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Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish’s California

Expertly curated flower paintings, the garage-rock star’s hazy expressionism and a masterpiece from a Morrisons receipt – all in your weekly dispatch

Anthropic CEO Scheduled to Meet with Susie Wiles

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is expected to meet at the White House in an effort to resolve his company’s rift with the War Department over the use of its artificial intelligence technologies.

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

The Artemis II mission did not emerge from thin air. It was the product of a deliberate political choice made nearly a decade ago, when a first-term President Donald Trump decided that America’s human spaceflight program had grown too small in its ambitions. The Obama years had seen NASA steered toward an asteroid mission of uncertain purpose. Trump changed that, pointing the agency back at the moon and, beyond it, Mars.

AI "agents" can do your shopping. Should you let them?

April 17, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT / CBS News

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PC, Xbox; Sad Cat Studios This pulpy sci-fi thriller is a beautiful, if deferential, homage to the genre greats, with a poignant real-world echo

Nvidia rival tells CNBC it's seeking at least $100 million in funding as European AI chip market booms

Investor interest for AI chip startups is rising, but big challenges remain for the nascent sector.

I’ll make up a whopper you can’t refuse! Why do we love to believe cinema’s best lines were improvised?

From The Godfather to Saltburn, the internet is awash with claims that actors are ditching the script and making it up as they go along. What’s behind our desire to invest in these behind-the-scenes ‘secrets’?

The Dog’s Gaze by Thomas Laqueur review

A clever and beautiful survey of dogs in painting, with a brilliant interpretation of their role at its heart

The Plague review

With Fincher-like intent, director Charlie Polinger scopes out concealed psychological depths in a debut that sees the laws of the jungle play out

Sony World Photography Awards 2026

The Sony World Photography Awards announce the four overall winners of the 2026 competitions: professional, open, student and youth.

Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment

Technology secretary plays down fears over jobs and cyber security as stake taken in British startup

‘How do I end a call?’: elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones

Elderly people take advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices and avoid ‘analogue isolation’