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Wallace, Gromit and a new use for lentils: Aardman exhibition opens at Young V&A

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Wallace, Gromit and a new use for lentils: Aardman exhibition opens at Young V&A

Children are encouraged to get hands-on as the world’s leading stop-motion studio showcases its work in east London

9 months ago

Brutal but beautiful: Southbank Centre’s Grade II listing is the cherry on a concrete cake

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Brutal but beautiful: Southbank Centre’s Grade II listing is the cherry on a concrete cake

As one of the longest-running battles in British heritage comes to an end, the listing of the London arts complex vindicates the audacity of this sensational droogs’ paradise

9 months ago

Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

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Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera

9 months ago

Elon Musk’s xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure

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Elon Musk’s xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure

Musk's rocket company SpaceX recently acquired xAI ahead of a likely IPO.

9 months ago

J Cole: The Fall Off review

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J Cole: The Fall Off review

(Interscope)Bowing out after six consecutive US No 1 albums, Cole references rap greats and even conjures a convo between Biggie and 2Pac – but the lens rarely strays from himself

9 months ago

The New Laser That Can Take Down Aircraft

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The New Laser That Can Take Down Aircraft

Russian strikes have forced Ukraine to build high-tech air defense on the cheap.

9 months ago

Romeo Is a Dead Man review

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Romeo Is a Dead Man review

PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox, PC; Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Inc After some dumb fun hacking at zombies, legendary developer Suda51’s first original game in a decade sadly only delivers a host of incoherent disappointments

9 months ago

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was never a love story. It was a warning

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was never a love story. It was a warning

Watch Michel Gondry’s 2004 time-twister as a hard sci-fi film and you might heed its advice – on technology and its futility against our romantic woes

9 months ago

UBS downgrades U.S. tech sector despite a recovery. It gave 3 reasons why

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UBS downgrades U.S. tech sector despite a recovery. It gave 3 reasons why

UBS revised its outlook on U.S. IT stocks on Tuesday and struck a more cautious tone as the company warned of 'mixed investor reactions' to the sector.

9 months ago

Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

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Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation

9 months ago

Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

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Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

Exclusive: Analysts say there will be oil spill catastrophe that could be far bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster

9 months ago

China's Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up 'physical AI'

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China's Alibaba launches AI model to power robots as tech giants talk up 'physical AI'

Nvidia and Google are among a handful of major tech giants developing models for robotics and so-called "phyiscal AI."

9 months ago