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Hollywood Ghosted the Cannes Film Festival This Year
Fewer movie stars, fewer oligarch megayachts in the bay, fewer parties and ever more desperate paparazzi.
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Financial Times
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sets out plans for biggest IPO in history
AI and satellite company fires starting gun on wave of massive Wall Street listings
Financial Times
Asteroid mining and new billionaires: what’s in SpaceX’s IPO filing
Elon Musk’s rocket-to-AI conglomerate lays out its planetary ambitions
Financial Times
OpenAI readies IPO filing to list as soon as September
AI lab is preparing for $1tn listing with bankers Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley and lawyers at Cooley
Financial Times
Is Chris Hohn Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett?
The billionaire hedge fund manager has deep convictions on finance, philanthropy — and, increasingly, faith
BBC News
TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says regulator
YouTube said it worked with experts to provide appropriate experiences. TikTok said it was disappointed Ofcom had not...
BBC News
Free bus trips for children in England this August as part of Reeves's cost-of-living plan
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to reveal a £100m fare-free bus scheme designed to relieve cost-of-living pressures.
BBC News
Chris Mason: Reeves' summer savings drive won't stretch to energy bills
The chancellor is announcing measures aimed at easing the cost of living - but no help yet with energy bills.
BBC News
Wes Streeting pledges wealth tax as part of leadership pitch
He proposes equalising capital gains tax with income tax, in a reform he estimates could raise £12bn a year.
BBC News
EasyJet boss says 'don't panic' over summer jet fuel supplies
The airline has seen no problems with fuel, but says people are booking later because of uncertainty caused by the Iran war.
The Economist
How China quietly helps Russia in Ukraine
The Economist
In football, Britain has a world-beating industry
NYT Europe
A Sexy Garden Ruffles the Chelsea Flower Show
At the marquee event of the U.K. gardening calendar, one designer wants horticultural enthusiasts to consider the birds and the bees.
NYT Europe
After Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn’t Play a Bigger Role
Politics isn’t supposed to influence the international song contest, but some people wanted relationships between countries to...
The Telegraph
Cauliflower cheese baked potatoes
Two brilliant dishes in one, without the hassle of making a separate cheese sauce
The Telegraph
Baked sweet potatoes with honey-roast feta, olives, beetroot and mint
There isn't a dull mouthful here, thanks to the mixture of punchy flavours
Wales
BBC Wales
Driver who plunged 330ft down mountain pass was saved by phone's crash alert
Natalia Sidorska says she remains positive despite surviving the crash with life-changing injuries.
BBC Wales
I became homeless when I was 16 - I didn't think I'd survive
Becoming homeless at the age of 16 is something Freya never imagined would happen.
BBC Wales
Vandals rip door knockers off naked Terry Jones sculpture
A statue commemorating actor and writer Terry Jones is vandalised just weeks after being unveiled.
BBC Wales
Man who tied pony to vehicle and dragged it to 'break it in' fined
Geoffrey Williams said his method was used to "break in ponies" but accepted training had moved on.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
'We'll go down in history' - Villa's new heroes triumph to end 30-year wait
Aston Villa beat Freiburg in Istanbul to win the Europa League, with a new generation of heroes etching their names in the...
BBC Sport · Football
FA opens Southampton investigation over Spygate
The Football Association opens an investigation into Southampton's conduct after the club admit to spying on three clubs...
BBC Sport · Football
The World Cup squad dilemmas facing Tuchel
England manager Thomas Tuchel names his World Cup squad on Friday - although some of those not included already know their...
BBC Sport · Boxing
Secrets, acting & 16 years unbeaten - in camp with Usyk
Oleksandr Usyk tells BBC Sport about his "secret plan" for the future, possible moving into acting and how a defeat 16 years...
The Race · F1
Horner in talks over new BYD F1 team entry
Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner's return to Formula 1 could be as the head of a 12th team entry with Chinese car manufacturer BYD
The Race · F1
Fresh lap-wrecking quirks with 2026 F1 cars emerge
One particular aspect of 2026 F1 weekends is taking drivers over capacity
The Race · F1
How F1's 'worst' team leapt into an unusual position
The worst team in F1 last season has made such a massive leap forward it is now caught between the championship's typical class divide
The Race · F1
The 'unfair' F1 safety net that's trapped Ferrari
Ferrari might still have the best starts in Formula 1, but it is fair to say that team boss Fred Vasseur is annoyed by how its...
Formula 1 Official · F1
The Villeneuves’ contrasting F1 style legacy
From Gilles Villeneuve’s red Ferrari overalls to Jacques Villeneuve’s peroxide hair and baggy race suits, this is the story of...
Formula 1 Official
Win the Ultimate David Guetta Experience at Silverstone & Ibiza
F1 Unlocked is giving you and a guest the chance to experience the FORMULA 1 PIRELLI BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2026 in unforgettable style.
ESPN Cricinfo
Duleep Trophy to kick off Indian domestic season; two-phase Ranji Trophy starts October 11
The first part of the Ranji Trophy will be played between October and November, and the second phase between January and February
ESPN Cricinfo
'A form team is always dangerous' - KKR rise from the ashes
"They have got their combinations right, they have played to their strengths," Abhinav Mukund says about KKR's stunning...
Science
New Scientist
The mysterious reason why women get hotter from age 18 to 42
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and...
New Scientist
Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?
Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects...
New Scientist
We could generate hydrogen from rocks while storing CO2 in them
Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double...
New Scientist
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied...
Nature
Spinal neuromotor rehabilitation using a portable isokinetic training robot
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10642-0 Spinal neuromotor rehabilitation using a portable...
Nature
Author Correction: Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10659-5 Author Correction: Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes...
Nature
Nearly half of the world’s Nature Index chemistry research is now done in China
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00431-0 A breakdown of leading countries and institutions...
Nature
Red light therapy: the science behind the hype
Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01643-0 From glowing red face masks to fibre optic needles, we...
Technology
The Verge
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first...
The Verge
SpaceX just filed for what could be the biggest IPO ever
Elon Musk's final frontier is officially open for business now that SpaceX has formally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC....
The Verge
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest...
The Verge
Here are 42 of our favorite deals from REI’s massive Anniversary Sale
REI’s annual Anniversary Sale — the retailer’s biggest of the year — has arrived, bringing with it discounts on all kinds of...
Techcrunch
Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams
The company said its plans will range from 1 GB over 7 days to 20 GB over 30 days. Initially, the launch will make the eSIM...
Techcrunch
General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market
Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles...
Techcrunch
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering
Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation...
Techcrunch
Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia
The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.
Wired
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly...
Wired
Columbia Promo Codes: 15% Off | May 2026
Explore current Columbia deals on jackets, outdoor gear, and apparel. Find active Columbia promo codes, student discounts, and...
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An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry
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Haskell Foundation 2026 Update
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New features in GCC 16: Improved error messages and SARIF output
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GraphDiffMed: Knowledge-Constrained Differential Attention with Pharmacological Graph Priors for Medication Recommendation
Computer science
SOLAR: A Self-Optimizing Open-Ended Autonomous Agent for Lifelong Learning and Continual Adaptation
Congenital Heart Block