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Cloud startup Render raises funding at $1.5 billion valuation as AI-built apps boom

Render is one of the beneficiaries of growing competition in the cloud computing world spurred by the booming demand for artificial intelligence.

Winners of the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition

The top entries in this year’s open contest were just announced, selected from more than 430,000 images from more than 200 countries and territories.

Analog is back, and my millennial heart couldn’t be happier

When daily life feels like a black hole of apps and feeds, it’s no surprise we crave the intimacy of physical media

Redux Redux review

The McManus brothers offer a stylish new spin on the time loop genre in this tale of a woman trying to stop the abduction and murder of her daughter

The gulf between critics and audience has never been wider

Critics have given the Flotus flick 11% on the aggregator site, but the ‘verified ticket buyers’ score is a near perfect 98%. A campaign by activists, or a sign of our politically disparate times?

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says

The comments come after Australia in December became the first to ban users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms.

Wuthering Heights adaptation is what happens when no one reads

The latest work from English filmmaker Emerald Fennell — who cultivated a sizable following with her tawdry 2023 dark comedy Saltburn — is a loose adaptation of Emily Bronte’s 1847 Wuthering Heights — loose being a charitable term doing more than its share of heavy lifting — and a reflection of a stark literary crisis plaguing our modern age.

India's Adani to invest $100 billion in AI data centers over the next decade

The blockbuster investment comes as India pushes to gain a stronger foothold in the global artificial intelligence race.

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