Tech

Cotton Queen review

Suzannah Mirghani’s first feature contains a powerful performance by Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as a village’s elder woman and tackles the long shadow of British imperialism and women’s rights

Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill aimed at stopping abuse of Flock cameras and similar AI technology

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 6:59 AM EDT / CBS News

Missouri Williams and China Miéville among writers on ‘adventurous’ Goldsmiths shortlist

Six writers are in contention for the £10,000 books prize, which celebrates fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form’

FlyDubai flight to Israel makes emergency landing, passenger says "co-pilot tried to murder the pilot" and crash jet

Updated on: September 30, 2026 / 8:34 PM EDT / CBS/AP

The Scientific Republic

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CNBC Daily Open: AI will be marking its own homework

President Donald Trump has formalized his plan to rename AI as "Super Intelligence" as tech bosses sign an agreement to regulate the safety of models.

Radioactive trees to fighting fish: the best of Photoworks festival 2026

There are origami cats, Ecuadorian midwives and painful images from the Ukraine war at this year’s event, all under the theme ‘Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams’

On the Equality of All Things by Carlo Rovelli review

Near-mystical musings from a scientist who believes we are on the brink of a revolution in understanding ourselves

Why Fears of Federal Troops at the Polls Persist

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Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert

Relatives of Hollywood legend say her doppelganger could now be used for more glamorous roles

SKF advert review

Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI

Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi

Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiome