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35 Rembrandt Etchings Re-Discovered in a Family Home in the Netherlands
Many people around the world were cooped up at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but few had the same good fortune as Charlotte Meyer, who spent some of her unexpected downtime after a house move going through a folder of works on paper that her late grandfather had handed down to her. She shared her read more
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Éliane Radigue, Composer of Epochal Electronic Sounds, Dies at 94
Éliane Radigue, a composer and electronic-music pioneer whose music paid meditative attention to the subtleties of sound, died on Monday at the age of 94. She was surrounded by family in Paris, according to Blank Forms, an organization that represents her electronic compositions for magnetic tape in partnership with the storied French enterprise Groupe de read more
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Ukraine Adopts New Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From Conflict Zones
The Ukrainian government has passed a resolution aimed at expediting the evacuation of more than three million cultural objects from frontline regions as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its fourth anniversary. The war has upended civilian life in Ukraine and resulted in the damage, destruction, or disappearance of cultural sites and museum property, much of it read more
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macOS 27: All the Rumors So Far
macOS 27 is still months away, but there are already a handful of rumors about the upcoming software update, as outlined below. We expect the first beta of macOS 27 to be seeded to developers during WWDC 2026 in June, and a public beta to follow in July. Following beta testing, the update should be read more
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The public opposition to AI infrastructure is heating up | TechCrunch
Across the country, discontent has exploded over the ever-growing glut of server farms that have accompanied the AI boom. Anger has grown so loud that it’s begun to shift legislative agendas. Some states and communities are mulling temporary bans on new data center development altogether. Earlier this month, New York joined the club, with a read more
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Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI
Riley Walz, a software engineer famous for his online stunts, is joining OpenAI to research and develop new ways for humans to interact with AI, WIRED has learned. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the hire. Walz built a reputation as Silicon Valley’s jester and has created a series of viral web projects that double as social read more
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Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for International Exhibition
The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition named 111 participating artists, duos, and collectives for late Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh’s posthumous show In Minor Keys today, February 25. In a livestreamed presentation, Kouoh’s team and biennale staff revealed the names of artists selected for the prestigious international exhibition, which opens on May 9. This year’s edition read more
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Artist Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Sock Monkey
News Emilia Evans-Munton, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, said she made the giant sculpture as an “ode to the toys that are left behind.” Emilia Evans-Munton’s “Remember I’m Still Here” (2025) lays in the back parking lot of Stow College at the Glasgow School of Art. (all photos by and courtesy the artist unless read more
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Samsung shows off new display tech that adds a privacy screen to apps and notifications | TechCrunch
At Samsung’s Galaxy S26 live event on Wednesday, the company introduced a new display technology that allows users to turn on a privacy mode and prevent so-called “shoulder surfing” on a per-app basis. The display tech will offer a smarter and more flexible alternative to privacy films, which are overlaid on top of a smartphone’s read more
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High Museum COO Resigns After Alleged $600,000 Misappropriation, Case Referred to Federal Prosecutors
The chief operating officer of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art has resigned after an internal investigation found that approximately $600,000 was allegedly misappropriated over several years and the matter was referred to federal prosecutors, according to theAtlanta Journal-Constitution. Brady Lum, who had served as COO since 2019, tendered his resignation on Dec. 9 amid the read more
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OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems
In San Francisco, it feels like OpenClaw is everywhere. Even, potentially, some places it’s not designed to be. According to posts on social media, people appear to be using the viral AI tool to scrape websites and access information, even when those sites have taken explicit anti-bot measures. One of the ways they are allegedly read more
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Waymo to begin testing in Chicago and Charlotte | TechCrunch
Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Chicago and Charlotte as part of its push to continue scaling autonomous vehicles, the company said Wednesday. Starting today, Waymo will begin manual mapping and early data collection to lay the groundwork for operations in those cities. Waymo usually enters a new city by first conducting months of manual read more
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New Leader Picked for Crisis-Stricken Louvre Museum
News Christophe Leribault, who heads the Palace of Versailles, succeeds Laurence des Cars within one day of her resignation. New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) A new director has been appointed at the Louvre Museum within one day of Laurence des Cars’ resignation on February 24. French read more
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Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April
Announcement The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking. IFPDA February 25, 2026 — 3 min read Paula Rego, Untitled 2 (1999), etching on paper, 38 x 48 cm, 15 x 18 7/8 in, edition of 17 (© Estate of read more
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Gemini can now automate some multi-step tasks on Android | TechCrunch
Google on Wednesday announced a series of updates to its Gemini AI-powered features on the Android operating system, the most notable being a new way to use the AI to handle multi-step tasks like ordering an Uber or food delivery. These automations join other Gemini improvements shipping today, including an expansion of scam detection for read more
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Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Ultra With Built-In Privacy Display and New AI Features
Samsung today announced its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra. Samsung’s latest devices are focused on AI, and Samsung says they have the most “intuitive, proactive, and adaptive Galaxy AI features” to date. The 6.3-inch Galaxy S26 is Samsung’s smallest and most affordable smartphone, followed by the 6.7-inch Galaxy S26+. The read more
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Gemini Can Now Book You an Uber or Order a DoorDash Meal on Your Phone. Here’s How It Works
You might be feeling déjà vu. A decade ago, companies like Google and Apple made promises that their respective voice assistants could complete tasks on your behalf. Apple said Siri could request an Uber—try it today, and Siri just opens the Uber app. Google claimed you’d be able to “Order my usual” at Starbucks with read more
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Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2026
Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones—the Galaxy S26 series—are all about optimization and AI. Announced at its Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, the phones are not hugely different from last year’s Galaxy S25 models, but the company is hyping up performance optimizations that purportedly boost AI processing. Naturally, there are a bunch of new AI features read more
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OpenAI COO says ads will be 'an iterative process' | TechCrunch
Last month, OpenAI said that it is going to introduce ads to users of the free and Go tiers in ChatGPT. The company rolled out ads to U.S.-based users earlier this month amid criticism from rivals like Anthropic, which published a string of Super Bowl ads. On the sidelines of the India AI summit, TechCrunch read more
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Prudence Flint’s Paintings Capture Moments of repose that are ripe for interruption – Hi-Fructose Magazine
CS: Do you ever paint from a model? PF: Yes and no. Having a model in my studio is intense and demanding, so when I’m working on my large paintings, I prefer to be alone. I have to sit with myself and manage the internal voices, listen to them, become impartial. I have to weather read more
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