Adolescence’s message has echoed around the world – but a social media ban is the wrong move
The dangers young people face online are all too clear. But the solution is pragmatism, not prohibition
The best espresso machines to unleash your inner barista at home, tested
We’ve rounded up espresso machines for every budget and skill level, from the cheapest manual models to high-end assisted marvels
‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?
As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it
Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage
Presenting an award at the Breakthrough prize ceremony, the actor and writer allegedly accused the president of destroying American science
The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie
There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effects
The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood
Coogan does his best, but there’s a tonal mismatch here: the animal-teaches-lonely-human narrative jars with a depiction of lives in totalitarian Argentina
Cate Blanchett’s retiring from acting? I’ll believe it when I see it
When even Daniel Day-Lewis is out of retirement, you have to start wondering whether actors just like messing with people
Neil Young: Coastal review – music legend on the road, filmed by his wife Daryl Hannah
Hannah’s second feature about her husband follows him on tour, but the offstage footage is rather less compelling than the music
In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president
By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?
In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal and immersive new film, memory informs the events that take place in real time to a unit of soldiers in Iraq
The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism
The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness
The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s industrial policy: inward turn by ultimatum
Editorial: The US is retreating behind chokepoints and tariffs. It remains determined to invent the future but is struggling to ensure its control
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
X’s UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk’s takeover
Social media platform formerly known as Twitter says 66.3% revenue drop was down to fall in advertising income
‘I sent AI to art school!’ The postmodern master who taught a machine to beef up his old work
Warhol for colour, Hopper for volume … American art world star David Salle is using AI on old paintings of his that had a mixed reception – with wild, sprawling results. Why isn’t he afraid of being replaced?