Evel Knievel Fans Have One More Reason to Viva Las Vegas — It takes something special to become an icon in the automotive world. Few people have established themselves so firmly in the cultural zeitgeist as Robert Craig Knievel. Even using his government name, you can already tel
Animated Nellie Mae Rowe Biopic Coming to YouTube — Streaming of the 2023 film, which lovingly immortalizes the late self-taught Black artist's life and legacy, starts on July 2.
Watch Horizons Middle East & Africa 6/22/2026 - Bloomberg — Horizons Middle East & Africa is your daily spotlight on one of the world's fastest-growing regions. Live from Dubai, we bring you the latest global markets and analysis, plus news-making interviews, with a special…
Cloud storage is great until your vendor goes out of business — A St. Louis PBS station is suing a data center provider to rescue a 70-year archive.
Why "perfect" systems fail | Gavin Grim | TEDxQuinnipiacU — At what point do automated systems require the human touch? This talk delves into that question, arguing the importance and immortality of the human connection, even in capable technology. Gavin is a Quinnipiac senior…
Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem — The 3,000-year-old Iranian discs turned red-carpet jewelry are emblematic of a market that has spent decades quietly dismantling ancient objects for parts.
Standalone Siri app to offer auto-deleting chat history, launch with beta label: report - 9to5Mac — Next month at WWDC 2026, Apple is expected to finally live up to its AI Siri promises, and more. The...
A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head and My Heart. “On Boxing Day, I rang my father and to — A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head and My Heart. “On Boxing Day, I rang my father and told him my news. He was momentarily silent until hi
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NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture — The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery — Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star — An object observed by the James Webb Space Telescope lends credence to a strange explanation for the mysterious red spots in the early universe.
What the Success of ‘Hacks’ or Widow’s Bay’ Tells Us About the Emmys Race — The 2026 Emmy nominations led to plenty of snubs, surprises, and insights into what contributes to a show or performer becoming a TV awards contender.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year Finalists Highlight the Sorrowful and Sublime — "These photographs don’t just capture what’s beneath the surface; they surface the stories our planet most needs us to hear," says Will Harrison.
NYT Strands hints, answers for June 22, 2026 — Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.
From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local — Food waste is a resource like water and should be kept in communities, compost champions say.
A View From the Easel — “My studio is a manifestation of my coloring book at eight years old.”
Meg Lui Announces Sufjan Stevens-Produced Debut Album: Hear "Elvis Queen" — Back in February, Northern California-born, Hudson Valley-based singer-songwriter Meg Lui was announced as the latest artist to join Sufjan Stevens’ Asthmatic Kitty Records. That news came packaged with…
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Carney to Keep North BC Tanker Ban as Alberta to Unveil Pipeline Proposal — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced billions of dollars in federal funding for energy, mining and transportation projects in Canada’s west coast province of British Columbia.
Old iPods are making a comeback thanks to Gen Z — Now bring back the Microsoft Zune, I double dare you.
'Mission' review: George MacKay is transcendent in this fever dream about living — Paul Wright's subversive drama sees the "Rose of Nevada" star reach his limit.
Jennifer Latour Preserves Ephemeral Beauty in Her Otherworldly Botanical Assemblages — In Jennifer Latour's sculptural assemblages, single flowers sprout from tree branches, appearing like otherworldly forms in the landscape.
Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign — “Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon.
Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art — Who is the antiquities dealer behind looted artifacts at dozens of museums across the United States?
A Sculptor of World Cup History — Lyndon Barrois’s “sportraits,” Noore Yazigi tattoos Arabic calligraphy, and a copyright lawsuit against Mickalene Thomas.
Harvard study links GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to a 27-point jump in women's employment — bigger than a college degree gap — Losing weight may improve more than women’s health — it could also improve their job prospects.
NYT Strands hints, answers for June 18, 2026 — Every hint, nudge and outright answer you need to complete today's NYT Strands puzzle.
Why Portugal draw might have cost World Cup one last Messi-Ronaldo showdown — Portugal's draw with Colombia on Saturday means a destined quarterfinal matchup between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is off until at least the final.
The Largest Operating Steam Locomotive in the World Weighs 1.2 Million Pounds. Now, the Historic Train May Be Coming to Your Town — Built in the 1940s, Big Boy No. 4014 retired in 1961 after traveling for more than one million miles. It's now making its way across the country…
A translator spent three years realizing the original Hebrew word for 'jealous' doesn't exist in most languages—God just does what the word looks like. Read it twice or it didn't land.
Meanwhile, on Remodelista: The Summer Bedroom — <p>Doesn’t require much to get your bedroom ready for the warmer months. In fact, it mostly involves subtracting stuff: fewer pillows, a lighter blanket, less fussiness, minimal clutter. And sometimes, all it takes is an…
The Met Museum's Staff Have Some Thoughts About the Art — A new book gathers essays by the museum’s curators, researchers, librarians, and conservators on everything from Renaissance portraiture to the work of Wendy Red Star.
Discover Europe’s digital cultural heritage — Search, save and share art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions
Soundcore Nebula P1i Projector Review: New Design, Classic Pitfalls — I tested the Soundcore Nebula P1i, an affordable projector, to see if it could overcome the typical drawbacks that most budget projectors suffer from.
House Proposes Slashing Major Arts Education Grant — The program has awarded millions in grants for organizations serving families living below local poverty lines.
Bistort: How to Grow the Pink Flowering Perennial — In the early summer garden of Tinder Hearth, the bakery and restaurant set amid green fields outside Brooksville, Maine, I waited recently with my husband
Lucy Sparrow Invokes '90s Supermarket Nostalgia in ‘The Beginning of Convenience’ — Lucy Sparrow's new exhibition, 'The Beginning of Convenience' is stocked to the brim with more than 20,000 handmade felt objects.
7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month — A joint biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a catalog on Martin Wong’s Chinatowns, Catherine Opie’s portraiture, queer nightlife through the ages, and more.
Best Buy Hosts July 4th Sale With Notable Apple and Tech Deals — Best Buy kicked off its annual Fourth of July sale this week, with notable markdowns on Apple devices, TVs, headphones and speakers, monitors, appliances, and much more. This sale is set to last through Sunday,…
Best robot vacuum and mop deal: Get $500 off the iRobot Roomba 505X robot vacuum and mop — A one-two punch for your dirty floors.
'The Vampire Lestat's Sam Reid on Magnus, Claudia, Sofia, and more — Would Lestat listen to Chappell Roan? Asked and answered.
Bloomberg Surveillance 8/12/2026 — Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives for the trading day. (Source: Bloomberg)
3 award-winning movies to watch on Netflix this weekend (June 26-28) — Kick back and relax with the right entertainment.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews — “A Terrible Intimacy,” “This Is Not About Running,” “The Summer Boy,” and “The Children.”
Netflix says around 300 titles used generative AI — Some titles used AI to create ‘enhanced crowds, historical battle sequences, and worldbuilding establishing shots.’
OpenAI's head of safety is reportedly leaving as part of company reorganization — The role will be replaced by an executive in charge of both research and safety teams.
At least three killed in explosion near cafe in Russia’s Moscow — Fifteen also injured in the blast in Kudrinskaya Square, authorities say.
The Ruthless Portraits of Elizabeth I’s Reign — An exhibition in London traces how depictions of the monarch projected an image of authority, power, wealth, and the right to be regarded as a god in all but name.
Inside Akira Ikezoe’s Studio — The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.
The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum — A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western institutions.
The Engine Is Time | Batpurev Tsend-Ayush | TEDxGMIT — Every transformation in our world begins with innovation — and behind every innovation, there are engineers. From computers and smartphones to artificial intelligence and advanced technologies, engineers have always been…
Martha Cooper Captures How Urban Youth Made New York — Her photographs showcase an intensely physical side of the city: breaking down boxes to dance upon, spray-painting subway cars.
Extra, Extra: An Exclusive Offer at a Shop We Love, June Edition — <p>It’s Midsommar—the summer solstice. And this month we’re serving up an exclusive discount from the fittingly named Sommerhus, a newly opened shop in Carpinteria, California—and, happily, online,…
Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints — When Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop sets out to make a woodblock print, it's rare that she only uses a single block.
Best Pokémon TCG deal: Pitch Black booster packs are now 13% off at Amazon — They're also under market price on TCGplayer.
Can Netanyahu survive Israel’s most consequential election? — Israelis head to the polls in October for the country's first election since the war on Gaza began.
OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models | TechCrunch — OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.
Current Obsessions: Summer Lull — <p>Hope you’re keeping cool and taking care this July weekend. Ahead, for your consideration: a new Brooklyn outpost with a great garden, a lightweight cotton duvet cover we love, and an escape in the Yucatán that makes us feel cooler…