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  • The Shapeshifting Sculpture of Diane Simpson

    CHICAGO — Seeing a sculpture by Diane Simpson is nothing like seeing a sculpture by any other artist. Chicagoans can currently experience this in person on the rooftop terrace of the Art Institute of Chicago, where her first three outdoor sculptures ever are on display, and at the gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey, which features two read more

    The Shapeshifting Sculpture of Diane Simpson
  • Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4

    Apple today announced a “special Apple Experience” in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET. Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a “special Apple Experience,” and there is no further information about read more

    Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4
  • Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: 'We want to try really radically different things' | TechCrunch

    There’s been a bunch of exciting research-focused AI labs popping up in recent months, and Flapping Airplanes is one of the most interesting. Propelled by its young and curious founders, Flapping Airplanes is focused on finding less data-hungry ways to train AI. It’s a potential game-changer for the economics and capabilities of AI models — read more

    Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: 'We want to try really radically different things' | TechCrunch
  • After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting | TechCrunch

    For a brief, incoherent moment, it seemed as though our robot overlords were about to take over. After the creation of Moltbook, a Reddit clone where AI agents using OpenClaw could communicate with one another, some were fooled into thinking that computers had begun to organize against us — the self-important humans who dared treat read more

    After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting | TechCrunch
  • David Hockney to Unveil 32-Foot-Long Window Installation for Turner Contemporary in Margate

    This spring, David Hockney will unveil a major new work at Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK, as part of the gallery’s 15th-anniversary celebrations. The piece, a massive 22-by-32-foot installation, will transform the museum’s floor-to-ceiling window in the Sunley Gallery overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea. Running from April 1 to November 1, the window read more

    David Hockney to Unveil 32-Foot-Long Window Installation for Turner Contemporary in Margate
  • iOS 27 Rave Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life

    Apple’s iOS 27 update will prioritize cleaning up the operating system’s internals, with engineers making changes that could result in better battery life, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The effort is said to be similar to what Apple did with its Snow Leopard Mac update years ago, and will involve removing old code, rewriting existing read more

    iOS 27 Rave Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life
  • Sendance secures investment to grow wearable sensor and data platform

    Sendance, a startup developing sensor technology for collecting data from medical devices and assistive equipment, has raised new funding as part of its ongoing third investment round. The investment, structured as a convertible loan, was provided by Garage Angels, with Electron Capital Partners having participated earlier during the seed round. To date, the company has read more

    Sendance secures investment to grow wearable sensor and data platform
  • Gurman: iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Underwhelming

    Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro Max models “won’t be a big update,” according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In the latest edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that the ‌iPhone 18‌ Pro models will “represent minor tweaks from last year’s iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.” He compared the read more

    Gurman: iPhone 18 Pro Could Be Underwhelming
  • Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at $21.3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work

    Wassily Kandinsky’s Le Rond Rouge (1939) will headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. The house put a £15.5 million high estimate, or about $21.3 million, on the Russian modernist heavyweight’s painting, which measures 35 inches by 45.7 inches. It was painted when Kandinsky lived in Paris with his wife Nina read more

    Wassily Kandinsky Painting Estimated at .3 M. to Headline Christie’s 20/21 Spring Evening Sale in London Alongside Henry Moore Work
  • Teslas CarPlay Plans Delayed by Apple Maps Compatibility Issue

    Tesla is still planning to bring Apple’s CarPlay to its vehicles, but a compatibility issue between Apple Maps and Tesla’s own navigation software has held things up, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says that Tesla found during testing that turn-by-turn directions from its maps app didn’t sync read more

    Teslas CarPlay Plans Delayed by Apple Maps Compatibility Issue
  • All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit | TechCrunch

    With an eye towards luring more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. The event, which expects 250,000 visitors, will read more

    All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit | TechCrunch
  • Sculptor Henrike Naumann Dies at 41, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota Fires Director: Morning Links for February 16, 2026

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines MAMBO SACKING. Italian curator Eugenio Violahas been fired from his position as artistic director of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota (MAMBO), which he held since 2019,reports The Art Newspaper. In a statement, Viola said he was abruptly dismissed following his “decision read more

    Sculptor Henrike Naumann Dies at 41, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota Fires Director: Morning Links for February 16, 2026
  • Fractal Analytics' muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India | TechCrunch

    As India’s first AI company to IPO, Fractal Analytics didn’t have a stellar first day on the public markets, as enthusiasm for the technology collided with jittery investors recovering from a major sell-off in Indian software stocks. Fractal listed at ₹876 per share on Monday, below its issue price of ₹900, and then slid further read more

    Fractal Analytics' muted IPO debut signals persistent AI fears in India | TechCrunch
  • Upcoming Low-Cost MacBook May Come in Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink

    Apple has tested a range of playful color options for its upcoming low-cost MacBook, going well beyond the muted tones available on its current laptop lineup, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says the colors tested so far include light yellow, light green, blue, pink, classic silver, and read more

    Upcoming Low-Cost MacBook May Come in Yellow, Green, Blue, and Pink
  • Inside the App Where Queer Gooners Run Free

    One night not long ago, Jaxon Roman sat naked in front of his laptop wearing only a pup hood as he masturbated with single-minded zeal to the attention of eight other men watching onscreen. It was a typical weekday for the 33-year-old Arlington, Virginia, program analyst. “When bros praise me and say they’re enjoying [me], read more

    Inside the App Where Queer Gooners Run Free
  • The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess

    A shocking but ultimately brief airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, and parts of New Mexico last week is stoking unease among pilots and the broader public about the status of United States anti-drone defenses. As low-cost UAV equipment proliferates around the world, analysts have repeatedly warned that destructive attacks perpetrated using drones are inevitable. read more

    The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess
  • Future MacBooks May Hide Your Screen From Strangers

    Apple is set to bring built-in privacy screen technology to future MacBooks within the next three years, according to a report from market research firm Omdia (via Ice Universe). The technology Apple is planning to adopt restricts off-axis viewing angles so only someone sitting directly in front of the display can see its contents, while read more

    Future MacBooks May Hide Your Screen From Strangers
  • Queer Arab Art in Manhattan

    Daily Newsletter A Texas university shutters a show critiquing ICE, a medievalist’s ode to a 15th-century Black angel, and “Ponyo” arrives in LA. Winking mother-of-pearl and exuberant paintings dot the walls of a show in Manhattan celebrating work by queer Palestinian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Egyptian artists — aptly titled after the Arabic preposition meaning “of read more

    Queer Arab Art in Manhattan
  • Makers Are Building Back Against ICE

    Woody Poulard, a Meshtastic advocate in New York City who participates at the hacker space NYC Resistor and has distributed a zine about how to use mesh routers, says he has worked with ICE watch volunteers to establish a broader network of mesh communications in New York. In January, he participated in a workshop for read more

    Makers Are Building Back Against ICE
  • Austrian creator of viral OpenClaw joins OpenAI

    The Austrian creator of the popular open-source AI assistant OpenClaw is joiningUS frontier lab OpenAI, in a move some see as a blow to the European tech ecosystem. OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman announced on X last night that “genius” software developer Peter Steinberger is joining the company to “drive the next generation of read more

    Austrian creator of viral OpenClaw joins OpenAI