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Threads' new 'Dear Algo' AI feature lets you personalize your feed | TechCrunch
Threads is introducing an AI-powered feature that lets users personalize their feed, the Meta-owned social network announced on Wednesday. The platform’s new “Dear Algo” feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed. To use the feature, users need to type “Dear Algo” in a public read more
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10 iPhone Tips and Tricks You Probably Didnt Know About
Wednesday February 11, 2026 11:22 am PST by Juli Clover No matter how well you think you know your iPhone, there are always tons of hidden features and shortcuts that you aren’t aware of, or might have forgotten about. We’ve rounded up 10 useful iPhone features that are worth knowing about to make using your read more
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David Henry Nobody JR Exposes Himself – Hi-Fructose Magazine
There’s a fluidity to his art, a sense that nothing is every quite complete. “They’re for sale, but it’s process oriented work,” says Brown, “so I keep the props and sometimes I develop them further.” In some instances, it takes several tries to best capture the image he wants to present. That was the case read more
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Google releases the first beta of Android 17, adopts a continuous developer release plan | TechCrunch
Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers get access to new APIs and features of the latest version. With this release, the company is ditching developer betas and adopting a read more
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How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP | TechCrunch
For 24 years, Microsoft’s Amanda Silver has been working to help developers — and in the last few years, that’s meant building tools for AI. After a long stretch on GitHub Copilot, Silver is now a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within read more
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Update Now: iOS 26.3 and macOS Tahoe 26.3 Fix Dozens of Security Vulnerabilities
Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:51 am PST by Eric Slivka Apple today released iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3, all of which largely focus on bug fixes and security improvements. Apple says that the updates address dozens of vulnerabilities, including one that is known to have been actively exploited. That vulnerability in the read more
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UpScrolled's social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth | TechCrunch
UpScrolled, a social network that caught fire after TikTok’s ownership change in the U.S., is facing a serious moderation problem. After growing to more than 2.5 million users in January, users have reported the app is not taking action on the creation of usernames and hashtags that contain racial slurs, and hasn’t been able to read more
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Minimal Shapes Layer into Dynamic, Abstracted Murals by James Reka
Although James Reka finds total freedom in his studio practice, it’s public art that he gravitates toward. The Australia-born artist researches the history of a building or neighborhood as he conceptualizes a mural and enjoys the constraints of creating within a particular geographic and cultural context. “Public art needs to connect with the local community,” read more
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Traditional African Baskets and Pottery Meet Pop Culture in Donté K. Hayes' Sculptures
Redolent of African basketry, hairstyles, headwear, and pottery, Donté K. Hayes’ abstract ceramic sculptures may be interpreted as poetic vessels, even though they lack traditional openings. While we easily associate clay pots and round woven forms with ideas related to storage, protection, and even spiritual significance, they also nod to the human head as a read more
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Apple Releases iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3
Apple today released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3, the latest updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems that came out in September. The new software comes almost two months after Apple released iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to read more
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Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3
Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:06 am PST by Juli Clover Apple today released macOS Tahoe 26.3, the third major update to the macOS Tahoe operating system. macOS Tahoe 26.3 comes two months after Apple released macOS Tahoe 26.2. Mac users can download the new software by opening up the System Settings app and navigating to read more
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Apple Releases watchOS 26.3
Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:04 am PST by Juli Clover Apple today released watchOS 26.3, an update to the watchOS 26 operating system that came out in September. watchOS 26.3 comes two months after Apple released watchOS 26.2. watchOS 26.3 can be downloaded for free on an iPhone running iOS 26.3 by opening up the read more
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Apple Releases HomePod Software 26.3
Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:03 am PST by Juli Clover Alongside iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3, Apple has released new HomePod 26.3 software for the HomePod and the HomePod mini. The update comes two months after Apple released HomePod Software 26.2. According to Apple’s release notes, HomePod Software 26.3 includes performance and read more
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Apple Releases visionOS 26.3
Wednesday February 11, 2026 10:02 am PST by Juli Clover Apple today released visionOS 26.3, the third update to the visionOS 26 operating system that launched in September. visionOS 26.3 comes a month after Apple released visionOS 26.2. visionOS 26.3 can be downloaded on all Vision Pro headsets by navigating to the Settings app, selecting read more
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Bonhams’ New HQ Opens, Lubaina Himid Wins PAMM Prize, and More: Industry Moves for February 11, 2026
Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Bonhams Opens New US Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan: The auction house’s official opening of its new 42,000-square-foot flagship at read more
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Harmony Korine Talks About Creating New Worlds and Adding Emotion to AI
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Harmony Korine—a filmmaker and multimedia artist whose boundless imagination has careened into painting, poetry, music, digital art, and pretty much every other artform that exists—talks about moving past his previous pursuits and going all-in on AI. From the Miami office of EDGLRD, the creative studio Korine started read more
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OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot's 'adult mode' reportedly fired on discrimination claim | TechCrunch
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of sexual discrimination, the Wall Street Journal has reported. “The allegation that I discriminated against anyone is absolutely false,” Beiermeister told the Journal. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment and contacted an email read more
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Advocates for the Incarcerated Protest Removal of Artworks from UK Court Facilities
Cultural organizations and reformers in the UK are up in arms against government contractor Serco for removing artworks from court facilities in England and Wales. A February 10 report from Lay Observers, an independent monitor, found that Prisoner Escort and Custody Service, a government agency, provided artworks to all courts. Lay Observers found that only read more
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Okay, now exactly half of xAI's founding team has left the company | TechCrunch
Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post on X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.” Less than a day later, on Tuesday afternoon, read more
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A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory
Art Review An exhibition about the influence of French critical theory on American art finds inspiration in diasporic thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aimé Césaire. A work from Melvin Edwards’s Lynch Fragments series (begun 1963) in Echo Delay Reverb: American Art, Francophone Thought at Palais de Tokyo (all photos Cat Dawson/Hyperallergic) PARIS — Echo Delay read more
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