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OpenAI to focus on 'practical adoption' in 2026, says finance chief Sarah Friar

OpenAI will make 2026 its year of "practical adoption," the artificial intelligence startup's finance chief said in a blog Sunday.

Is this man the future of music

Worth a staggering $2.45bn, Suno is an AI music company that can create a track with just a few prompts. Why is its CEO happy to see it called ‘the Ozempic of the music industry’?

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

A beginner’s guide to Arc Raiders: what it is and how you start playing

Embark Studios’ multiplayer extraction shooter game has already sold 12m copies in just three months. Will it capture you too?

Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt?

The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’

‘Disgustingly educated’: will this trend make you cleverer?

Social media is filling up with influencers telling us how to become much more intellectual. A great, enriching idea – or just another cue to show off?

Venezuela shows how locals turn to Tether-issued USDT stablecoin as governments wobble

Locals in Venezuela, as well as others living under unstable regimes, are turning to USDT as protection from political and economic uncertainties.

These stocks are leading 'meaningful breakthroughs' in quantum computing, UBS says

Quantum computing is an industry with "extraordinary potential," according to UBS, which highlighted leading stocks.

Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot AI's valuation is up $500 million, sources say, after its rivals IPO in Hong Kong

Investors are valuing the startup at $4.8 billion as it is about to close another funding round, according to two people familiar with the matter.

What we know so far about high-speed train crash in Spain

At least 39 people dead after northbound train derailed and collided with oncoming train in Córdoba province

Matt Damon is right: phones + Netflix mean we are now in the pub bore age of cinema

The streaming giant has the data that proves we all just watch things with one hand gripping our phones, so need to have the plot explained to us over and over again