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  • simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

    simmetry.ai, a synthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors, has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of the German state of Lower Saxony. The funding was provided through the High-Tech Incubator (HTI) accelerator programme. simmetry.ai was founded in 2024 as a spin-off from the German Research Centre for Artificial read more

    simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding
  • Inside the New York City Date Night for AI Lovers

    If you’re the type of person who cares about Valentine’s Day, not having someone to spend it with can be a bummer. While dating apps have been yielding diminishing returns for singles for years now, more people are finding companionship with AI partners. But where do you take your AI lover for a night on read more

    Inside the New York City Date Night for AI Lovers
  • The Commissioner We Need

    Daily Newsletter Who should lead arts and culture in NYC, Valentine’s Day tips, and the sad state of Artforum. It’s impossible to imagine New York City without art, or contemporary art without New York City. This is where you come to see the best of the best, or to take part in making it. This read more

    The Commissioner We Need
  • Samsung's Best Dolby Atmos Soundbar Has Barely Changed for Generations. That Means Insane Deals

    Sometime in the last five years, Samsung reached peak soundbar. After years of material updates to its flagship surround-sound HW-Q990, a multi-channel, multi-speaker whiz of a Dolby Atmos system, Samsung achieved what it looked to achieve. Once you put 22 speakers into an 11.1.4-channel masterclass of home theater efficiency, it becomes hard to improve upon read more

    Samsung's Best Dolby Atmos Soundbar Has Barely Changed for Generations. That Means Insane Deals
  • AppleCare+ Coverage Launches in Indonesia

    Apple today announced the launch of AppleCare+ coverage in Indonesia, bringing the option of additional hardware protection and technical support to customers across the country. Most Apple products come with a one-year limited warranty that covers hardware failures and manufacturing defects, and up to 90 days of complimentary technical support. AppleCare+ extends coverage for devices read more

    AppleCare+ Coverage Launches in Indonesia
  • At 88, peter campus Swaps Youthful Ego for Late-Style Modesty

    A death stare greets me as I enter peter campus’s exhibition at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. A man looks right at me, dead on—or at the camera, really. His harsh eyebrows, thick yet articulated, add to the intensity. I check the video’s title and learn that it’s a death stare of a different read more

    At 88, peter campus Swaps Youthful Ego for Late-Style Modesty
  • Rivian was saved by software in 2025 | TechCrunch

    Rivian is, by every measure, a maker and seller of EVs. But in 2025, it was the company’s software and services that helped its annual revenue grow by 8%. Rivian reported Thursday $5.38 billion in total revenue in 2025, up from $4.97 billion from the prior year. That rosy picture dulls a bit when looking read more

    Rivian was saved by software in 2025 | TechCrunch
  • Whats Next for the Mac Studio

    Apple is working on an updated version of the Mac Studio, and the new machine is expected to launch in the first half of 2026. We’ve rounded up what we know about the next-generation ‌Mac Studio‌ so far. Design We’re not expecting Apple to redesign the ‌Mac Studio‌, and there haven’t been rumors of a read more

    Whats Next for the Mac Studio
  • Apple Wins Third Jury Trial Against Optis, Avoiding Hundreds of Millions in Patent Damages

    Apple did not infringe on any patents owned by Texas-based company Optis Wireless, a jury ruled today. In a verdict shared by Reuters, the jury decided that Apple did not infringe any of the five LTE patents that Optis sued over back in 2019. If Optis had won, Apple could have faced hundreds of millions read more

    Apple Wins Third Jury Trial Against Optis, Avoiding Hundreds of Millions in Patent Damages
  • Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT | TechCrunch

    After a particularly poor performance on its fourth-quarter earnings, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready attempted to favorably compare the digital pinboarding site to the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Trying to highlight its potential as a unique search destination, Ready asserted that the site sees larger search volume than ChatGPT. According to third-party data, ChatGPT sees 75 read more

    Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT | TechCrunch
  • IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI | TechCrunch

    While the artificial intelligence industry touts that AI will replace entry-level jobs, not every company is scaling back hiring these positions. In IBM’s case, it’s going all in. Hardware giant IBM plans to triple entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to reporting from Bloomberg. Nickle LaMoreaux, IBM’s chief human resource officer, announced the read more

    IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI | TechCrunch
  • Apple Confirms Revamped Siri is Still Coming in 2026

    Apple is still planning to launch the smarter, more capable version of Siri in 2026, the company told CNBC today. Apple’s statement comes just a day after Bloomberg reported Apple is having issues with the updated version of ‌Siri‌, leading to potential delays of the feature. Apple initially intended to launch the Apple Intelligence-powered version read more

    Apple Confirms Revamped Siri is Still Coming in 2026
  • NYC Deserves a Culture Commissioner Who Cares

    Opinion The city is in a deep affordability crisis that is reshaping who can live and work here, and which institutions can survive. Culture in Crisis rally at City Hall, March 2024. Organized by NY4CA and the New York City Council to push back against Mayor Adams’s proposed budget cuts to the culture and arts read more

    NYC Deserves a Culture Commissioner Who Cares
  • Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha. | TechCrunch

    “Join xAI if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you,” CEO Elon Musk proclaimed yesterday following a restructuring that saw a stream of former executives exit the AI lab. This is an interesting recruitment strategy after the company’s merger with Musk’s rocket maker, SpaceX, and the combined company’s anticipated IPO. You read more

    Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha. | TechCrunch
  • Your Guide to a Sexy, Artsy, Non-Boring Valentine’s Day in NYC

    Although our sugary contemporary Valentine’s Day traditions are a far cry from its brutal origins in Ancient Roman sacrifice and martyrdom, it’s not uncommon for February 14 to inspire a little pain. It’s an occasion to reflect on romantic love, and with that comes the pressure to externalize such musings, from planning the perfect date read more

    Your Guide to a Sexy, Artsy, Non-Boring Valentine’s Day in NYC
  • ‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants

    Brian Barrett: They’ve got 80 billion or so to spend 75 billion of that I think they have to spend in the next four years. So yeah, they’re going to keep expanding. And when you think of how much of an impact 3000 agents officers had in Minneapolis alone, that’s like an eighth of the, read more

    ‘Uncanny Valley’: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants
  • Sony Launches $330 WF-1000XM6 Earbuds to Take on AirPods Pro 3

    Sony today announced a new set of earbuds that are designed to compete with the AirPods Pro 3. The $330 WF-1000XM6 Truly Wireless Earbuds feature Active Noise Cancellation with a 25 percent reduction in noise compared to the prior-generation XM5 earbuds, with improved performance in the mid-to-high frequency range that’s common in everyday environments. The read more

    Sony Launches 0 WF-1000XM6 Earbuds to Take on AirPods Pro 3
  • Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision

    Art Basel returns to Hong Kong this March with 240 galleries and an expanded program, including a reimagined Encounters section and the Asia debut of the digital-focused Zero 10. Following its debut at Art Basel Miami Beach in December, Zero 10’s first Hong Kong outing will feature 14 exhibitors with a program that includes digital read more

    Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision
  • Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, Elected Officials Reinstated It on Their Own

    Earlier this week, news broke that the Trump administration had quietly removed the Pride flag that once waved over the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s West Village. Several New York City and State elected officials condemned the flag’s removal, and many gathered to reinstate it on Thursday afternoon. Gay City News first reported on read more

    Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, Elected Officials Reinstated It on Their Own
  • Szilveszter Makó's Surreal Photographs Reconstruct the Boundaries of Portraiture

    Szilveszter Makó’s enigmatic photographs carry layers of mystery and introspection. Standing inside curious block-like backdrops and lain against two-dimensional fields of color and texture, his subjects seamlessly meld into stories in which every detail carries intention. Taking inspiration from art history, the Milan-based artist references Surrealism and grotesque art through his use of chiaroscuro effects read more

    Szilveszter Makó's Surreal Photographs Reconstruct the Boundaries of Portraiture