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  • Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance

    Several key tech companies signed a nonbinding pledge at the White House on Wednesday that the Trump administration claims will ensure that tech companies do not pass the cost of data centers on to consumers’ utility bills. “Data centers … they need some PR help,” President Donald Trump said at the event. “People think that read more

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  • In Cardboard and Gold, Narsiso Martinez Highlights the Workers of American Agriculture

    Americans are uniquely disconnected from our food. More than 10 percent of the working population is employed in agricultural sectors, but it’s rare for the average person to grapple with—let alone witness—the number of people involved in growing, harvesting, packaging, and ultimately getting dinner onto their plate. Given that many farms, restaurants, and other food-related read more

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    In Cardboard and Gold, Narsiso Martinez Highlights the Workers of American Agriculture

  • What AI Models for War Actually Look Like

    Anthropic might have misgivings about giving the US military unfettered access to its AI models, but some startups are building advanced AI specifically for military applications. Smack Technologies, which announced a $32 million funding round this week, is developing models that it says will soon surpass Claude’s capabilities when it comes to planning and executing read more

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  • Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report | TechCrunch

    Apple Music is changing the way that record labels and distributors can flag AI-generated or AI-assisted content when they upload it to the platform. According to Music Business Worldwide, Apple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday to explain how it will roll out a new set of metadata to promote transparency around how read more

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  • Long-Lost Rembrandt Goes on Display at the Rijksmuseum

    News Previously misattributed to a pupil of the Dutch Master, the painting was hidden from public view in a private collection for over six decades. Rembrandt van Rijn, “The Vision of Zechariah in the Temple” (1633) (photo by Rene Gerritsen, courtesy Rijksmuseum) After a two-year study by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a painting held for read more

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    Long-Lost Rembrandt Goes on Display at the Rijksmuseum

  • Remembering Iris Cantor, Ulysses Jenkins, and Rena Bransten

    In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. Iris Cantor (1931–2026)Arts patron The chairwoman of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, she gave hundreds of millions to arts, medical, and educational instiuttions. She held one of the largest private collections of sculptures by Auguste Rodin in read more

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    Remembering Iris Cantor, Ulysses Jenkins, and Rena Bransten

  • Brooklyn Museum to Explore Removing Overpainting from Erotic Gauguin Relief Panel

    In August, the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation announced that it was dispersing all 63 artworks in its possession to three art museums: the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. Among the 29 artworks gifted to the Brooklyn Museum—many of them paintings and sculptures by Chaïm read more

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    Brooklyn Museum to Explore Removing Overpainting from Erotic Gauguin Relief Panel

  • Google Search rolls out Gemini's Canvas in AI Mode to all US users | TechCrunch

    Google has expanded access to Canvas in AI Mode to all users in the U.S. in English, after first launching the feature as part of its Google Labs experiments last year. Canvas in AI Mode is designed to help users organize and plan projects or delve into deeper research. The feature now supports the ability read more

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  • Cordy Ryman’s Playful Remix of Minimalism

    Features The son of legendary painters, Ryman has developed his own visual language, transforming aspects of his parents’ work, and Minimalism, into something recognizably his. One of a group of new paintings in Cordy Ryman’s Brooklyn studio. (all photos courtesy the artist) Cordy Ryman is in an unenviable position. He is the youngest son of read more

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    Cordy Ryman’s Playful Remix of Minimalism

  • Suffering From “Creative Hangover”? You’re Not Alone

    Every artist knows the feeling of emptiness that follows the completion of a project, especially a big one. You feel deflated, exhausted. You can’t imagine doing it again, but you also can’t imagine leaving art behind. A newly published study in The Journal of Positive Psychology now has a name for this sort of artistic read more

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    Suffering From “Creative Hangover”? You’re Not Alone

  • Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum Names New Director

    The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has named Nicholas R. Bell as its next director and CEO. Bell, who was selected via an international search, will start in the role on July 6. He succeeds Josh Basseches, who stepped down at the end of last year after a decade in the role. Bell is currently read more

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    Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum Names New Director

  • Don’t Buy Some Random USB Hub off Amazon. Here Are 5 We’ve Tested and Approved

    Other Good USB Hubs to Consider Ugreen Revodok Pro 211 Docking Station for $64: Most laptop docking stations are bulky gadgets that often require a power source, but this one from Ugreen straddles the line between dock and hub. It has a small, braided cable running to a relatively large aluminum block. It’s a bit read more

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    Don’t Buy Some Random USB Hub off Amazon. Here Are 5 We’ve Tested and Approved

  • Organized Chaos: The Art of Sam Gibbons – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    Symmetry is an integral part of that world. Looking at a typical Sam Gibbons painting, I imagine a multitude of simple forces at odds with one another. Like one side of the face competing with the other, the right hand making a fist at the left, or two lines of identical children engaged in a read more

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    Organized Chaos: The Art of Sam Gibbons – Hi-Fructose Magazine

  • Gulf insurance costs soar 12-fold despite Trump guarantee

    Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The cost of insuring a ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has soared 12-fold, even after Donald Trump vowed to backstop trade through the key oil chokepoint. Shipowners have been quoted millions read more

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    Gulf insurance costs soar 12-fold despite Trump guarantee

  • US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools | TechCrunch

    U.S. and European law enforcement have seized the database from LeakBase, which prosecutors have touted as “one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals” for sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools. U.S. and European police seized the site earlier this week, and say its database has over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages read more

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  • Dalí Museum in Florida Announces $65 M. Expansion Planned for 2028

    The Dalí MuseuminSt. Petersburgis planning a major expansion expected to begin construction in 2026, with the new facilities slated to open in 2028. The museum said the approximately 35,000-square-foot addition will cost an estimated $65 million and is intended to grow the exhibition spaces, create a dedicated learning center, and introduce new immersive experiences combining read more

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    Dalí Museum in Florida Announces M. Expansion Planned for 2028

  • Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation | TechCrunch

    Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing its more than 300 employees to sell a portion of their vested shares at the company’s latest valuation of $4.5 billion. The less-than-three-year-old company’s employee secondary is being led by the same investors that backed its $250 read more

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    Decagon completes first tender offer at .5B valuation | TechCrunch

  • X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money | TechCrunch

    X Chat’s standalone app isn’t the only new service X is testing this week. The company has also begun offering select users invites to its X Money payments service, which was previously being tested internally among X employees. These invites, however, were not doled out in the typical way. Instead, X owner Elon Musk worked read more

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    X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money | TechCrunch

  • New Allegations Disrupt Sentencing in Massive Norval Morrisseau Forgery Case

    The sentencing hearing for a man convicted in a sweeping art fraud scheme involving forged works attributed to the late Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau was abruptly disrupted this week after allegations surfaced that members of the artist’s estate may have been complicit in the forgery operation, according toCTV News. Jeff Cowan, who wasfound guilty in read more

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    New Allegations Disrupt Sentencing in Massive Norval Morrisseau Forgery Case

  • Johan Siggesson's Striking Portraits of 'Big Tuskers' in Kenya

    Among African elephants, “Big Tuskers” refers to bulls that grow tusks so long they sometimes scrape the ground. Each one can weigh well over 100 pounds. These giant, ivory incisors continually grow throughout an elephant’s life, and males typically have much larger tusks than females. The bigger the tusks, however, the more vulnerable these gentle read more

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    Johan Siggesson's Striking Portraits of 'Big Tuskers' in Kenya