Use the force: now you can control BB-8 like a Jedi

Gesture control is coming to the cute rolling robot from the Force Awakens, as prototype band that directs it with arm motions gets shown off in Las Vegas

Women of 2015: where are the cracks in the glass ceiling?

From law and politics to film and music, we explore women’s achievements in the UK and its global industries, and the barriers still holding them back

Assassin’s Creed star Michael Fassbender had ‘never played the game’

The star of Steve Jobs and X-Men: Days of Future Past had never played Assassin’s Creed before signing on to star in forthcoming film adaptation of the video game

Google gets in on the Star Wars fun with clutch of interactive easter eggs

Ever wanted to wield a lightsaber through your browser, interact with droids via Cardboard VR or explore a map with a stormtrooper? Help you Google can

Dallas Buyers Club piracy case: judge dismisses bid to access private details

US studio attempt to get details of thousands of Australians accused of illegal downloading is terminated over ‘unrealistic’ proposal for claiming payment

Berlin film festival adds Midnight Special and Genius to lineup

Drama starring Michael Shannon drama as a dad on the run from extremists joins biopic of legendary editor Max Perkins, played by Colin Firth

My droid: ‘I’m the type of person who shows that something can be done’

Richard, 48, an engineer and teacher who lives in Japan, spent four years and £22,500 building a beeping, head-swivelling, dancing R2 unit called R2-J1. Miranda Sawyer analyses what it says about him

Pixar co-founder warns virtual-reality moviemakers: ‘It’s not storytelling’

Ed Catmull says he’s open to being proved wrong by new generation of VR creators: ‘I think they should keep running the experiments’

New Star Wars teasers tap Google Cardboard for virtual-reality story

Lucasfilm works with Google and Verizon on latest teaser for The Force Awakens film under the title Jakku Spy, using ‘real sets’ from upcoming movie

Sweden refuses to order ISP to block Pirate Bay

Stockholm District Court blocks rightsholder action against second-largest Swedish internet service provider, leaving file-sharing site accessible

In our age of tablets, the romance of typewriters lives on

The clacking of a classic Underwood – or at least a typewriter-inspired Bluetooth keyboard – is still a bewitching mark of authenticity

Stormtroopers and lightsabers: Google gets a Star Wars makeover

The Light or the Dark side see lightsabers, Stormtroopers, TIE fighters, X-wings and scenes from the Force Awakens take over your browser

Star Wars: Battlefront review – the force is strong, but not for long

The much-anticipated Star Wars shooter captures the look and feel of the series perfectly, but as with the original movie, this is just the beginning

Brett Ratner slotting together Tetris origins movie

A biopic of the game’s Russian inventor Alexey Pajitnov is in development in the vein of The Social Network