Author: dweetleapp
-
Iran Warns US Tech Firms Could Become Targets as War Expands
Major US technology companies have been named as potential targets as the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States begins to spill into the digital infrastructure that powers modern economies. Iranian state-linked media this week published a list of offices and infrastructure run by US companies with Israeli links whose technology has been used read more
Written by
-
Remembering Pedro Friedeberg, Thaddeus Mosley, and Liliana Angulo Cortés
In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. Pedro Friedeberg (1936–2026)Mexican artist and designer Born in Italy, the artist and designer was known for surreal designs and paintings that incorporated body parts and animals, though he was perhaps most famous for his iconic Hand Chair. He is read more
Written by
-
Our Favorite Backyard Bluetooth Speaker Is $25 Off
Looking for a Bluetooth speaker that’ll turn your next backyard get-together into a proper party? Amazon has the Ultimate Ears Boom 4 marked down to $125 in all four colors: Black, Blue, Lilac, and Red. It’s the perfect pairing for grilling and chilling, with a design that’s built to last and features that will keep read more
Written by
-
Austin’s Friends Fair Returns for Second Edition in May With 17 Exhibitors
The Friends Fair in Austin will host its second edition, with an opening preview on May 7, with public days on May 8–9. Returning to the Loren Hotel Austin, the fair has also increased the number of exhibitors from 10 to 17, and it will take over an entire floor within the Loren. The first read more
Written by
-
Every Copy of Our Spring Issue Comes with a Print by Kara Walker
When a monument to Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was decommissioned in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2021, curator Hamza Walker managed to get ahold of it and transported it to a warehouse in New Jersey. The hefty monument’s move was no small feat, legally or logistically. But once it arrived, he offered it to the artist Kara read more
Written by
-
Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show
Nvidia will spend $26 billion over the next five years to build open source artificial intelligence models, according to a 2025 financial filing. Executives confirmed the news, which has not been previously reported, in interviews with WIRED. The sizable investment could see Nvidia evolve from a chipmaker with an impressive software stack into a bona read more
Written by
-
Mischief's Genius Ads for NPR Provoke Urgent Questions About the Right to Information
In mid-2025, the Trump administration rescinded $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aid, including $1.1 billion slated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CBP). CBP, in turn, was responsible for distributing funding to organizations like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and their member stations across the nation. The corporation was read more
Written by
-
Longtime Chelsea Gallery Garth Greenan to Relocate Downtown This Fall
Initially, Garth Greenan didn’t realize that the lease for his current space on West 20th Street in Chelsea would expire on the eve of his eponymous gallery’s 15th anniversary. But once he did, he took it as a sign to start a new chapter for the business. In September, Garth Greenan Gallery will relocate to read more
Written by
-
See Robert Frank and June Leaf’s East Village Loft, Currently Listed for $6.5 M.
The extremely bohemian East Village loft that photographer Robert Frank and artist June Leaf called home for more than 40 years is on the market, with an asking price of $6.5 million. That hefty sum will gain you access to no small amount of Lower Manhattan lore, as the two artists made their home/studio at read more
Written by
-
Beeple’s Pooping Robot “Dogs” Are Heading to Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie
Beeple’s robotic beasties—first unveiled as aquestionably crowd-drawing spectacleat Art Basel Miami Beach last December—are headingto a museum. The installation,Regular Animals(2025), will be presented at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin from April 29 to May 10, coinciding with Gallery Weekend Berlin. The work features a pack ofporcine-robotic quadrupeds fitted with grotesquely lifelike heads modeled after figures read more
Written by
-
Pure Data Centres and AVK deploy Europe’s first large-scale microgrid
Hyperscale cloud and AI data centre developer and operator Pure Data Centres Group, together with AVK, a provider of prime, standby and dispatchable power solutions for data centres and AI infrastructure, today announced the launch of Europe’s first, large-scale, 110 MW on-site microgrid, developed to support early‑phase site operational resilience. Located within Pure DC’s Dublin read more
Written by
-
Revolut wins full UK banking licence, as finally exits mobilisation phase
Revolut has been awarded a full UK banking licence, after regulators lifted restrictions on the UK challenger bank, which had lasted for an extended time. Revolut, valued at $75bn,today said it had received regulatory approval from the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to exit the mobilisation phase, and launch as a bank in read more
Written by
-
This Is the Next Wave of Political Fundraising
On Monday, streamer and content creator Hasan Piker helped raise more than $56,000 in one stream for Oliver Larkin, a former Bernie Sanders campaign staffer who is seeking to primary Jared Moskowitz, a moderate Democratic congressman from Florida. It was the most the campaign had raised “in a single day,” Larkin said on X shortly read more
Written by
-
Spotlight Pathology has raised £1.4M to catch blood cancer sooner
Spotlight Pathology, a UK healthtech company, has raised £1.4 million in seed investment to support its development of AI software that analyses digital pathology images to support clinicians in identifying blood cancers faster and consistently. Blood cancers are among the hardest to diagnose, often requiring multiple reviews by specialist pathologists. Delays can have serious consequences read more
Written by
-
A New Public Art Biennial Will Launch Along the Katy Trail in Dallas
The Katy Trail, a 3.5-mile urban greenway in Dallas, will be the venue for a new public art biennial launching in Spring 2027. The KTX Biennial will unfold across the length of the Katy Trail, and the works will be on view for up to 18 months, the approved length for a temporary public work read more
Written by
-
Dani Guindo's Dramatic Aerial Photos Reveal the Ghostly Outline of an Icelandic Glacier
In the spectacular, lofty photos of Dani Guindo, heavy clouds and mercurial pools glow amid an Icelandic landscape. The Spanish artist, based in Reykjavík, seeks unique relationships between light, form, and atmosphere. In Iceland, the vicissitudes of the weather and the stark, glacial landscape continually stoke his interests. Guindo typically uses drones to capture a read more
Written by
-
Undaunted by Global Unrest, TEFAF Revs Up for Maastricht Edition With a ‘Museum For Sale,’
Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. New York Old Master prints and drawings dealer David Tunick recently tallied up exactly how much time he has spent attending the TEFAF art fair at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre in the Netherlands, read more
Written by
-
Another Earth secures €3.5M to scale AI data and simulation platform
Another Earth, a company developing AI-powered simulation and synthetic data for Earth observation, has raised a total of €3.5 million in funding. The round includes new investment from Wake-Up Capital alongside existing investors Rockstart, Inovexus, and Stamco AG, as well as support from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS). Based in read more
Written by
-
Independent Names 76 Exhibitors for Its Upcoming May Fair
Independent has announced the 76 exhibitors that will participate in its upcoming 17th edition, which will run May 14–17 at a new venue, Pier 36 in the Lower East Side. Related Articles The fair will feature the work of over 100 artists, with more than 70 percent of the booths being single-artist presentations. Among these read more
Written by
-
This Digital Picture Frame Wants to Bring People Closer to a Holographic Future
Holograms are a mainstay of science fiction, popping up across the great expanses of Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, and The Expanse. If a story is set in the future, or in space, it’s probably got a hologram in it. Unfortunately, this is less the case in real life, despite many tech companies eager to read more
Written by
