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The Loewe Foundation’s 2026 Craft Prize Finalists Are Here
SummaryThe Loewe Foundation has announced the shortlist of 30 finalists for the 2026 Craft PrizeThe winner and two special mentions will be announced on May 12 ahead of the finalist presentation at the National Gallery in Singapore, running from May 13 through June 14Loewe’s craft-forward beginnings trace back to the quiet leather workshop in 1840’s Madrid. Now a global phenomenon, the house has a...
An In-Depth Look at Hypeart and Bonhams’ ‘Under the Same Sky’ Exhibition
Across the vast landscape of artmaking since the late 20th century, artists on the West Coast have explored many thresholds and states of being — decay and seduction, struggle and release, birth and aftermath. Embracing new materials and social realities, artists turned inward, while engaging with the energies unraveling around them. The lines between interior and exterior give way. Embodiment, em...
Will Trump’s DOJ actually take on Ticketmaster?
In mid-February, the Department of Justice lost its head antitrust enforcer - just weeks before it was scheduled to argue one of the year's biggest anti-monopoly cases in court. Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater announced her departure suddenly, via a post on her personal X account. But to those who follow the agency closely, it […]
Billions of dollars later and still nobody knows what an Xbox is
The last few years of Xbox have been expensive. Under Phil Spencer's leadership, Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in an attempt to build an ambitious future for gaming that looks a lot like Netflix. And while its subscription service Game Pass started out as a good deal for gamers (although now not so much), […]
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI
Anthropic claims DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model in an attempt to improve their own products. In an announcement on Monday, Anthropic says the "industrial-scale campaigns" involved the creation of around 24,000 fraudulent accounts and more than 16 million exchanges with Claude, as reported earlier by The Wall Street […]
Apple’s newest AirTags are already on sale if you’re looking to upgrade
Less than a month after making their debut, Apple’s second-gen AirTags are already receiving their first discount. Right now, Costco members can buy five location trackers for $99.99 ($29 off) either online or in-store, bringing the price of each tracker down to about $20 a pop. If you don’t already belong to Costco, you can […]
If Big Tech cared about fighting AI slop, it wouldn’t be drowning us in it
As 2025 drew to a close, Instagram head Adam Mosseri ended the year by doom-posting about AI. "Authenticity is becoming infinitely reproducible," Mosseri lamented. "Everything that made creators matter - the ability to be real, to connect, to have a voice that couldn't be faked - is now accessible to anyone with the right tools." […]
Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result
Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a lot of questions, and plenty of skepticism, about its production-ready, solid-state battery. Could the company really make a fast-charging battery at scale while avoiding some of the theoretical production headaches that have […]
Tomahawk Announce 2026 US Reunion Tour with Special Guests Melvins
The Mike Patton-led band is hitting the road for the first time in 13 years. Tomahawk Announce 2026 US Reunion Tour with Special Guests Melvins Spencer Kaufman
Jelly Roll Announces 2026 “The Little ASS Shed Tour”
The 11-date US tour arrives in and around Jelly Roll's 2026 co-headlining run alongside Post Malone. Jelly Roll Announces 2026 “The Little ASS Shed Tour” Paolo Ragusa
Bad Bunny’s ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ Returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200
SummaryBad Bunny has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (135,000 units), marking its fifth non-consecutive week at the top. This resurgence follows his historic Album of the Year win at the 2026 Grammys and a headlining Super Bowl LX performance.Two major debuts entered the top 10 this week: Brent Faiyaz landed at No. 6 with his new album Icon (58,000 units), w...
LeBron James Becomes First Player in NBA History to Reach 43,000 Regular-Season Points
SummaryLeBron James further cemented his legacy by scoring his 43,000th career regular-season pointThe 41-year-old achieved the feat with a layup in the third quarter of his 1600th career gameDespite his continued dominance, James will be ineligible for an All-NBA selection due to the league's 65-game thresholdLos Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has rewritten the history books once again. The ...
