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Bowers & Wilkins Collaborated With McLaren Automotive and Starlink is Launching an SMS Service in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry saw the rollout of a few new products, including a collaboration between Bowers & Wilkins and McLaren Automotive in the form of a cutting-edge speaker. On the app side, Instagram is working on a new feature that lets users post Stories for select groups of people.In the world of AI, meanwhile, Disney was called out for the alleged use of AI to make a poster for the forthcoming second season of Loki. And to round it off, SpaceX's Starlink shared plans to launch a satellite SMS service next year.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.SpaceX’s Starlink is Launching a Satellite-Based SMS Services in 2024SpaceX's Starlink has revealed plans to start an SMS service. Entitled Direct-to-...
The 2023 Ryder Cup Was the Cultural Reset Golf Needed
The Ryder Cup doesn't need anything extra to feel special. It doesn't need to be held in a city where competitive sport has been practiced for thousands of years. It doesn't need a golf course where an ancient castle overlooks the 1st tee, nor does it need a meme that prompted people to wonder how often they think about the Roman Empire. It just so happens that all of those things surrounded the tournament this year.2023 was the year that Succession concluded and sprezzatura became everyone’s new favorite scrabble word. It was the year that Instagram feeds became flooded with fit checks in coastal Italian towns. And at the end of it, the Ryder Cup landed in Rome.It was a tournament that ultimately pleased the home fans, as the Europeans, captained by Luke Donald, raced out to a big lead on...
When it Comes to Art: Listen but Don’t Listen, Says Urs Fischer
Creation and destruction are central to Urs Fischer. For three decades, the Swiss conceptual artist has shifted our understanding of reality through collage-like photographs and paintings, as well as large-scale sculptures and installations that explore themes of perception, absence, and representation.Born in Zurich, but now based in Los Angeles, one could call Fischer a miner of images and material, where disparate objects (literally) collide with one another, much like the thoughts that endlessly race through our minds. Examples of this can be seen in his anthropomorphic sculpture, Bad Timing, Lamb Chop! (2004-05), where he depicted a massive cigarette box and wooden chair fused together in cast aluminum, polyurethane resin, and finished with enamel paint. Both objects, despite serving ...
James Maddison is Using Golf as a Force for Good
For Premier League baller James Maddison, golf represents a release from football and a vehicle for positive change.The Tottenham midfielder is in the form of his life this season. Having joined Spurs from Leicester City at the start of the season, all eyes were on the precocious playmaker to see if he could live up to the billing at one of the best clubs in the country. Spurs’ Number 10 has duly delivered, sweeping August’s POTM with ease thanks to his scintillating start to the campaign, earning the award for the first time in his career after three-goal involvements throughout the month in an unbeaten start at his new club.He’s only been getting better ever since – but aside from his unprecedented influence on the pitch, Madders is continuing to do his bit while off it. Mansion recently...
Meet Keegan Bradley: The Original Jordan Golf Athlete
Keegan Bradley’s golf career has followed the trajectory of a ball hit from behind a tree, narrowly avoiding a branch then soaring high through the air, finishing on the green 30 feet from the pin. The muted response from the gallery suggests a tinge of disappointment, but it was a pretty damn good shot.His outsider status has in many ways shaped his relationship with the game. Bradley comes from Vermont, an area not known for producing top golfers, and went to a college that would seldom appear on any list of top golf schools. But he persisted, and from relative anonymity produced a rookie season that nobody saw coming, winning the PGA Championship and the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Although he hasn't won a major since, Bradley has been a consistent fixture at the top level, only twice...
Five Highlights from SEVENTEEN’s New Mini-Album: Fan Chant
Diving into the tracks in SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN. Fan Chant: Five Highlights from SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN Mary Siroky
Apple Debuted a New Apple Pencil and India Is Building a Space Station in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry saw new developments in the AI space. For starters, Adobe launched the 2024 versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, both of which were updated with advanced AI capabilities. ChatGPT also improved its own AI bot with real-time factual accuracy.On the hardware side, Apple unveiled a cheaper version of the Apple Pencil. And in the space industry, India shared plans to build the first space station in the country.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.Adobe Unveiled New AI-Powered Tools for Photoshop and PremiereAdobe is showing off next year’s Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, bringing a suite of new AI features to the programs. The tools build on the company’s Sen...
Best New Tracks: Drake, Denzel Curry x Ronny J, Tems and More
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.This week’s lineup is led by Drake, Denzel Curry with Ronny J and Tems, who each released the album For All the Dogs and the singles "WOO" and "Me & U," respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from Jay Rock, Maeta with Ambré, Earl Sweatshirt with The Alchemist, Aesop Rock, CZARFACE with Nems and NNAMDÏ with Big Baby Scumbag.Drake - For All the DogsDrake's highly-anticipated album For All the Dogs is almost a return to form; the album is an elevated version of his earlier catalog and almost combines the different eras of Drizzy together. The artist is true to his word when he teased the beloved line "They say they miss the old Drake, girl don't ...
Hypeart Visits: Ppuri’s Artistry in the Age of Internet Memes
Ahn Tae-Won, aka Ppuri, uses his art to express the unruly, overwhelming elements of the Internet age. Ppuri's on a mission to blur the lines between the virtual and real, making images that tug at both worlds. His creations are like a visual rollercoaster, mixing things up in a surreal yet whimsical way. He's got this wild technique where he twists and bends familiar images. It's like he's airbrushing life onto objects, kind of like how digital whizzes slap 2D images onto 3D models. The result? A total blur between what's real and what's digital. Back in 2015, Ppuri started messing with custom canvases and trippy grids, giving off a sci-fi vibe. Over time, he teamed up with tech-savvy artists to explore all sorts of formats. He even went wild by throwing internet memes right onto his pain...
Hypeart Visits: Ppuri’s Artistry in the Age of Internet Memes
Ahn Tae-Won, aka Ppuri, uses his art to express the unruly, overwhelming elements of the Internet age. Ppuri's on a mission to blur the lines between the virtual and real, making images that tug at both worlds. His creations are like a visual rollercoaster, mixing things up in a surreal yet whimsical way. He's got this wild technique where he twists and bends familiar images. It's like he's airbrushing life onto objects, kind of like how digital whizzes slap 2D images onto 3D models. The result? A total blur between what's real and what's digital. Back in 2015, Ppuri started messing with custom canvases and trippy grids, giving off a sci-fi vibe. Over time, he teamed up with tech-savvy artists to explore all sorts of formats. He even went wild by throwing internet memes right onto his pain...
Essentials: Trent Alexander-Arnold
For the latest installment of Essentials, Hypebeast caught up with Liverpool footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold to talk about his necessities, both on and off the field.At 24 years old, the right-back is already vice-captain of the team, working with captain Virgil van Dijk. First making his debut with the team at 18 years old, Alexander-Arnold is regarded by many as one of the best full-backs in the world. Since joining, the England international has won four major trophies with the club including the 2019 Champions League and the 2019-20 Premiere League championship.Whether it's his football boots or his copy of Atomic Habits, the English footballer is always thinking about bettering himself. Follow along as he takes us through his essential items. It seems like a lot of your items surrou...
Faye Webster and Kyle Ng Are “Literally Just Homies”
Among the many reasons singer-songwriter Faye Webster and Brain Dead founder Kyle Ng have become fast friends is a shared devotion to their hobbies — even light-hearted pastimes are things they like to explore fully. Webster is a yo-yo aficionado, so Brain Dead unveiled a playful cobalt yo-yo. Ng is passionate about tennis, and whenever Webster leaves her Atlanta hometown to travel to Ng’s in Los Angeles, the two ensure they make time to hit the courts to run a few matches. While Ng was always drawn to Webster’s music, the creative collaboration officially began in 2021 when Ng hit up Webster to make an appearance on Brain Dead Radio as part of NTS Radio’s at-home concert series. Webster traveled to LA later that year, the two met in person, and the rest was history – seriously. “People ar...
