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Amazon leads Big Tech’s $1 trillion wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off

Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet all saw their shares fall in the week up to the market close on Thursday.

The Japanese gardening technique of kokedama will bring a touch of magic into your home

Recreate a centuries-old technique from the far east with moss, soil, twine, bonsai compost – and a little patience

TikTok Could Be Forced to Change App’s ‘Addictive Design’ by European Commission

Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults

AI won't cause a sudden job apocalypse, but a war of attrition

Despite the constant barrage of headlines that have reported tens of thousands of corporate, AI-driven layoffs over the past several months, Big Tech and its allies want people to believe that AI isn’t coming for their jobs. This perspective completely disregards reality. There won’t be a sudden labor market collapse, but rather, a slow, steady erosion.

Goldman Sachs taps Anthropic’s Claude to automate accounting, compliance roles

Goldman Sachs is building AI agents with Anthropic’s Claude to automate trade accounting and client onboarding, aiming to speed work and boost efficiency.

Bitcoin rebounds back above $70,000 after nearly breaking below $60,000 a day ago

Some market analysts have suggested bitcoin could fall further, potentially hitting between $40,000 to $50,000.

Taylor Sheridan's Landman and the triumph of traditional values

For those of you who may have not seen it yet, it stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a grizzled crisis manager in the Permian Basin who juggles oil rigs, cartel threats, a crabby but wise old father (Sam Elliott, starting in the second season), a wild but loving wife who’s still technically his ex-wife (a terrific Ali Larter), and enough roughneck banter to make you feel like you’re getting immersion lessons in Texas-speak.

Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds

AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say

What Is Bill Cassidy Fighting For?

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Jean by Madeleine Dunnigan review

Queer self-discovery drives this powerful coming-of-age debut set in a bohemian 1970s school

‘It’s not very French to change stuff’: how Claire Tabouret’s stained-glass windows cast Notre Dame in new light

Five years after a fire destroyed most of the cathedral, the artist explains how her designs will give the landmark a modern makeover and the ‘contemporary gesture’ Emmanuel Macron promised

Experience: I am the Excel world champion

I have been called the LeBron James of spreadsheets, but I try not to take myself too seriously