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From MTV Cribs to The Bachelor Mansion: What Reality TV Homes Reveal About Viewers

In book Dream Facades, Jack Balderrama Morley examines houses from shows including Keeping Up with the Kardashians to see what we can learn

Xiaomi trials humanoid robots in its EV factory

Two humanoid robots can complete 90% of the work in three hours, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing told CNBC.

I’ve turned AI into my therapist. The results were pretty disquieting

As part of our series AI for the People, our resident AI skeptic Rhik Samadder agreed to put his life in AI’s hands. This week: therapy

Dolly review

Rising scream queen Fabianne Therese’s ability to channel distress somewhat redeems film in which an attractive, therefore doomed, couple learn major lesson

Why is the White House trying to kill common-sense AI legislation in Utah?

Republicans in the Utah Legislature are advancing the “AI Transparency Act,” a measured bill that tries to impose basic accountability on the biggest, most powerful AI developers in the world.

China's Xiaomi tells CNBC it's planning a yearly smartphone chip release and its own AI assistant for overseas

Last year, Xiaomi launched the XRing O1, a system-on-chip (SoC) based on an advanced 3 nanometer manufacturing process.

Rise of the veavage: how one look came to rule the red carpet

Forget cleavage. A deep V plunging to the waist is the current style – as seen on Gwyneth Paltrow and many others this year. Why is it suddenly so popular?

Why Sinners should win the best picture Oscar

Ryan Coogler’s artful action-horror offers superb performances, rich storytelling, historical detail – and a jook joint scene that tears the roof off

What AI Is Teaching Us About Humanities Education

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‘He paints phalluses the way others paint landscapes’: the disturbing genius of erotica pioneer Félicien Rops

A new exhibition at Kunsthaus Zurich revisits the Belgian artist whose wild women of the demimonde scandalised the belle epoque – and still shock audiences today

Quit ChatGPT: Right Now! Your Subscription Is Bankrolling Authoritarianism

As a historian, I've studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley.

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation

The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr proclaiming his dream