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Instacart ending AI price tests for retailers

Instacart says its ending its controversial system of using AI price tests for retailers. Earlier this month, an investigation by Consumer Reports and progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative found that Instacart's algorithmic pricing charged various prices for the same item from the same store. Jo Ling Kent reports.

Timothée Chalamet’s unhinged Marty Supreme promo tour is fun

The actor has been doing it all to sell his 50s-set ping-pong epic but, as a year of A-list flops shows, there’s no formula for guaranteed success

‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables

The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival

FCC banning new foreign-made drones, a move China calls "discriminatory"

December 23, 2025 / 7:39 AM EST / CBS/AP

The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Zombiefied World

Why romantasy is crucial to understanding Apple TV’s hit show Pluribus

Terminator 2D: No Fate review

PC, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox; Bitmap Bureau/Reef EntertainmentArcade specialists Bitmap Bureau ply their craft in this retro remake of James Cameron’s action film. But Terminator 2D is at its strongest when colouring outside the director’s lines

The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for you, according to our expert

Looking for a new iPhone or a good deal on a refurbished one? Samuel Gibbs has tested and rated Apple’s smartphones, including the new iPhone 17

Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov

Like many of his US counterparts, the Russian science prodigy turned hugely successful ‘digital populist’ has a deep suspicion of government constraint

It Could Have Been a Wonderful Life

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The Devil’s Backbone review

Executed with trademark technical flair and empathy, this part-horror, part-fairytale set in a haunted orphanage from 2001 is one of the director’s best

When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control

The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction must prompt a global conversation about intelligent machines, regulation and risk

The Highgate Vampire review

Omnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumps