Tech

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland

The iconic photographer believed his two years shooting horse fairs, pubs and dance halls in the 1980s had been overlooked. A new exhibition aims to put that right.

‘The rallying cry of the rich and horrible’: the song that TV villains love to sing

From The West Wing to The Simpsons, House and now Industry, TV baddies have made a tongue-in-cheek Gilbert and Sullivan show tune their own

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.5 as China’s chatbot race shifts to AI agents

Alibaba Group has released its newest AI model series, featuring new agentic capabilities, as competition in China's AI space ramps up.

Producer of Israeli spy thriller found dead in Athens hotel room

Dana Eden, 52, co-creator of hit TV series Tehran, reported by Greek police to have taken her own life on Sunday

Apple takes on YouTube and Spotify with new video podcasting push

Apple will bring a new integrated video podcast experience to Apple Podcasts this spring.

A No-Name Director to Everyone but His 38 Million Fans

The debut film from one of YouTube’s most popular creators is a box-office hit, thanks to his subscribers.

Did you solve it? Chapeau! A smart new hat puzzle

Earlier today I set you this logic puzzle. Here is is again with the solution.

AI chatbot firms face stricter regulation in online safety laws protecting children in the UK

"The action we took on Grok sent a clear message that no platform gets a free pass," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday.

Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Report

The Pentagon is pushing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI to let it use AI tools for weapons development, intelligence collection and battlefield operations.

Could We Have 13 Million New Tiles Please? The Astonishing £42m Rebirth of Modernist Masterpiece Africa Hall

Hailed as one of the defining achievements of African architecture, the historic, recently refurbished Ethiopian landmark has now won the World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism prize

AI fears are hitting software stocks the hardest. Citi sees a buying opportunity in many names

Citi chose software stocks with earnings momentum and declines of more than 10% in the last month.

Musk changes course on Mars quest and shoots for moon

Moon was a distraction and Mars the goal for billionaire SpaceX chief – could Trump have influenced his U-turn?