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Letterboxd’s most eager reviewers are changing cinema etiquette: ‘I was excited to pull out my phone’

The popular film-logging app is spurring cinephiles to linger through the credits and jot down their thoughts right away

Finland's IQM to become one of Europe's first listed quantum companies at $1.8 billion valuation

The transaction will see the company hit a $1.8 billion valuation.

Else Review

Thibault Emin’s thriller sees a new couple forced to barricade themselves in an apartment amid an outbreak in which the infected merge with their physical surroundings

If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?

Amid talk of artificial intelligence taking our jobs, the big unasked question is: how will we be fed?

'A spiritual awakening': why Con Air is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers on their most important comfort films is a celebration of Nicolas Cage’s finest action moment

All You Need Is Kill review

New version of the sci-fi day-on-repeat sees a perplexed duo repeatedly battle monstrous plants but leaves you feeling as bored as the protagonist appears

As If by Isabel Waidner review

Two uncannily similar men switch places in an existential farce that playfully explores the precarity of working life

Drives me crazy: Mumbai residents plead for respite from ‘musical road’

Motorway stretch plays music as a safety feature but those close to it say ‘intrusive’ noise is constant and distressing

'Hero' Isn’t a Bygone Concept

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The occult-tinged murder that rocked a quiet Welsh village: best podcasts of the week

BBC’s Crime Next Door examines how a 17-year-old vampire-obsessed student took the life of 90-year-old, Mabel Leyshon. Plus, people who have found a better way to approach life

AI artist Refik Anadol uses massive datasets and AI to create immersive works shown around the world

February 22, 2026 / 7:00 PM EST / CBS News

He turned down $1.2 billion from Stripe. Now his company is worth $8 billion

In 2018, Stripe offered to buy fintech company Airwallex for $1.2 billion. They said no. Seven years later, the company is worth $8 billion and serves over 200,000 customers globally.