Spliff in hand, the Greek artist and architect explains how his Venice pavilion was inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, Charlie Kirk’s widow … and a hatred of pavilions ‘Do you mind if I’m smoking while we’re talking?” enquires Andreas Angelidakis as we both recline on a bean bag in the form of a fallen classical column. “Do you mind if it’s narcotics? If it’s cannabis?” He extracts an elegantly const...
Spliff in hand, the Greek artist and architect explains how his Venice pavilion was inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, Charlie Kirk’s widow … and a hatred of pavilions ‘Do you mind if I’m smoking while we’re talking?” enquires Andreas Angelidakis as we both recline on a bean bag in the form of a fallen classical column. “Do you mind if it’s narcotics? If it’s cannabis?” He extracts an elegantly constructed spliff wrapped in pink cigarette paper from his black Nike windcheater and lights it up. “It’s my medicine for anxiety,” he says, before reconsidering. “No, I’m just addicted.” The artist likes to see the world in a slightly altered state – which you can tell as soon as you set foot in the Escape Room, the name of his installation in the Greek pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale . The pavilion, which was designed by M Papandreou and inaugurated in 1934, the year that Hitler met Mussolini here, has been furnished with a light-up dancefloor, Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax is pumping from the sound system and wilted classical columns hang from the ceiling or are arranged as seating on the floor. Continue reading...
Prof Philip Leach and Prof Başak Çalı say governments must take action to give teeth to the European convention on human rights The repression of free speech in Turkey worsens by the day, especially for anyone who is critical of the government or the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara, 6 July ). It is right to suggest th...
Prof Philip Leach and Prof Başak Çalı say governments must take action to give teeth to the European convention on human rights The repression of free speech in Turkey worsens by the day, especially for anyone who is critical of the government or the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ( Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara, 6 July ). It is right to suggest that other governments’ silence encourages authoritarianism. The human rights philanthropist Osman Kavala (whom we represent) has languished in jail since 2017 in spite of legally binding orders for his release issued by the European court of human rights, which has recognised that he is the victim of a political prosecution. European states have repeatedly balked at putting any real pressure on Turkey to free Mr Kavala. Instead of paying lip service to upholding the integrity of the European human rights system , governments must take concerted action to give it some real teeth. Prof Philip Leach Middlesex University Prof Başak Çalı Oxford University Continue reading...
Readers respond to a letter about the challenges facing families where their adult children are not able to lead independent lives I was moved by the letter ( 3 July ) from a parent whose child is not in employment, education or training (Neet). As a parent of a neurodivergent late-teenager who struggles with social communication and with making relationships beyond the family, I have found the pr...
Readers respond to a letter about the challenges facing families where their adult children are not able to lead independent lives I was moved by the letter ( 3 July ) from a parent whose child is not in employment, education or training (Neet). As a parent of a neurodivergent late-teenager who struggles with social communication and with making relationships beyond the family, I have found the prospect of his entry into adulthood a daunting, unsettling one. As your correspondent makes clear, it’s easy to slip into the habit of comparison and begin to see your adult child as falling “behind” their peers who have now found places for themselves in the wider world – in work, but also in romantic relationships. Perhaps as a man it is most difficult for me not to make comparisons with my own teenage years, which now seem to me to have been marked, like those of so many, by experimentation, recklessness and a general disregard for order, routine and safety. All of which, I suppose, add up to a specific manifestation of the independence that we so often value in our children. Continue reading...
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares edged higher by 1% following a scoop from The Information detailing a major policy shift in Beijing. Reports state that Chinese regulators are finally preparing to lift their local blockade, allowing the country’s premier artificial intelligence firms to buy Nvidia’s powerhouse H200 chips. In a major strategic pivot, Chinese officials have reportedly informed tech tita...
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares edged higher by 1% following a scoop from The Information detailing a major policy shift in Beijing. Reports state that Chinese regulators are finally preparing to lift their local blockade, allowing the country’s premier artificial intelligence firms to buy Nvidia’s powerhouse H200 chips. In a major strategic pivot, Chinese officials have reportedly informed tech titans—including Alibaba, ByteDance, and DeepSeek—that they may soon receive conditional approval to pur
Two California teens have learned that Waymo's robotaxis can and will enforce their rider rules on misbehaving passengers. It probably seemed like a marvelous jape—ride around in the back of a robotaxi getting drunk and doing drive-bys, shooting stuff with gel beads. And perhaps it was, until that robotaxi and Waymo worked out what was going on. Waymo then stopped the car and alerted the San Mateo...
Two California teens have learned that Waymo's robotaxis can and will enforce their rider rules on misbehaving passengers. It probably seemed like a marvelous jape—ride around in the back of a robotaxi getting drunk and doing drive-bys, shooting stuff with gel beads. And perhaps it was, until that robotaxi and Waymo worked out what was going on. Waymo then stopped the car and alerted the San Mateo Police, who showed up and detained the troublemakers, according to a post on the department's Facebook page. "After calling us and stopping the car, we were able to safely remove both subjects and determined they were shooting Orbeez from the car as they sipped on afternoon libations while being chauffeured around town in the driverless vehicle," the police wrote. This isn't the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. According to Reddit , last year two men in Los Angeles were reported to the police for drinking inside a robotaxi. Read full article Comments
panida wijitpanya/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Since the start of 2026, the prevailing narrative that has driven the stock market all year is the notion that data center capex is in the midst of an unprecedented multi-year boom and that all the profit economics from this shift are being accrued by chip vendors, particularly in heavily constrained components like memory. Confidence in that the...
panida wijitpanya/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Since the start of 2026, the prevailing narrative that has driven the stock market all year is the notion that data center capex is in the midst of an unprecedented multi-year boom and that all the profit economics from this shift are being accrued by chip vendors, particularly in heavily constrained components like memory. Confidence in that thesis, however, is beginning to show signs of breaking down ever since Bloomberg reported that Meta ( META ) intends to use its Meta Compute division to sell off excess capacity. Since then, capital has begun to shift out of chip stocks and back into Meta and the other traditional Mag 7 names: a shift that I think will persist through year-end. Data by YCharts I last wrote a "Buy" article on Meta in February, when the stock was trading at $700 per share. Though Meta is now well above YTD lows near $550, I think investors continue to benefit from an extremely opportune buying window in this stock. Meta has sold off this year primarily on the notion that it’s bearing the cost of AI innovations while having a very slow path to monetizing from it, which the recent compute news helps to defy. I’m reiterating my "Buy" rating on Meta. Compute capacity rentals isn’t the catalyst for Meta; capex slowdown is Let’s first discuss the major item in my bull thesis that has moved materially for Meta, which is its capex trajectory. There can be no doubt that the market is well justified in expressing tremendous skepticism over Meta’s capex spending intentions. Over the past two years, Meta’s capex spending has doubled each year. In FY24 the company’s spending on direct capex and capital leases tallied to $37 billion (which I view as a more normal year for the company), and FY25 roughly doubled to $72 billion. Meta capex plans (Meta Q1 earnings release) As of the time of Meta’s first quarter earnings release in late April, the company had boosted its full-year capex guidance to $125-$145 bill...
While Tesla is just beginning to experience the civil fallout from the fatal crash in a Houston, Texas, suburb last month, the driver of the vehicle is now facing legal consequences for his role. The Model 3 of Michael David Butler, 44, crashed into a home, killing a 76-year-old woman. Footage of ...
While Tesla is just beginning to experience the civil fallout from the fatal crash in a Houston, Texas, suburb last month, the driver of the vehicle is now facing legal consequences for his role. The Model 3 of Michael David Butler, 44, crashed into a home, killing a 76-year-old woman. Footage of ...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) is one of the AI stocks on Wall Street’s radar. On July 6, Citi reiterated that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) is well-positioned to raise its 2026 revenue growth outlook and long-term growth targets. The research firm has already reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and raised the price […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) is one of the AI stocks on Wall Street’s radar. On July 6, Citi reiterated that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) is well-positioned to raise its 2026 revenue growth outlook and long-term growth targets. The research firm has already reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and raised the price […]
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the AI stocks on Wall Street’s radar. On July 2, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company’s AI agents have not progressed as quickly as expected. Likewise, the company’s bet on the new structure has not borne fruit. The remarks come as […]
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the AI stocks on Wall Street’s radar. On July 2, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that the company’s AI agents have not progressed as quickly as expected. Likewise, the company’s bet on the new structure has not borne fruit. The remarks come as […]