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1,000-Year-Old Tomb in Panama Reveals Riches and Victims of Sacrifice
A newly exhumed tomb in central Panama has revealed stores of riches as well as signs of human sacrifice. As reported by ZME Science, scientists working at the 1,000-year-old burial chamber known at Tomb 3 in El Caño Archaeological Park found stashes of gold as well as remains of a central buried figure surrounded by read more
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GM figured out how to navigate EV uncertainty with the Chevy Bolt | TechCrunch
Die-hard Chevrolet Bolt fans rejoiced when General Motors announced it was bringing a refreshed version of the EV subcompact back into production. The GM brand gave a lot of credit to those owners — and to Bolt supporters within General Motors — for the car’s revival. But fandom alone doesn’t restart a multimillion-dollar program. The read more
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MacBook Pro Reviews: One 'Astonishing' Upgrade Beyond M5 Pro and M5 Max
The first reviews of the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max chips were published today by selected publications and YouTube channels, ahead of the laptops launching on Wednesday. In addition to the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, the new MacBook Pro models offer up to twice read more
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Legal Conflict Between Art-Dealing Brothers Escalates Into Competing Assault Accusations
A legal conflict between two art-dealing New York brothers over the names of their respective businesses has escalated from accusations of breach of contract to allegations of physical assault. An October 21, 2025 complaint filed by Harry Hutchison against Projjal Dutta and Aicon Contemporary says that on April 11, Hutchison was at work on the read more
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Met Museum Appears to Be Planning the First US Cy Twombly Retrospective in More Than 30 Years
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art just announced a sizable Lee Krasner–Jackson Pollock exhibition for the fall, it now appears that that show isn’t the only grand one for a postwar painter on the docket at the New York institution. Last week, the Met posted a job posting for a researcher who would work on read more
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Mirrors, Iron, and Stone Conjure Ancestral Healing in Olayami Dabls' Detroit Museum
Olayami Dabls is careful to call attention to the distinction between material culture and fine art. After working as an artist and curator for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in the 1970s, Dabls shifted directions and founded the MBAD African Bead Museum in 1994 to reintroduce African culture and healing into read more
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60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say
In September 2024, officials reported that the National Museum of Sudan in the country’s capital city, Khartoum, had been subjected to looting by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Now, museum officials have made public the extent of that looting. “More than 60% of the museum’s holdings were read more
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Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply-chain risk designation | TechCrunch
Anthropic has made good on its promise to challenge the Department of Defense (DOD) in court after the agency labeled it a supply-chain risk late last week. The Claude maker filed two complaints against the DOD on Monday in California and Washington, D.C., after a weeks-long conflict between Anthropic and the DOD over whether the read more
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How a Texas Town Became an Art Project
KINGSBURY, Tex. — I never thought a piece of utopia could be found in the middle of Texas. It feels audacious to entertain such a possibility when, miles north and south, detention centers imprison and sicken children and families. Where, like in much of the nation, the histories and rights of Black, Indigenous, and trans read more
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OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government
More than 30 employees from OpenAI and Google, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, filed an amicus brief on Monday in support of Anthropic in its legal fight against the US government. “If allowed to proceed, this effort to punish one of the leading US AI companies will undoubtedly have consequences for the United read more
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Lisette Model’s Silenced Jazz Pictures
Books Newsletter The story of Lisette Model and other photographers who shaped the way we historicize social movements today. International Women’s Day may have officially come and gone, but the real fight continues the other 364 days of the year. The book is one front, not least because of the systematic exclusion of women from read more
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Iranian Media Reports Damage to Chehel Sotoun, a UNESCO-Listed Palace
Chehel Sotoun, part of a UNESCO World Heritage landmark in the Iranian city ofIsfahan, was damaged following airstrikes in the area, according to Iranian state media. The report comes one week afterGolestan PalaceinTehransuffered significant damage from aerial bombardment linked to US-Israeli strikes on Iran. A roughly minute-long video posted to X by Iranian state media read more
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Slate Auto changes CEO months ahead of affordable EV launch | TechCrunch
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has replaced its CEO months ahead of the launch of its affordable electric truck. Former Amazon Marketplace vice president Peter Faricy is the new person in charge of the company, and he started on Monday, Slate spokesperson Jeff Jablansky told TechCrunch. Most recently, Faricy had read more
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Xprize founder Peter Diamandis launches new contest to manifest a new 'Star Trek' | TechCrunch
As any “Star Trek” fan will tell you, the reason why this sci-fi world has endured for so long is because it illustrates an optimistic future, with tech starring as a power for good. In fact, famed Xprize founder, author, tech investor, motivational speaker, and longevity guru Peter Diamandis has just launched a new $3.5 read more
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Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn | TechCrunch
Russian government hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, particularly government and military officials, as well as journalists all over the world, Dutch intelligence said on Monday. The Netherlands’ Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) published details about a “large-scale global” hacking campaign against Signal and WhatsApp read more
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Thaddeus Mosley, Beloved Self-Taught Sculptor, Dies at 99
Thaddeus Mosley, a self-taught artist who became an internationally known sculptor and a beloved Pittsburgh public figure, died on Friday, March 6, at the age of 99. Members of the artist’s family, including Pittsburgh City Councilor Khari Mosley, one of his six children, announced that he had died at his home after spending time in read more
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky, the social media platform exclusively announced to WIRED. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found. “As Bluesky matures, the company needs a seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution, while I return to what I do best: building read more
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Salt Typhoon is hacking the world's phone and internet giants — here's everywhere that's been hit | TechCrunch
Salt Typhoon is behind one of the broadest hacking campaigns in recent years, targeting some of the world’s largest phone and internet companies and stealing tens of millions of phone records about senior government officials. The hacking group, attributed to China, is part of a wider cluster of hackers with the collective aim of helping read more
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Amoako Boafo Takes His Studio on the Road
Art Review His new exhibition “I Bring Home With Me” combines portraits with seating areas and a model of his studio, inviting visitors to stay awhile and get comfortable. Installation view of Amoako Boafo: I Bring Home With Me at Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; photo Paul Salveson) read more
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Ancient Egyptians Used Correction Fluid to Fix Errors on Papyri, Researchers Discover
The ancient Egyptians used an early version of correction fluid to fix errors on artworks and documents, researchers have found. The news was first reported by the Times of London. While readying a 3,300-year-old papyrus for the exhibition “Made in Ancient Egypt” at the Fitzwilliam Museum in England, museum staff noticed that a painted figure read more
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