Tech

Nvidia earnings call drama: Will Jensen Huang talk 'Trump' and China chips after Xi summit?

Both Nvidia's earnings and its commentary on its financial report are expected to be big tests for U.S. equities.

How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?

Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubious

The Unknown Review

Cannes film festival: A man is terrified to wake up in Seydoux’s body in this metempsychotic mystery film about gender identity

Effective altruists to MAGA: The odd origins of Humans First's AI campaign

Welcome to Monday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Today we take a look at the return of Amy Kremer, longtime booster of Donald Trump, who is emerging as a player in the AI wars. Her outfit, Humans First, released a letter calling for careful regulation of the technology. But could she be the witting or unwitting conservative face of a movement launched by Effective Altruists? Plus, why you should always take photos of Pete Hegseth if you see him out and about around town!

As more jobs demand AI skills, some colleges may fall short in prepping students: 'Why would we train them using the skills of yesterday?'

Colleges offering AI degrees and courses are just the beginning. Schools can take broader steps to prepare students for AI's impact on the workforce.

Hope review

Cannes film festival: Na Hong-jin’s melee of running, chasing and shouting at the angry invaders is uproarious fun, mixing digital work with old-school spectacle

Anthropic to share Mythos cyber flaw findings with global finance watchdog

Startup has declined to release Claude Mythos AI model publicly amid fears it could be used by hackers

'I had been silent for a very long time': how a chance meeting at a burger van revived techno genius the Field

A run of immaculate albums ended in 2018 with an identity crisis and the producer becoming a kindergarten chef. Now he’s back with a blissed-out new record

Everything You Do Is Being Recorded

Anthony “Bingy” Arillotta waited years to become a made man in the Genovese crime family, and when at last the call came in August 2003, he followed directions to the letter. According to sworn testimony, Arillotta was summoned to a steak house in the Bronx, where he was made to hand over his cellphone, beeper, and jewelry before being driven to an apartment building. When he got there, he was taken to a small bathroom and strip-searched for electronic devices. For his big meeting with the boss, he was given a bathrobe to wear.

Let’s dress like a Mark Rothko! How gen Z fell for the king of colour field paintings

Why is the artist’s work racking up hundreds of thousands of views on social media? For a generation bombarded with visual stimuli, it seems his canvases offer a meditative escape

Tribe review

Dan Asma’s impressive debut feature follows a retired professor, played by the director himself, whose research leads him to Lovecraftian terrors

It’s like a Ouija board

The Russian-born artist’s work can hypnotise, deceive or even transform into a mushroom. He talks about his Venice show full of Christian iconography and haunting depictions of children