Movie

The Great Arch review – the French landmark gets…

If you happen to be tramping up the Champs Élysées in Paris on a bright summer’s day, you’ll likely see a strange square arch in the middle distance which, architecturally, sits apart from the ornate, careworn classicism that otherwise characterises the city. This is the Arche de la Défense, inaugurated in 1989 to mark the bicentennial of the French Revolution, and designed...

Music

How To Make A Killing review – social satire with…

Modern celebrities are a little like social media algorithms. Express an interest in something once, and you’ll be inundated with it for the next six months. Did you like that funny video of an otter? Well, that’s all you’re getting for the foreseeable future. A similar thing has happened with Glen Powell – after stealing the show in Top Gun: Maverick and...

TECH

Anduril snaps up space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic Solutions

The first step to fighting a war in space is knowing what’s happening tens of thousands of miles above the planet. Toward that end, defense tech darling Anduril is buying boutique data firm ExoAnalytic Solutions. ExoAnalytic operates a network of 400 telescopes around the world, which it uses to track spacecraft in high orbits above the planet. The company’s engineers...

TECH

Uzbekistan’s Uzum valuation leaps over 50% in seven months to $2.3B

Uzbekistan fintech Uzum has reached a $2.3 billion valuation — about 53% higher than just seven months ago — as investors place growing bets on the country’s emerging digital economy. The valuation stems from a $131.5 million investment led by sovereign wealth funds from Oman, with participation from existing investors including Tencent, VR Capital, and FinSight Ventures. This round comprises...

TECH

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help

When Ring founder and CEO Jamie Siminoff decided to use the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial to introduce Search Party — an AI-powered feature that uses Ring camera footage to help find lost dogs — he expected Americans to love it. Instead, the TV spot set off a firestorm. In fact, practically since the moment it aired in February, Siminoff...

Religion

Deportations surge, aid collapses and faith groups in Latin America struggle to respond

(RNS) — At least once a week, relief workers from Jesuit Refugee Service Mexico see a grim routine: Newly arrived deportees step off planes in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, near Mexico’s southern border, still wearing gray detention uniforms issued in the United States. Transported in handcuffs and stripped of their belongings, they are released onto the street with little more than the...

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