How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border
With reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on devices, here’s what to do to minimize risks
‘Porn is the most conservative business I was ever in’: behind the scenes at Café Flesh
The 1982 film was rejected by its conservative financiers but had an influential afterlife at cinemas such as the Scala in King’s Cross. A restored print is showing in London this month
The Stimming Pool review – film-makers on the autistic spectrum dive ingeniously into the uncanny
This docufiction is funny and pregnant with ideas – as a group of young artists on the spectrum examine how their creativity and sense of self is shaped by autism
Director Marco Berger: ‘My films make some masculine viewers question if they could be gay’
The Argentinian film-maker, whose movies blur the lines between gay and straight, discusses what inspired him to make his latest work – queer romcom The Astronaut Lovers
Misericordia review – waking dream of a movie is one of the strangest films of the year
A man moves in with his employer’s widow in this playful but dreamlike and inscrutable drama from Alain Guiraudie, the director of Stranger By the Lake
Wednesday briefing: Just how bad was the White House accidentally leaking military plans over Signal?
In today’s newsletter: After a blunder exposes top officials sharing war plans on a private group chat, questions are being asked about secrecy, protocol … and sheer incompetence
Internationally acclaimed film Santosh blocked in India over portrayal of police brutality
Award-winning film set in fictional town has already made its debut at Cannes but censors have refused to approve it for domestic release
Government AI roll-outs threatened by outdated IT systems
Public accounts committee also flags ‘persistent digital skills shortages’ and uncompetitive civil service pay rates
Jack Dorsey’s Block to lay off nearly 1,000 workers in another reorganization
Fintech firm, operating CashApp, Square and Tidal, to close nearly 800 open jobs in second such move in just over a year
Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal released a day after he was attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli forces
Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
Heavy ChatGPT users tend to be more lonely, suggests research
Studies show those who engage emotionally with bot rely on it more and have fewer real-life relationships
Judge accuses RAF pair of ‘wanton vandalism’ for destroying Paddington Bear statue
Destruction of statue by RAF engineers described as ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’
Amazon confirms producers to steer next James Bond film: ‘greatest sense of responsibility’
Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal and Harry Potter’s David Heyman will helm the tech company’s first official 007 adventure
Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping
Actor denies assault and says he was following advice of his then lawyer when he previously told police there had been no physical contact