieces together Rust shooting tragedy
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna pays tribute to the cinematographer killed in a freak on-set accident
American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance
Hardluck lecturer Dinklage stands to receive a mansion from rich widow Shirley MacLaine in underpowered comedy
iPhone 16e review: Apple’s cheapest new phone
Stripped back iPhone offers latest chips, AI and longer battery life, but with only a single camera on the back
Elon Musk claims ‘massive cyber-attack’ caused X outages
Billionaire owner claims ‘attack’ may have originated in Ukraine after site unresponsive for many users
Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller
Meghann Fahy lands a killer star vehicle with a fun, seat-edge piece of pulp entertainment, playing a woman tasked with killing her date
Joseph Wambaugh obituary
Bestselling crime writer whose work drew on his own experience as an LAPD detective
Holland review – twisty Nicole Kidman thriller is a disappointing mess
Fresh director Mimi Cave delivers an underwhelming follow-up that can’t make the most of its hard-working leading star
Long live Joyce Carol Oates’ Twitter account: the only pure space left on this hell site
The 86-year-old author’s social feed might be her greatest contribution to literature – with philosophical musings on everything from US politics to an infected foot
The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?
The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one
‘I contemplated the unthinkable’: Karla Sofía Gascón speaks out about ‘overwhelmingly painful’ Oscars season
The Emilia Pérez actor, whose offensive resurfaced tweets sank the film’s hopes for awards glory, says public hatred left her ‘on the edge’
Are AI-generated video games really on the horizon?
Microsoft and Google have both recently released new generative AI models that simulate video game worlds – with notable limitations. What can they do?
The Wonder Way review – artists grapple with the outdoors in study of beautiful chaos
Emmanuelle Antille’s diffuse film begins with her grandmother’s passion for her garden before exploring a range of artists reimagining landscape
My phone knows what I want before I do. That should be worrying – but it’s oddly comforting
On the downside, all my personal data is being harvested by faceless corporations. On the up, I’ve got a little parent in my pocket, anticipating my every need
The left needs its own version of techno-optimism
We live in dark, depressing and – frankly – terrifying times. Will technology push us over the edge or help us exit our many crises?
The left needs to abandon its miserable, irrational pessimism
A hundred years ago the average person, in one of the the world’s wealthiest societies, could expect to live until 40. Now global life expectacy is 73