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Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father
News Vasquez was inspired by her Mexican immigrant parents to paint her celebrated 2017 portrait “The New American Gothic.” Criselda Vasquez’s parents posing in front of the artist’s painting “The New American Gothic” (2017) (photo courtesy the artist) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained the father and portrait muse of California-based Chicana painter Criselda read more
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The new Seed filter: what investors look for beyond the demo
AI has made it easier than ever to build something that looks impressive. Polished demos, sleek interfaces, and convincing prototypes can now be produced in days, not months. But how do investors cut through the shine to identify a product with real value, a defensible technology, and a team capable of building something that lasts? read more
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OpenAI to move to first permanent London office, with capacity to more than double headcount
OpenAI says it’s moving into its first permanent London office, which has the capacity to more than double its current 200-strong headcount, days after pausing its flagship data centre project in the UK. The ChatGPT developer is moving into an 88,500-square-foot space in London’s King’s Cross, which is a key tech hub in the capital. read more
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Zell raises €500K to scale AI-powered sales management
Berlin-based Zell, an AI startup focused on automating sales management workflows, has raised €500,000 in a funding round. The round was co-led by P3 Ventures, SkyDeck Europe, UC Berkeley SkyDeck, Lendlease, and the Cariplo Factory accelerator, alongside a group of international angel investors and venture capital firms, including Mamba Ventures, Nicola Pivaro, Flavio Di Palo, read more
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The agenda for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026 has been revealed
With only a few days left until the Tech.eu Summit London 2026, it is time to reveal the agenda for what promises to be one of the most substantive gatherings in the European tech calendar this year. The summit will take place on 21–22 April at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, featuring sessions read more
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Accenture and Google Cloud unveil Brussels centre to accelerate sovereign AI adoption
Today, Accenture, in partnership with Google Cloud, is launching a new Accenture and Google Cloud Sovereign Centre in Brussels, with a dedicated training facility. The new centre comes as governments and regulated sectors in Europe, such as finance, healthcare, and defence look to scale AI adoption while maintaining control over data, security, and compliance. Through read more
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Round raises $6M to scale its AI-powered finance automation platform
London-based Round, an AI-powered finance automation platform, has raised $6 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its financial infrastructure and expand its product offering. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Backed VC and Love Ventures. Around 10 per cent of Round’s existing customers joined the round, alongside angel read more
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Kendall Ross Comments Directly on the Craft Vs. Art Debate – Hi-Fructose Magazine
From her dining room table in Oklahoma City, Kendall Ross knits brightly colored, intricately patterned sweaters and vests—some so large that referring to them as wearables is a bit misleading. Her textile pieces are often emblazoned with diary-like messages that speak of relationships, insecurities, and life’s joys. Sometimes, too, she uses her work to comment read more
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Child’s Play: The Paintings of Kayla Mahaffey – Hi-Fructose Magazine
On a very basic level, Mahaffey’s style is an answer to the question, what kind of art should she make? As a child, she wanted to be an illustrator. Children’s book art has been a big inspiration. She was—and still is—a fan of cartoons and comic books. Dr. Seuss books, vintage Disney, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, read more
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Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions and ignored her warnings | TechCrunch
After months of conversations with ChatGPT, a 53-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur became convinced he’d discovered a cure for sleep apnea and that powerful people were coming after him, according to a new lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco County. He then allegedly used the tool to stalk and harass his ex-girlfriend. Now read more
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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch
France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open source operating system that is free to download and use, with various read more
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New AI femtech competition in Portugal aims to fast-track women’s health innovation
Portugal is hosting a first-of-its-kind competition for femtech startups and research labs this spring. It will bring together innovators working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and women’s health. The initiative was launched by the scientific platform EmbryoNet-AI in partnership with FemTech Real Money Talks Media. It aims to accelerate real-world breakthroughs by transforming early-stage read more
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Inside Lithuania’s effort to build founders from the classroom
Across Europe, education systems are under pressure to keep pace with rapid technological change. Countries are experimenting with new approaches, with Estonia introducing artificial intelligence into classrooms, while Lithuania is placing students directly into startup environments. At the centre of this shift is MVP (Moksleivių vienaragių paieška, or “Student Unicorn Hunt”), a prime-time national TV read more
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Live Updates: U.S. will host talks between Israel and Lebanon, sources say, as fragile Iran ceasefire holds
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CBS News partner network BBC that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon Wednesday were “a grave violation” of the ceasefire agreement, adding that the U.S. must choose “between war and ceasefire – you cannot have it both at the same time.” “You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept read more
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A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the Mundane in 'Jour de Vent'
“Wind carries away destinies,” reads the brief synopsis for a short film titled “Jour de Vent,” or “Windy Day.” The sweeping animation was created in 2024 by a team of six graduates—Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Élise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding—from École des Nouvelle Images school in Avignon, France. A cast of read more
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Old BlackBerry patent sparks new legal war as Brother faces massive lawsuit
BlackBerry patents resurface in lawsuit targeting modern printer technologies Brother faces claims of willful infringement over legacy mobile innovations Patent firms push for damages and sweeping product redesigns Two patent firms have launched a lawsuit against Brother Industries that traces back to BlackBerry’s old mobile patents. The complaint from Malikie Innovations and Key Patent Innovations read more
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Two Free Events to Check out This Weekend at Capture
Exhibition Tour | Embodied Conversations: The Lillian and Billy Mauer Collection with Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez April 12, 20261:00—2:00pm Griffin Art Projects1174 Welch Street, North VancouverAdmission is FREE, no registration required. Join Vancouver-based photographer and film/video artist Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez for a special tour of Embodied Conversations: The Lillian and Billy Mauer Collection. The Mauer collection, read more
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Apple is Permanently Closing Three U.S. Stores
Apple today announced it will be permanently closing three retail stores in the U.S. in June, including Apple Trumbull in Trumbull, Connecticut, Apple Towson Town Center in Towson, Maryland, and Apple North County in Escondido, California. Apple Towson Town Center in Maryland Apple issued the following statement to MacRumors: At Apple, we are constantly striving read more
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Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly
In what was described as “a decisive step in the long road to the restitution of property looted in Africa during the colonial era,” on Wednesday the French National Assembly’s Cultural Affairs Committee approved a proposed bill that wasunanimously passed by the Senate’s Cultural Affairs Committee in January, setting up a plenary session debate on read more
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A new type of electrically driven artificial muscle fiber
Muscles are remarkably effective systems for generating controlled force, and engineers developing hardware for robots or prosthetics have long struggled to create analogs that can approach their unique combination of strength, rapid response, scalability, and control. But now, researchers at the MIT Media Lab and Politecnico di Bari in Italy have developed artificial muscle fibers read more
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