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Cannes 2025: Renoir, Sons of the Neon Night, Orwell: 2+2=5
Having time to formulate your thoughts is a luxury you’re unlikely to find at a festival like Cannes. Nevertheless, this dispatch features three films I’ve taken time to mull over, reconsider, and chew through. Even the biggest miss among the three (”Sons of the Neon Demon”) required a bit of thought before I dismissed it.…
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Cannes 2025: Eagles of the Republic, Once Upon a Time in Gaza
The relationship between art and power—and, more specifically, cinema and power—is the subject of “Eagles of the Republic,” showing in competition. Tarik Saleh, who wrote and directed, won the festival’s screenplay prize in 2022 for “Cairo Conspiracy,” then titled “Boy From Heaven.” The actor Fares Fares, who in “Cairo Conspiracy” played a shadowy colonel who…
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Sophos Firewall v21.5: Streamlined management
How to make the most of the new features in Sophos Firewall v21.5.
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DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance
Not content with attacking retailers, this aggressive group is fighting a turf war with other ransomware operators
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How ‘No Tax on Tips’ Would Affect Waiters, Drivers and Diners
Proposed changes making their way through Congress would benefit many employees, but some details are still in flux.
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How the ‘Food Babe’ Became a Trump-Era Megastar
Vani Hari, a former Democrat who started out blogging tips on diet and fitness, is now a major voice in the administration’s healthy-food agenda.
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Can a Restaurant Be Both Glamorous and Comforting? Cafe Zaffri Is.
This new all-day Levantine restaurant near Union Square aims to accommodate every kind of customer, and still manages to innovate.
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OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices
OpenAI said it was buying IO, a start-up founded by Mr. Ive, the designer of the iPhone, to usher in a new era of artificial intelligence hardware.
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Fortnite Returns to Apple’s App Store After Scoring a Legal Victory
Apple kicked the popular game out of the App Store nearly five years ago, prompting a court battle that was partially resolved on Tuesday.
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Inside the Oval Office Meeting With South Africa’s President
John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, recounts what he witnessed in the Oval Office when President Trump confronted the visiting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with an elaborate presentation attempting to falsely prove a “genocide” against white Afrikaners.