The 10 best Australian films of 2024: from creepy horror to sublime claymation Our critic counts down the picks of this year’s bunch – a particularly edgy lot, featuring morbid jokes, profound loss and demonic possessions
‘The full immersive experience’: the rise of cinema with an added twist While box office continues to play catch up with pre-pandemic numbers, there’s been a notable increase in the popularity of experiential cinema
UK data regulator criticises Google for ‘irresponsible’ ad tracking change ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital ‘fingerprints’ will undermine consumers’ control over information
Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 2 – Nickel Boys RaMell Ross’s artful and unconventional adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel offers a radically immersive route into a difficult story
Best films of 2024 in the UK: No 2 – My Favourite Cake This powerful and important film highlights the brutality of the Iranian regime with a gentle strength of its own
Your Fault review – bizarre and wooden step-sibling romance Sequel to unaccountably popular Amazon Prime hit finds the same oldsters still out to stop the forbidden young lovers necking in glamorous locations
Supreme court agrees to hear TikTok challenge to law ending its US operations Court will hear two hours of oral arguments on 10 January and consider the social media app’s challenge to the law
‘Pick and mix of horror’ online pushes young people to violence, UK police chief says Counter-terrorism leader says there is often no ideology behind ‘grotesque fascinations’ with extreme content
Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case Image of man leaning into boot of a car on a street in northern Spain helps lead police to make two arrests
Amazon push may help Tom Grennan beat Wham! to UK Christmas No 1 Grennan’s It Can’t Be Christmas is one of many Amazon-exclusive singles in recent festive chart races
More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD Exclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya
‘The work damaged me’: ex-Facebook moderators describe effect of horrific content Former workers at Samasource say violent, graphic and sexually explicit videos left them fearful to go outside
PTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal action Ex-staff at outsourcing company Samasource claim they vetted unspeakably graphic videos in harsh conditions
Farage’s photo with Musk and Nick Candy defines his Trump tribute act era Eight years after an awkward ‘bad boys of Brexit’ snap at Trump Tower’s lift, Reform’s leader is a Mar-a-Lago insider