Category: The Gaurdian

World Humanoid Robot Games showcased leaps Beijing has made in the tech, but also highlighted limitations as US rivals prepare their own launches With exploding pelvises, enough comic pratfalls for a Buster Keaton show reel and the odd moment of ruthless violence, the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing gripped ...

Mike, 37, a scientific editor, meets Caterina, 35, a teacher What were you hoping for? Good company, nice food and an interesting evening with someone new. I got everything I hoped for. Continue reading… ...

Big grocery can use anti-competitive clauses to block other stores from entering a market. Rhode Island is the second state to ban that practice Jeannine Johansen remembers the halcyon days of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, when so many of its steep streets were punctuated by grocery stores: Almacs, A&P, Piggly Wiggly ...

Terrified of being seen as a loser, Donald Trump is nonsensically lashing out – even against our old friend Canada I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death ...

Defending champion arrives at Flushing Meadows in poor form and with a host of challengers looking to usurp her Under any normal circumstances Aryna Sabalenka would not have lost her third-round match at the Cincinnati Open last week. For all of her unforced errors, indecisiveness and the obvious tension surrounding ...

The president senses a crisis in his cult of personality. He believes the path to victory is through unwavering devotion Donald Trump has framed his theme for the midterm elections. It has come to him as naturally and inevitably as staring into the mirror, beyond any logic or argument, his ...

Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come Follow the money. If you want to know how the tech giant Meta really feels about the $18bn it agreed to ...

I put a bevy of hair removal solutions to the test and found the best options for keeping your home fur-free ‘Can’t imagine a cat not having this toy’: Your indoor cat is bored. Here’s how to fix it Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to ...

The star has long been French cinema’s favourite tousle-haired Adonis, which makes his latest performance – as a schlubby, stay-at-home dad – all the more surprising. ‘I appreciate people laughing at me,’ he says ‘Even though I’ve been working in film for over 20 years, I still have this desire ...

The singer had a serendipitous mixture of humor, humility and humanity. We could all stand to channel it a bit more The moment that the world found out that Dolly Parton had died, I was in a hair salon in the reddest congressional district in New York state. The neighborhood ...