‘Valerian’ director Luc Besson can’t wait to meet an alien – CNET

The French writer and director explains how cutting-edge visual effects brought his jaw-dropping new space opera…

Most weapons on the dark web come from US, study finds – CNET

New research investigates guns, explosives and ammunition available in online black markets.

Facebook seeks patent for a modular device – CNET

Could Facebook be trying to succeed where Google's Project Ara has so far failed?

Travel app Citymapper starts its own bus service – Roadshow

The bus is intended to fill a gap in the existing transport network serving London's trendy…

War epic ‘Dunkirk’ has a stopwatch where a heart should be – CNET

Christopher Nolan's precision-engineered war epic is a technical masterpiece, but something's missing.

‘Valerian’ rockets out of comics, but crash-lands as a movie – CNET

Cara Delevingne almost rescues Luc Besson's extravagant, colourful, bizarre space opera.

The toughest effect in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’: Tony Stark’s hair – CNET

The man behind the visual effects of the ferry sequence says that "if you treat filmmaking…

Science + music = perfect formula at geeky Bluedot festival – CNET

The delightful Bluedot festival, which combines music and science beneath a giant radio telescope, celebrates positivity…