Shakespeare

When a flattering email arrived inviting me to participate in an AI venture called Rebind that I’d later come to think will radically transform the entire way booklovers read books, I felt pretty sure it was a scam. For one thing, the…

While the writers strike may have crippled late-night TV in 2023, scripted television—at least for the first half of the year—was in full swing, and at a distinct high point. If the only series to air all year had been Succession, it still…

I don’t understand how Derek Draper received the nickname “Dolly.”But that was all the time how we greeted him within the bars and eating places of Westminster that have been his pure stamping floor. “Hello Dolly!” was normally the…

many times a year, as if on a hidden schedule, some tech person, often venture-capital-adjacent, types out a thought on social media like “The only thing liberal arts majors are good for is scrubbing floors while I punch them” and hits…

More than 1,200 unsung heroes - in addition to well-known figures from the world of sport, showbiz and politics - have been recognised within the New Year Honours listing. Lionesses trio Millie Bright, Mary Earps and Lauren Hemp are among…

“We’ve been doing things with AI for a long time as a company. And the advancements in generative AI are pretty exciting,” says Sameer Samat, vice president of product management for Android and the Google Play app store. “But these aren’t…

Image: Short CircuitMovies date themselves for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes what seemed great when we were kids looks silly to adult eyes. Other times the whys are more complicated—think Rambo III and The Living Daylights making heroes…

Deep learning networks may look like brains, but that doesn’t mean they can think like humans. On the ever-expanding meganet, that’s a problem.

Nineties pop culture nostalgia is powerful, and never more so than in these troubled times. And when looking back across the decades at the films released 30 years ago, its interesting to note how many have endured—and how many never got…

The Queen Consort appeared to wade in to the row over changes to Roald Dahl books, as she urged authors to resist curbs on freedom of expression. Speaking at a Clarence House reception to mark the second anniversary of her online book…