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AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable

Nor is the dreamy promise that this tech will unlock boundless potential and productivity

Why U.S. AI giants like Anthropic, OpenAI are launching major expansions in London

The U.K. capital has become a key growth target for many of the world's most talked about AI companies.

'Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice

Film-maker says he approached producer ‘Cubby’ Broccoli after Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind were hits, but was knocked back both times

Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later

Ten years ago, the Ghostbusters reboot was released into a firestorm of rage and revulsion. What did the onslaught show us about film, fandom – and does it stand up today?

'She slept in the hallway on a lawn chair': how Bettina’s astonishing art outgrew her Chelsea Hotel room

The reclusive figure spent decades filling every surface of her apartment at the legendary New York hotel with artworks that rose in teetering piles. Some are now on display for the first time in Glasgow

Fireworks light up Sagrada Família after Pope Leo's blessing

Fireworks and a light show have illuminated the Sagrada Família in Barcelona after the pontiff inaugurated the newest of the building's geometric spires. The addition makes the basilica, which was originally designed by Antoni Gaudí, the world's tallest church

The best games of 2026 so far

If you fancy roaring around Japan’s open roads, scaling impossible mountains and playing with post-apocalyptic Pokémon, this year’s highlights mean you can do so without leaving your chair

AI mega-listings are 'just the start,' Razer CEO says, ahead of historic SpaceX IPO

Blockbuster public offerings from AI companies could be an enduring feature of the industry, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said Thursday, ahead of several mega IPOs.

The Evil Lawyer review

The lead character in this Thai courtroom drama may have more than a whiff of pantomime villain about her, but this a fun, very watchable show – albeit one that is faintly ridiculous at times

Frida Slattery As Herself by Ana Kinsella review

This impressive and charismatic debut novel revisits an actor and a director over various collaborations

North Korea’s New Friends

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Relativity and the Absurdities of Alice

“Since 1913, a number of gentlemen wearing glasses and looking wondrous wise, and no doubt as wise as they look, have proved to us that it can always be tea-time if we care to figure it out properly.”