In 1990, I’d started an exciting job as executive assistant to the director and chief curator of the not-yet-opened Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. On my first day, I was introduced to Peter, the museum’s talented publications manager. I smiled as I shook his hand, but he made no distinct impression. As I settled…
A 27-year-old woman began an experiment on herself early one morning in December 2024. Her laboratory was her childhood bedroom, tucked into a second-floor corner of a pale yellow house in the Boston suburbs. On a bookshelf behind her sat a small stuffed sloth and some favorite books, including “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse. Her parents…
Matt Crossick/PA Images via Getty Images, Arturo Holmes/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Nicole said that she wanted to wear red for the “Costume Art”-themed exhibit, dress code “Fashion Is Art,” because she “wanted to embrace the way red has been used in art through the years.” And for her, red is “a strong symbol…
Ruslan Gabbasov knew his activism had made him a target of Russia’s security services, so when he found an Apple AirTag tracker hidden under the hood of his car last spring, he understood it meant trouble. Just not how much trouble. The discovery of the tracking device triggered a sprawling, yearlong investigation by the authorities…
At the finish line, Sawe held up sponsors Adidas’ latest ‘supershoe’ with his time written along the side, acknowledging the technology which had assisted him. The Adidas Adios Pro 3 shoes, available to purchase for an eye-watering £450, weigh just 99g – 30% lighter than the previous model. The company claims they deliver an 11%…
Shorouk Express Investigators added that the brakeman of one of the carriages applied the brakes, but that this didn’t have sufficient capacity to prevent the disaster. Both carriages had travelled only six meters after leaving their stations on Wednesday, around 6 p.m., when the cable connecting them snapped, the report said. Sixteen people died in…
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A Korean YouTuber manually folded the Galaxy Z Fold 7 200,000 times over five days to test its real-world durability. Samsung’s 500,000-fold durability claim for the inner screen seems plausible so far, but the test did produce some hardware issues. Notable issues included a reboot error (6,000–10,000 folds), hinge…
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon’s new Prime for Young Adults membership is now available with a free six-month trial. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 24 is eligible for membership. The trial offers all the benefits of a Prime membership, including six months of free Prime Video streaming. Amazon’s Prime Day sale…
A bug that broke jump links in the Start menu was previously flagged up with Windows 10’s April updateThat glitch was actually floating about in earlier updates (going back to February)Microsoft has fixed the problem, which related to a change to bring a Microsoft account-related panel to the Start menu in Windows 10 Remember that…
Shorouk Express Zelenskyy also noted that if Russia does not adhere to the fragile ceasefire, Ukraine will fight back: “There won’t be a situation where Russia will continue to shell our energy infrastructure and we won’t respond. We will respond.” Following Tuesday night’s strikes, Russian officials in Krasnodar claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack caused…
