Sun, sea, sound… our summer playlists

What's the best soundtrack for a day on the beach? The perfect film for a long-haul flight? The must-have app for exploring a new city? Our panel reveal their holiday favourites…

Sigourney Weaver hankering after fifth instalment of Alien saga

The actor has hinted at the possibility of a final outing as Ellen Ripley after reiterating her view that the Alien story is unresolved

Viral Video Chart: Kim Jong-un, Weird Al and sperm whales

Kim Jong-un breakdances with Obama, Weird Al sings about word crimes and a couple make the mistake of trying to kayak over a sperm whale

William Shatner writes damning review of Facebook’s new celebrity app

The Star Trek actor is unimpressed with Facebook's dedicated app for celebrity users, writing a five-chapter critical review on Tumblr. By Hannah Jane Parkinson

Who are the 6 million people still getting Netflix by mail? I’m one of them

Sure, the streaming revolution's come. But that doesn't mean there's no upside to the postie handing you a movie, writes Alex Hern

Fox, Time Warner, and Rupert Murdoch’s last game of thrones

The old mogul's bid is a bold one. But with such a prize in play, might the new media giants – the tech companies – step in?

In a galaxy not so far away, someone is remaking Star Wars as a Minecraft film

Movie will stretch to 110 minutes by the time it is released in 2015, although viewers will have to provide their own soundtrack. By Stuart Dredge

Is it a bird, is it a plane, or is it a hacker? Superman tops toxic superhero list

The Man of Steel, closely followed by Thor and Wonder Woman, most likely to lead to users getting hacked, warns McAfee. By Samuel Gibbs

Jaguar ‘villain’ ad banned for encouraging irresponsible driving

YouTube advert featured Thor star Tom Hiddleston explaining how to act like a villain and why British actors are so good at it. By Mark Sweney

Hollywood director: piracy is necessary, and doesn’t hurt revenues

Lexi Alexander has called out the industry for 'bullshit' claims about the cost of piracy, and says Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde should be released from prison. By Samuel Gibbs

Sigourney Weaver to appear in Alien: Isolation video game

Pre-order copies to feature the original cast and crew of the Nostromo, also including Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton and Veronica Cartwright

The fake Star Wars filmset footage that’s still amazing

Tom Meltzer: Supposedly leaked footage of Star Wars vehicles at Frankfurt airport has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube– despite it being an obvious hoax

Chris Milk: the digital artist making music videos fly into the future

From Kanye West and the Johnny Cash Project to Beck and virtual reality, the video director and tech pinup – whose mother taught him to code as a child – has become a hero of the post-MTV age, writes Simon Parkin