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Oscars Academy ‘extremely upset’ by Teyana Taylor’s treatment by ‘very rude’ security guard

The response follows social media footage of the One Battle After Another actor remonstrating with a member of security during the ceremony

Carnivàle revisited: is this HBO’s strangest show?

Cancelled after two seasons, this 2003 curio following a travelling troupe in the American dust bowl recalls everything from Stephen King to Twin Peaks

New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’

From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din, whether solo or with Billy Woods as Armand Hammer

Mythmatch review

Team Artichoke; PC/MacAncient Greek gods, adorable raccoons and hypnotic puzzling from Olympus to the mortal realm and back

My Tesla Was Driving Itself Perfectly—Until It Crashed

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Alibaba launches agentic AI tool for businesses with Slack, Teams integration plans

Alibaba unveiled a new enterprise artificial intelligence tool on Tuesday amid a series of other developments in the company's AI space.

Houseplant hacks: should I swap moss poles for plant stakes?

Moss poles can end up looking tatty, but a sculptural stake is like a piece of art

Meta Is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-To-End Encryption

Starting May 8, every Instagram DM becomes readable by the same company that sells ads against everything else you do on the platform.

Why we fell in love with Love Story: JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette

Ryan Murphy’s series about the Kennedy heir and style icon has risen above nostalgia-bait to become a ratings blockbuster

Senators tell ByteDance to 'immediately shut down' Seedance AI video app

Lawmakers say the new version of the Seedance AI video-generation app violates copyright and intellectual property laws.

The Delusions by Jenni Fagan review

A witty metaphysical satire about what happens when the processes that help souls pass on begin to fail

‘Arms and legs are very expressive, especially with bruises’: the absurdist photography of Yorgos Lanthimos

Ditched washing machines, a woman’s bare leg, the back of Willem Dafoe’s head … the Oscar-nominated director talks us through his new photography show in Athens – made with his darkroom assistant Emma Stone