Smile

via Lionsgate It goes without saying that Robert De Niro is unquestionably one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen, but the veteran hasn’t half starred in some total and utter sh*t across the last two decades. Of course, he’s entitled to do whatever he wants given that legendary status was secured decades ago, but we’d much rather films like Dirty Grandpa didn’t exist at all. A 10 percent Rotten Tomatoes score is entirely justified and fully deserved, with many critics labeling it as the…

Mastercard's “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia. The company argues touch-less technology will help speed up transaction times, shorten lines in shops, heighten security and improve hygiene in businesses. But it raises concerns relating to customer privacy, data storage, crime risk and bias.Mastercard's biometric checkout system will provide customers facial…

The first time most of us heard of the Smile was a year ago, when the band debuted at Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, alongside Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinnner, delivering an enjoyably punchy performance. Away from Radiohead, both Yorke and Greenwood’s work has tended to the austere, whether electronic or classical, so it was a joy to hear them let loose on spiky post-punk tracks such as You Will Never Work in Television Again.As with Radiohead’s last album, 2016’s A Moon…

As with any side-project or solo album by a member of a celebrated band, the first question prompted by the Smile’s debut is: why? There are plenty of reasonable stock answers: an opportunity to do something entirely different; a surfeit of material that either couldn’t be fitted into the schedule of a major band or was perhaps received with something less than enthusiasm by its other members; an invigorating chance to play with different musicians. These are categories that virtually every Radiohead offshoot thus far…