Artificial intelligence has quickly become one of the defining technological shifts of the modern era. Large language models (LLMs), which power many of today’s conversational AI systems, have moved AI from the background of software into everyday life. Businesses are racing to integrate it into products, services and operations, while consumers are encouraged to adopt
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Thanks to the casual sensibility of social media, we seem to be living in a punctuation-optional age. But in On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World, scholar Florence Hazrat offers a lively defense of the squiggles, slashes and dots that have helped define human language since civilization’s early days. Though
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Sunreef Yachts and Brabus have revealed the Brabus Ultima 55, an upgraded version of the first model from the Ultima range produced in Ras Khaimah. Featuring an overall length of 55ft 9in (17m) and a beam of 18ft 4in (5.6m), the Brabus Ultima 55 is fitted with twin 725hp six-cylinder engines and tops 40 knots,
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Nvidia is attempting to turn its artificial intelligence chips into Wall Street’s newest asset class, partnering with six large asset managers on a $500 billion financing push designed to treat compute infrastructure much like commercial real estate, toll roads or other assets to borrow against. The chipmaker signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo Global Management,
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The National Lottery’s quarterly contributions to good causes has dropped by £107.8m in the past year, after a court case caused its operator “very significant reductions in revenue” due to delays in implementing income-generation measures.  Figures from the Gambling Commission showed that contributions to good causes in the first quarter of 2026/27 (April to June)
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Investors are closely monitoring earnings releases of artificial intelligence companies amid concerns about the durability of high spending and demand. While quarterly results provide key insights into a company’s performance and execution, it is prudent to focus on long-term prospects and look beyond short-term fluctuations. Top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick stocks with
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In Laila Lalami’s chilling novel The Dream Hotel, Sara Hussein is detained by representatives from the Risk Assessment Administration, an organization that uses data from dreams to scrutinize the habits of private individuals. The agents—convinced that Sara is going to carry out a deadly crime—take her to an internment facility for women. Innocent of any
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Independents posted impressive numbers this weekend, another good one for moviegoing but competitive with blockbuster commercial films in the marketplace. Tony and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma are notable newcomers with CatVideoFest 2026 landing in the top 10 and a sweet debut for doc Cookie Queens. A24’s Tony cooked with one of the
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We know what you’re thinking. Man buns are bad. Terrible. A hairstyle crime that carries a minimum sentence of five years’ ridicule. We can’t blame you, especially when they’re co-opted by footballers who wield about as much taste as Liberace in Poundland (hey, Andy Carroll). Don’t let naff Premier Leaguers and your local insufferable barista
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Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 2, 2026. Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating earnings climbed 16% in the second quarter as strength across its energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses more than offset weaker insurance results. But the bigger takeaway from the results is that
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