Indecent proposal: why social media’s rebrand of surveillance tech normalises harassment and non-consensual filming | Maggie Zhou
By selling AI glasses as aspirational, cool and fashion-forward, tech elites are trying to pacify their entry into the mainstream world We have a habit of dismissing social media trends…
So it’s Trump 1, Belgium 4 – and the world rejoices. Nothing like failed chicanery to bring us together, is there? | Marina Hyde
Joy is unbounded and when it dies down perhaps the guilty will be held to account for cheating and facilitation: perhaps they won’t. Still, enjoy the moment Oh dear. Such…
Whether you’re Team Charles or Team Harry, this latest twist in their relationship is desperately sad | Polly Hudson
It had seemed as if the Duke of Sussex’s visit to London could be a breakthrough in relations with his father. But not any more Perhaps because it involves kings…
Suddenly Amish review – not one tiny bit of this reality show rings true
Six strangers are sent into a traditional Amish community to see how they will fare – and it all feels highly dubious. There’s so little insight in this show it’s…
Have social media platforms fuelled antisemitism? – podcast
This week social media giants have faced questioning at the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion as it asks: what more needs to be done to combat online hate?…
Pore substitute: can AI be trusted when it comes to skincare advice?
There are more than 3,000 conditions in dermatology, experts warn – and chatbots’ recommendations can be flaky Read more in the Antiviral series Who among us has not, in a…
Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?
After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life Each incarnation of Little House on the Prairie has reflected…
Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare
This 2007 science-fiction thriller is a who’s-who of brilliant actors right before they made it big, and is basically Project Hail Mary’s older, emo cousin If you enjoyed Project Hail…
Tall tales: the gumtree in art – in pictures
A new exhibition at Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art celebrates the cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, the show Ngarn Wa’ngal…
Why Jude Bellingham’s world is bigger than most of us can understand
The prodigy who has it all has ambitions to play James Bond but for the time being he is more reminiscent of Novak Djokovic There has never been an English…