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‘The most culturally Iranian of all Iranians died so far from Iran’: the towering legacy of Bahram Beyzaie

Beyzaie, who has died aged 87, wove myth, folklore and classical Persian literature into stories that defend against a regime which sought to obliterate them

Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in Intel under September agreement

Nvidia has purchased Intel shares worth $5 billion, the ⁠semiconductor firm said in a filing on ‍Monday, carrying ‍out ‍a transaction announced in September.

China is not catching US in chip race anytime soon

The United States and its allies, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and the Netherlands, are engaged in an existential battle for semiconductor supremacy. Chips are at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution. Semiconductors enable the computation that powers data centers and the physical infrastructure required for AI.

Arc Raiders review

PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5; Embark StudiosThe breakout hit, which has players coming together (or turning on each other) to battle intimidating robots in an apocalyptic future, is worth the hype

Why the quarter-zip trend is about much more than jumpers

Young men swapping Nike Tech fleeces for quarter-zips are all over TikTok, as well as staging IRL meetups worldwide. What’s behind the growing movement centring a once unremarkable garment?

The English House by Dan Cruickshank review

A deep dive into the creation of eight buildings from the 1700s to the 1900s tells some very human stories

China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

The proposed rules come as Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot startups Minimax and Z.ai have this month filed for Hong Kong IPOs.

Life lessons with radio legend Jenni Murray: the best podcasts of the week

The former Woman’s Hour host speaks candidly with older stars such as Paul Merton and Trevor McDonald. Plus, the secrets of how to win the World Cup!

Payment giants are preparing for a world where AI agents book flights and shop for you

Major payment and tech companies are racing to build the infrastructure to enable agentic commerce, a trend they expect will transform global shopping.

From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

Data centre developers and designers are starting to get creative.

Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 expected to resume on Tuesday

Marine robotics firm to renew its search more than decade after plane disappeared with 239 people onboard

The mystery of flight MH370: will a new search find the missing airliner after more than a decade?

In 2014 the Malaysian Airlines jet vanished over the Indian Ocean. Now the team that located Shackleton’s Endurance is looking again with the latest undersea robots