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The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe

An experimental cafe in Stockholm is being run by an AI agent named Mona, overseeing operations from hiring to inventory. While customers find the concept amusing, the AI is struggling financially and making questionable inventory orders, highlighting potential ethical and practical challenges of autonomous AI management.

The Economic Times

Pig sex! Pulling teeth! Boar on the Floor! TV’s all-time most uncomfortable scenes

From Peep Show to Half Man, some of the best television can be the hardest to watch. Get ready to look through your fingers at these supremely squirm-inducing scenes

The Guardian - UK

Alpha males, Harry Styles, and going mad with desire: what to watch in April

This month’s streaming slate is packed with bold, conversation-starting TV, from an expose of the toxic manosphere, to a Netflix comedy featuring a very horny Rachel Weisz. If you’re feeling nostalgic, there’s even an old classic from French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda. So settle in and get watching!

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The ultimate five-day guide to Tasmania

Here’s how to explore Australia’s hidden gem in less than a week

Evening Standard

Widespread arrests roil Iran weeks after security forces crushed protests

A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country

The Independent UK

Man Gets Dumped When He Refuses To Give A Percentage Of His Income To His Potential Wife

Sooner or later, there comes a time when a couple can no longer just go with the flow and must decide what to do next. If you've watched FRIENDS, you should remember the calamity Ross and Mona found themselves in after they reached this point. This guy and his girlfriend…

Bored Panda

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out

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Our favorite Space.com stories of 2025

We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got.

Space

In The Doghouse: Flying Canines Count As Cargo, EU Court Rules

The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that a dog travelling in an aeroplane's cargo hold counts as baggage, meaning airlines are not required to pay higher compensation if the animal is lost.

International Business Times

Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser review – painfully clunky lessons in art

This French bestseller, in which a girl and her grandfather visit Paris museums, aims to be a Sophie’s World for art history – but the conversations are sentimental and simplistic

The Guardian - UK

Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh

Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial

The Guardian - UK

British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah jailed for 'spreading false news' pardoned by Egypt's president

The 43-year-old became a prominent pro-democracy campaigner during the Egypt Uprising of 2011

Evening Standard

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison

Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon

The Guardian - UK

You be the judge: should my flatmate stop burning incense in our home?

Farrah thinks the aroma is calming and culturally important. Rasheeda says it’s nauseating and spoils the vibe. Who should stop kicking up a stink?

The Guardian - UK

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You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop leaving so many lamps on and use the big light instead?

Mona likes her mood lighting and keeps at least two lamps on in every room; Monty feels it’s a waste of electricity. You decide whose argument is a turn-off?

The Mary Sue

10 Fantasy Books You Can Read In One Day

Throw that unfinished epic in the trash and crack open one of these bite-sized fantasy books.

The Mary Sue

The 10 Best Fantasy Books With Happy Endings

Loved The Song of Achilles but still paying therapy bills due to the emotional trauma you sustained while reading it? Girl, same. You know what’s cheaper than therapy? Drowning your sorrows in new books with actually uplifting endings. If you’re tired of getting your tender fantasy heart stomped by a…

International Business Times

Egypt Grand Museum Delay Puts Tourism Hopes On Hold

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring -- now once again out of reach.

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The Guardian - AU

‘A space for mourning’ or a trauma theme park? Dark Mofo struggles with its most powerful works

The Tasmanian festival always melds the political with the playful – but presenting art about racist violence in a fun-park atmosphere felt like a misfire

The Guardian - AU

‘A history of family violence’: in the NT, a mother’s loss and a police system in dire need of overhaul

No crime scene was established after Mona’s daughter died. She speaks publicly about the death for the first time to ensure it is not forgotten and to urge action

The Guardian - UK

‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is in a race against time. Can she find her missing child?

AAP

Dumped a ute? It's been turned into sand art at Mona

French artist Théo Mercier's massive installation MIRRORSCAPE is a whole landscape of unwanted junk, found on his travels in Tasmania and sculpted in sand.

Homes & Gardens

This unexpected kitchenware item is a 'fun and unique' way to store your beauty products

Experts say using a cake stand to cut clutter chaos will overhaul your vanity

The Guardian - AU

Pouring champagne and ironing knickers: my day serving the matriarchy as a topless male waiter

The Museum of Old and New Art in nipaluna/Hobart is allowing men into its Ladies Lounge for the first time – as long as they remove their shirts and serve its female patrons

The Guardian - UK

British mother of Egyptian political prisoner to press Lammy to take action

Laila Soueif is to meet the foreign secretary, who in opposition called for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah

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