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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all | TechCrunch
Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks like law and corporate analysis. At the time, the scores were pretty dismal, with every major lab scoring under 25%, so we concluded lawyers were safe from AI displacement, at least for now. But AI capabilities can change a lot read more
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Claire Tabouret on Criticism of Her Notre-Dame Cathedral Commission: ‘I’m Also Receiving A Lot of Love’
Few contemporary public art projects have simultaneously stirred such artistic, theological, and political controversy as Notre-Dame Cathedral’s new stained glass windows. It’s no surprise, then, that the artist awarded the commission in 2024, the French figurative painter Claire Tabouret, has faced extraordinary scrutiny. In December, the public finally encountered the artist’s vision in “Claire Tabouret: read more
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Drawing of Foot Recently Discovered as Authentic Michelangelo Work Sells for $27.2 M. at Christie’s, Sets New Record
Last March, a person who now wishes to remain anonymous submitted a photograph of a small, framed drawing of a foot to Christie’s online “Request an Auction Estimate” portal. Just under a year later—and after months of authentication research—the work, newly identified as an authentic drawing by Michelangelo, sold for $27.2 million on a $1.5 read more
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Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities' | TechCrunch
A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the U.S. government’s most secretive operations has said he has “deep concerns” about certain activities by the Central Intelligence Agency. The two-line letter written by Sen. Ron Wyden, the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, does not disclose the nature of the CIA’s activities read more
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Does It Have to Mean Something to Be Great?
Art Review Joanne Greenbaum’s cacophonous symphony of individual marks, shapes, and colors coheres without obscuring the individuality of each element. John Yau February 6, 2026 — 3 min read Joanne Greenbaum, “Untitled” (2023), oil and marker on canvas (all images courtesythe artist and Nino Mier Gallery, photos Elisabeth Bernstein) Joanne Greenbaum may be the only read more
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Will US Athletes at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games Sleep Well? I Tried Their Bedding
This mattress pad offers a bit of cushion with a quilted surface, but not nearly as much as the mattress topper. It’s meant to be more of a deluxe mattress protector than anything. But for athletes competing who may find their mattress agreeable but want some extra padding, they could easily forgo the topper and read more
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MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 17 and Fresh Coat Screen Protector From Astropad
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPhone 17 and one of Astropad’s anti-reflective Fresh Coat screen protectors to go along with it. Fresh Coat is a new kind of screen protector that Astropad designed with an optical-grade anti-reflective coating to reduce glare and read more
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Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users | TechCrunch
Spotify is changing how its APIs work in Developer Mode, its layer that lets developers test their third-party applications using the audio platform’s APIs. The changes include a mandatory premium account, fewer test users, and a limited number of API endpoints. The company debuted Developer Mode in 2021 to allow developers to test their applications read more
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The backlash over OpenAI's decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced last week that it will retire some older ChatGPT models by February 13. That includes GPT-4o, the model infamous for excessively flattering and affirming users. For thousands of users protesting the decision online, the retirement of 4o feels akin to losing a friend, romantic partner, or spiritual guide. “He wasn’t just a program. read more
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5 Under-Recognized Artists Getting Their Due in New York This Season
Elda Cerrato, who was born in Italy and based in Argentina, also made her posthumous Venice Biennale debut in 2024, one year after her death. Yet her showcase was in an overstuffed section on the Italian diaspora, making it tough for her art to shine. We ought to be thankful, then, that Cerrato is now read more
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New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause
Lawmakers in at least five other states—Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Virginia—have also introduced bills this year that would impose various forms of temporary pauses on data center development. While Georgia, Vermont, and Virginia’s efforts are being led by Democrats, Oklahoma and Maryland’s bills were largely sponsored by Republicans. These bills mirror several moratoriums that read more
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Qatar Reveals Details of New Quadrennial, Epstein and SFMOMA Ties Revealed, and More: Morning Links for February 6, 2026
Happy Friday! Qatar has unveiled ambitious details for its inaugural quadrennial contemporary art exhibition set to coincide with neighboring Frieze Abu Dhabi in November. Fallout from the Epstein saga continues with new revelations of ties to SFMOMA. A small Michelangelo sketch of a foot just sold for a record $27.2 million. The Headlines QATAR’S NEXT read more
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Through Vivid Color, Martin Wittfooth Revels in Surreal Worlds
A parrot confined to a too-small cage, jellyfish floating above fungi and ferns, and a spotted octopus resting as the centerpiece to a flourishing bouquet are a few of the surreal scenes in the works of Martin Wittfooth. The artist is known for his enigmatic paintings that meld flora and fauna to consider interconnection and read more
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Christie’s Set to Sell Ringo’s Drumset, Kurt Cobain’s Guitar, and Jack Kerouac’s Famed ‘On the Road’ Scroll in $30 M. Irsay Sale
This week,highlights from Jim Irsay’s famed collectionof film, music and sportsmemorabiliaand Americana go on view at Christie’s Los Angeles ahead of theirauctionin March. It’s a 10-minute drive from the Beverly Hills Hotel where the billionaire owner of the Indianapolis Colts died last May at age 65 from an apparent cardiac arrest. Irsay took the HVAC read more
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The Best Booths at Feria Material, Including Drawings by the Choreographer for Bad Bunny and Lorde
For a little over a decade, Feria Material has brought together emerging and midsize galleries from across Mexico and Latin America, as well as the US and Europe, whose programs tend toward the experimental. Now in its 12th edition, the fair has gained a strong following, making it more than just a satellite to the read more
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Spotify's new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you're listening to | TechCrunch
Spotify is rolling out a new “About the Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. These short, swipeable stories are summarized from third-party sources to read more
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Man Accused of Shooting Two Outside Capitol Jewish Museum Now Faces Terrorism Charges
The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside theCapitol Jewish Museumlast May now faces multiple terrorism charges, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago native, was charged in a 13-count superceding indictment unsealed on Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C. The read more
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Louvre Indefinitely Postpones Announcing the Winning Architect of Its $776 M. Expansion Project
Just over six months after it was announced, the Louvre has indefinitely postponed the competition launched in June 2025 to design an expansion of France’s most well-known art museum. The news was reported in Le Figaro Friday. The project, called Louvre—Nouvelle Renaissance, was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in January of last year and read more
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Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Sells for Record-Setting $5.7 M. at Christie’s
An early self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi broke a record for the Italian Baroque painter when it sold at Christie’s in New York for $5.69 million—well over its estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. As reported by Artnet News, “The previous auction high for a Gentileschi was $5.25 million (€4.7 million), which was set in read more
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The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features | TechCrunch
If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment. For everyone else, it’s probably going to be hard to justify the cost of the 11-inch, $630+ e-ink tablet with a read more
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