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Finnish quantum unicorn IQM set to go public | TechCrunch
Finnish unicorn IQM today announced plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), valuing the company at approximately $1.8 billion. The move will see IQM join the growing cohort of quantum computing companies listed on U.S. stock markets. Founded in 2018 as a spinout from Finland’s Aalto University and VTT Technical Research, read more
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Artists' Calendar Celebrates LA’s Everyday Landmarks
Features For 40 years, Nib Geebles and Abira Ali have chronicled the unspoken, day-to-day minutiae of their hometown in their beloved calendar. Nib Geebles, “Happy Lion Arts & Gifts, Chinatown,” pen and paint on paper(all images courtesy Gordon Henderson and Abira Ali unless noted) LOS ANGELES —Shuttered storefronts, parked cars, hand-painted advertising, power lines, graffiti, read more
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Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports | TechCrunch
Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies of setting up more than 24,000 fake accounts with its Claude AI model to improve their own models. The labs — DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax — allegedly generated more than 16 million exchanges with Claude through those accounts using a technique called “distillation.” Anthropic said the labs read more
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Sotheby’s to Auction Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection, Led by Claude Lalanne Mirrors and $15 M. Rothko
Sotheby’s is about to turn a pair of very polished lives into a two-part auction season. In April and May, the house will present roughly 135 works from the collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg, carrying a combined estimate of $67 million to $99 million. The first chapter arrives on April 22 with a read more
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What Will Censorship Look Like in the Age of AI?
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt fromOn Censorship by Ai Weiwei. It releases in March from Thames & Hudson. In 2025, the rapid development of artificial intelligence pushed a group of young Chinese entrepreneurs to the forefront with DeepSeek, which propelled its search technology into new territories. This triggered panic within the highly competitive AI read more
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Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch
Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license plate readers aid U.S. immigration authorities and deportations. Flock is the Atlanta-based surveillance startup valued at $7.5 billion a year ago and a maker of license read more
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Activists Hang Prince Andrew's Arrest Photo at the Louvre
News The unflattering photo of the disgraced former royalty was taken after his arrest last week for his ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A guerrilla installation of ex-Prince Andrew post-arrest at the Musée du Louvre on Sunday, February 22 (screenshot Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic via Instagram) Activists affiliated with the Everyone Hates Elon campaign installed a read more
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iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts
With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the first beta, but the feature was limited to iPhone-to-iPhone communications with iMessage turned off. In this beta, iPhone users can send encrypted messages read more
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Iris Cantor, Philanthropist Who Transformed the Met and the Brooklyn Museum, Dies at 95
Iris Cantor, a collector and philanthropist who provided the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and other US art institutions with millions of dollars worth of support, died on Sunday in Palm Beach, Florida. She was 95, according to a release from her foundation, which did not state a cause. Cantor was a transformative read more
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Refik Anadol’s ‘Lava Lamp’ Reignites the AI Art Debate on ’60 Minutes’
According to one 2017 study, museum visitors on average spend about 27 seconds looking at a work of art, which is barely enough time to squint, nod thoughtfully, and move on. But if you ask AI artist Refik Anadol about how long people spent withUnsupervised, the controversial artwork he showed at the Museum of Modern read more
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Join Colossal and Enter to Win an Art-Filled Weekend for Two in Philly
Hey readers! We’re kicking off our Spring Membership Drive by giving away an art-filled weekend in one of our favorite creative cities. One lucky winner will receive travel vouchers, lodging, private tours, and tickets for Philadelphia’s most exciting spots. Become a Colossal Member at any tier between now and March 3, and you’ll automatically be read more
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Second macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta Now Available for Developers
Apple today provided the second beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple seeded the first beta. Developers can download the macOS Tahoe 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta read more
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Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 to Developers
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple seeded the first betas. Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or iPad by going to the General section and selecting Software read more
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Apple Releases Second watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4 and visionOS 26.4 Betas
Apple today provided developers with the second betas of upcoming watchOS 26.4, tvOS 26.4, and visionOS 26.4 betas for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple released the first betas. The software updates are available through the Settings app on each device, and because these are developer betas, a free developer account is read more
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New Museum to Open in Portugal Around Collection of José Teixeira
A new museum is slated to open in Portugal in April around the contemporary art collection of José Teixeira, the chairman of dstgroup, a civil construction and public-works engineering company. The institution in Braga, about an hour by car or train from Porto in the northwest of Portugal, will showcase a collection of 1,500 artworks read more
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An Appeals Court Clears a Spanish Art Dealer in the Case of a Convent’s Sculpture Offered at TEFAF
After a convoluted process dating back to 2018, the High Court of Justice of Andalusia has overturned a four-year prison sentence for a Spanish antiques dealer in a case involving an artwork from a 16th-century convent in an ancient Italian city just north of Rome, El País reports.reports El País. At the center of the read more
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Wispr Flow launches an Android app for AI-powered dictation | TechCrunch
AI-powered dictation startup Wispr Flow has launched its Android app today. The company released its app for Mac and Windows first, then launched on iOS in June 2025. On iOS, users could use Wispr Flow through a dedicated keyboard. On Android, the interface is a bit different, as you can access the dictionary through a read more
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iPhone 18 Pro to Revive Feature Samsung Dropped Years Ago
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to resurrect a major feature Samsung’s flagship Galaxy smartphones dropped years ago, according to a multitude of rumors. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are now widely expected to feature a significantly upgraded main camera with a variable aperture. An aperture read more
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5 days left to lock in the lowest Disrupt 2026 rates | TechCrunch
We are officially down to the final 5 days to save up to $680 on yourTechCrunch Disrupt 2026ticket. These lowest rates of the year disappear on February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Ifyou’vebeen mapping out your 2026 tech event calendar, thisisn’tthe moment to wait.Register now to lock in your savings before prices increase. What to read more
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A Rare White Whale Sighting Tops the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards
Among humpback whales, which can grow upwards of 60 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons, instances of albinism are exceedingly rare. But when these otherworldly all-white mammals appear—such as the beloved Migaloo that was first spotted in 1991 off Australia’s east coast—they inspire wonder. Marine photographer Jono Allen captured a unique shot of read more
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