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The Bear review

It’s won all the awards and now it’s going out in a blaze of comedy. Everything that could possibly go wrong for the restaurant does … but who cares when the fusion of tragedy and laughter is this good?

The Truth About Steven Spielberg’s Alien Obsession

The director has spent decades telling stories about extraterrestrials, but his real focus lies on Earth.

Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy

The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hour

‘Our characters like to be naughty’: the makers of the Nirvanna mockumentary on illegal skydiving, taboo-breaking and time travel

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s (non-Cobain affiliated) movie feels like Jackass via Back to the Future. They talk about how the supreme silliness was stressful to film, and how times have changed since their ‘tasteless’ 2007 web series

Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers review

Narrator Rory Kinnear fully inhabits Klaus Kinski’s fury in this depiction of the irascible actor’s ill-fated performance in Berlin

Apple posts worst day in over a year after MacBook and iPad price hikes

Tim Cook said last week that Apple would hike prices due to surging memory and storage costs.

Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy: "Comparable to a nice blob of shaving foam"

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter.

AI Can’t Fix the Student-Motivation Problem

In a 2023 TED Talk watched by millions of people, the American educator and entrepreneur Sal Khan declared that AI was about to deliver “probably the biggest positive transformation that education has ever seen.” The founder and CEO of Khan Academy was touting the company’s new educational chatbot, Khanmigo, claiming it promised to be an “amazing personal tutor” to “every student on the planet.” By 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was chiming in that AI was on the verge of delivering, for students, “virtual tutors who can provide personalized instruction in any subject, in any language, and at whatever pace they need.”

IBM unveils technology for chips that promise higher performance, use much less power

IBM unveiled semiconductor technology Thursday that it says could deliver computer chips with 50 percent better performance while dramatically lowering power consumption.

My New Life With the Palantir Chore Coat

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Amazon Adds New Funding, Lifting India AI and Cloud Investment to $48 Billion

Amazon announces fresh investment of $13 billion to expand AI and cloud infrastructure in India, taking its total investment to $48 billion.

Hot Mess and Acid's Reign: the romcom and queer cabaret spotlighting climate crisis

A blooming new wave of musical theatre is exploring the plight of the planet with a playful and hopeful approach