Tech

What’s the AI Endgame?

Chris Hayes on anxiety, automation, and how to emotionally survive the AI boom

AI chip bubble rivals French stocks in 1700s, surpasses Nasdaq during dot-com frenzy by one measure

Historical parallels for the artificial intelligence bubble are in no short supply.

Skeletal remains of new dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants discovered by scientists: "The last titan"

Updated on: May 15, 2026 / 12:57 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

NASA maps show Earth's brightest and darkest regions at night

New maps from NASA using nearly a decade's worth of data show how the use of artificial light has shifted over the years.

Traitors with crabs to the Prince Andrew Plan: the 10 best SNL UK sketches so far

Sexy dad swap, the anti-ageing cream so good everyone will think your husband should be in prison, and the long con to make King Charles look good … you can’t say Saturday Night Live UK hasn’t gone there! Here are the best skits

Rivals actor Katherine Parkinson lauds series for depicting women’s view of sex

Bafta winner tells preview screening in Bristol there is not enough on television about the female perspective

A year in hospital and 90% lung damage: how Andrey Zvyagintsev came back from Covid to Cannes

Cannes film festival: The great Russian director of Leviathan, Loveless and The Return has overcome extraordinary obstacles to present his first film in nine years

'I didn't want to be the guinea pig': inside tech's AI-fueled manager purge

Tech workers say AI-driven restructurings are eroding mentorship, support and paths to promotion across Silicon Valley

The Tech Download: Trump’s China visit sparks fresh questions over chip exports and rare earths access

China President Xi welcomed deeper commercial engagement from the U.S., but uncertainty still hangs over American access to rare earths and chip sales.

The best recent crime and thrillers

Honey by Imani Thompson; Quite Ugly One Evening by Chris Brookmyre; The Final Chapter by CB Everett; The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani; Shrink Solves Murder by Philippa Perry

Chinese developers employ various tactics to close tech gap with America

Last month, Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence released a study finding that China is rapidly closing the AI gap with the U.S. “For years,” the researchers concluded, “the U.S. outpaced all other global regions on AI — in model size, performance, artificial intelligence research, citations, and more. But China emerged as an AI counterweight to the U.S., gradually gaining ground, and this year it appears to have nearly erased any U.S. lead.”

How Forza Horizon Took On Japan With Deep Research

The open world driving sim has roared through locations from Colorado to Australia, its authentic feel resting on exhaustive research. But, as the team explain, this was the toughest challenge yet