The Turkish Grand Prix is making a comeback to the F1 calendar, in a new five-year deal starting from 2027.

Istanbul Park is set to make its comeback to the F1 calendar, signing a five-year deal that sees it return to the schedule from 2027 onwards. The F1 circus last raced here in 2021, when Valtteri Bottas won from pole for Mercedes. There have been just nine editions of the race so far, but the Turkish Grand Prix has thrown up plenty of memorable moments…

Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency

A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.…

One of Canada's finest and creepiest bands.

A tribute post today as I learned that founder/lead singer Taylor Kirk died last week at age 44. No cause of death given. I've seen TT twice live (2016 and 2023) and to me, their music is what the title of the post feels like. Ominous, atmospheric, and darkly beautiful. Various videos to get a taste: Trouble Comes Knocking Bad Ritual Curtains?! Velvet Gloves & Spit Ask The Community And lastly, their NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Former Scottish Labour leader says she understands that expressing respect for author caused ‘worry, anger and upset’

The incoming chair of the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, says she is “truly sorry” after she expressed “huge respect” for JK Rowling in an interview with the Guardian.

Kezia Dugdale, the former leader of Scottish Labour, said she understood that her words had caused “worry, anger and upset and I am truly sorry about that”.

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She’s already taken Paris and Venice – now, with husband Jeff Bezos, she’s stormed New York’s Met Gala. And for a mere $75,000, you can be there with her

We live in an age when the most successful revolutionaries are not the peasants but the Silicon Valley billionaires. They are the true disrupters, the victorious radicals and the people who have successfully ripped up legacy systems and replaced them with themselves. Revolutionaries used to rebel against governments, but the techlords are now so powerful that meaningful revolt against them could really only come from governments. Governments are the new peasants. The erstwhile peasants, meanwhile, are in endless thrall to the technologies of their overlords, each one carrying in their hands a device pretty much guaranteed to distract them from doing anything other than clicking impotently – and only when they remember – on “change”. Never mind televised; their revolution will be narcotised.

Anyhow: I can’t believe Lauren Sánchez hasn’t gone with the above paragraph as the theme for the Met Ball that her husband, Jeff, bought her. Maybe it was too long for the invitations. Either way, we are just over a week away from the biggest event in the fashion calendar, which, like his own fairy godfather, the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, has purchased the honorary chairmanship of for himself and his wife. Cinderella and her Cinderfella shall go to the ball. You cannot imagine how much Silicon there’s going to be at the event.

Marina Hyde’s new book, What a Time to be Alive!, is out in September (Guardian Faber Publishing, £20). To support the Guardian, order your signed copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply

Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist

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