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Amazon to blow $11B on cluster of Indiana bit barns
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Talk about going round the (South) BendAmazon Web Services (AWS) is adding $11 billion of datacenter capacity in St Joseph County outside South Bend, Indiana, the cloud giant announced Thursday.


Cops cuff man for allegedly framing colleague with AI-generated hate speech clip
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Athletics boss accused of deep-faking Baltimore school principalBaltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school's principal using AI software to make it seem as if he made racist and antisemitic remarks.


Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls'
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Cash to go out as refunds to puntersThe FTC today announced it would be sending refunds totaling $5.6 million to Ring customers, paid from the Amazon subsidiary's coffers.


ByteDance 'would rather' torpedo TikTok than sell it off
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
As app boss vows to nuke America's divest-or-ban law in the courtsBetween shutting down or selling TikTok, owner ByteDance would prefer doing the former.


FCC votes 3-2 to bring net neutrality back from the dead
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Law responds again to pingsThe FCC voted Thursday to restore America's net neutrality rules, nearly seven years after they were taken offline.


Detecting drift and dealing with the Silicon Valley mindset
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Pulumi's CEO on new products and thatotherInfrastructure as Code companyInterviewInfrastructure as code biz Pulumi has updated its eponymous Deployments product with drift detection and automated clean-up for an untidy reality.


Two cuffed in Samourai Wallet crypto dirty money sting
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100MTwo men alleged to be co-founders of cryptocurrency biz Samourai Wallet face serious charges and potentially decades in US prison over claims they owned a product that facilitated the laundering of over $100 million in criminal cash.


TSMC says first 1.6nm chips coming in 2026
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Watch out Intel ... Angstrom-class A16 with Super Rail backside power tech incomingSemiconductor giant TSMC has disclosed details of a process technology called A16 that could be delivering the first 1.6nm chips for customers by 2026.


Spotify claims Apple wants 'tax' for in-app pricing tweak
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
App maker accuses Cupertino of defying EU rulesSpotify claims Apple rejected an update to the popular music streaming app that would have informed users about purchase methods outside of the Apple ecosystem.


DARPA's latest toy is a 20-foot, 12-ton tank that drives itself
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Crew entirely optionalDARPA has been working on off-road autonomous vehicles for decades, and now it has a combat-scale unmanned tank to show.


City council audit trail is an audit fail after disastrous Oracle ERP rollout
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Europe's largest local authority had no way of knowing if fraud took placeBirmingham City Council, Europe's biggest local authority, has no way of knowing if financial fraud has been committed after it failed to run security and audit features in a new Oracle Fusion ERP system.


SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM techThe global AI infrastructure buying frenzy is still in full swing– so much so that it has pushed the world's second largest memory maker, SK hynix, into its second highest operating profit ever and an all-time high for Q1 revenues.


Russia, Iran pose most aggressive threat to 2024 elections, say infoseccers
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Google security crew reveal‘the four Ds’ to be on the watch forIt may come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that experts say, in revealing the most prevalent and likely tactics to meddle with elections this year, that state-sponsored cybercriminals pose the biggest threat.


Meta's value plummets as Zuckerberg admits AI needs more time and money
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Revenues up, but is the AI hype bubble is threatening to burst?Meta's shares tumbled after company boss Mark Zuckerberg said the quiet bit out loud: it will take a while before AI bets start paying back the huge financial investments it is making.


Atos hopes for lifeline as refinancing saga set to drag on into May
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Struggling French tech giant posts disappointing Q1 resultsCrisis-hit tech giant Atos is pushing back the deadline for its refinancing proposals after posting a slim operating profit of€48 million ($51 million) for calendar Q1.


Japan's Moon lander makes it through another lunar night
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
What do we say to the God of Death? Not todayJapan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has woken up again, having survived three lunar nights.


Turns out teaching criminals to write web code keeps them out of prison
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
The software redemptionTeaching prisoners how to design and program websites turns out to improve their sense of self-worth and provides them with digital literacy skills that help them stay out of prison.


Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
The Thermonator can be yours for just $9,420Picture Boston Dynamics' nightmare fuel robot dog Spot. Now imagine it 1,000 percent more terrifying.


Microsoft and Amazon's AI ambitions spark regulatory rumble
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Tech giants confident everything's in orderUK regulators want to hear from "interested third parties" on whether Microsoft and Amazon's investments in AI startups is impeding competition.


BMW calls for vendor openness in quest to mine its own processes
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
'Software companies try to extend their reach and their usage, but this can't be by locking in users,' says process mining leadBMW's process mining leader has called for greater openness among enterprise application and software vendors to avoid data lock-in.


Forget the AI doom and hype, let's make computers useful
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Machine learning has its place, just not in ways that suits today's hypestersSystems ApproachFull disclosure: I have a history with AI, having flirted with it in the 1980s (remember expert systems?) and then having safely avoided the AI winter of the late 1980s by veering off into formal verification before finally landing on networking as my specialty in 1988.


Indian bank’s IT is so shabby it’s been banned from opening new accounts
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
After two years of warnings, and outages, regulators ran out of patience with Kotak Mahindra BankIndia’s central bank has banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from signing up new customers for accounts or credit cards through its online presence and app.


Samsung shows off battery tech it says will see you gone in nine minutes
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Might help to set spluttering EV market on fire. Won't catch fire thanks to built-in ventsSamsung SDI, the Korean giant’s battery biz, on Tuesday promised EV batteries that can charge to 80 percent capacity in a mere nine minutes, plus models that can perform at that level for 20 years.


IBM to acquire Hashi for $6.4B, hopes it will boost software biz and Red Hat
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
Investors want to know what Big Blue is smoking after growth disappointsIBM has announced it will acquire Hashi for $6.4 billion, and touted the deal as meaning its hybrid cloud platform will emerge with a“comprehensive” set of products.


Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 GMT
And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacksThe director general of Australia’s lead intelligence agency and the commissioner of its Federal Police yesterday both called for social networks to offer more assistance to help their investigators work on cases involving terrorism, child exploitation, and racist nationalism.


Governments issue alerts after 'sophisticated' state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Don't get too comfortable: 'Line Dancer' malware may be targeting other vendors, tooA previously unknown and "sophisticated" nation-state group compromised Cisco firewalls as early as November 2023 for espionage purposes— and possibly attacked network devices made by other vendors including Microsoft, according to warnings from the networking giant and three Western governments.


With Run:ai acquisition, Nvidia aims to manage your AI kubes
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Now Jensen has a control plane to play with his army of NIMsNvidia on Wednesday announced the acquisition of AI-centric Kubernetes orchestration provider Run:ai in an effort to help bolster the efficiency of computing clusters built on GPU.


Apple releases OpenELM, a slightly more accurate LLM
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
It's not the fastest machine learning model, but you can't have everythingApple, not normally known for its openness, has released a generative AI model called OpenELM which apparently outperforms a set of other language models trained on public data sets.


Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
It's the millions-of-robotaxis promise again– and all y'all buying it this time, too?OpinionElon Musk has a strategy and you may have seen it before: When things aren't going well, he'll say something wild to take everyone's eyes off the trouble, and raise share prices with dreams.


Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Doctorow: 'The most amazing part is that this isn'talreadythe way it's done'Collaboration software used by federal government agencies— this includes apps from Microsoft, Zoom, Slack, and Google — will be required to work together and be securely end-to-end encrypted, if legislation proposed by US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) passes.


Now all Windows 11 users are getting adverts to 'make the Start menu great again'
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
And you thought the Bing begging was annoyingMicrosoft has made good on its promise, or threat, to put advertisements inside the Windows 11 Start menu with its latest update.


Lenovo and Micron first to implement LPCAMM2 in laptop
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
The SODIMM replacement finally arrivesLenovo's latest ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop is set to be the first to use the new LPCAMM2 memory form factor, the successor to SODIMM sticks.


Microsoft cannot keep its own security in order, so what hope for its add-ons customers?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Secure-by-default... if your pockets are deep enoughMicrosoft has come under fire for charging for security add-ons despite the company's own patchy record when it comes to vulnerabilities and breaches.


US Chamber of Commerce to sue FTC for banning noncompetes in most jobs
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Senior execs making $150K+ will still have to abide by them, but they fall away for everyone elseThe US Chamber of Commerce is saying it will sue the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for officially banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts across America.


Another Boeing whistleblower comes forward– with receipts
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
What's that? Q1 was better than expected? Pump those sharesAnother Boeing whistleblower has come forward to report problems at his former employer, but that doesn't seem to have upset shareholders, who sent shares skyward on news of a quarter bearing fewer losses than expected.


Management company settles for $18.4M after nuclear weapons plant staff fudged their timesheets
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
The firm 'fessed up to staff misconduct and avoided criminal liabilityA company contracted to manage an Amarillo, Texas nuclear weapons facility has to pay US government $18.4 million in a settlement over allegations that its atomic technicians fudged their timesheets to collect more money from Uncle Sam.


Google cools on cookie phase-out while regulators chew on plans
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Privacy Sandbox slips into 2025 after challenges from UK authoritiesGoogle's plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is being postponed to 2025 amid wrangling with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).


US charges Iranians with cyber snooping on government, companies
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Their holiday options are now far more restrictedThe US has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their alleged roles in various attacks on US companies and government departments, all of whom are claimed to have worked for fake companies linked to Iran's military.


Oracle changes its tune with HQ move to Music City
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Nashville 'ticked all the boxes' for Big Red's employees, says founder EllisonOracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison has confirmed that the tech giant plans to move its global headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee.


Tesla misses the mark on all fronts in quarter of chaos
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Who cares that net profit slid 55%? Not Wall StreetIn a dynamic first quarter, Elon Musk's Tesla contended with a terrorist organization, survived an arson attempt, and fiercely competed with hybrid car makers, all against a backdrop of falling prices as competition for electric vehicle customers intensified.


Euro cloud group blasts Broadcom over VMware licensing maneuvers
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
CISPE says concessions 'solve nothing'UpdatedEuro cloud trade body CISPE has hit back at concessions offered by Broadcom over VMware licensing, saying these do not address key issues that led it to lobby the European Commission into investigating.


European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approvalThe European Parliament has adopted the right-to-repair directive with 584 votes in favor and three against, making repairing goods more accessible and cost-effective.


Law prof predicts generative AI will die at the hands of watchdogs
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Big tech backlash and animus against the machines will invite stifling red tapeVideoGenerative AI is destined to drown in a tsunami of regulation, argues Santa Clara University law professor Eric Goldman.


Strong electric car sales expected for 2024, but charging grid needs work
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
International Energy Agency points out obvious: Infrastructure needs to meet demandThe International Energy Agency (IEA) is reminding governments to match the continued rapid growth of electric car sales with infrastructure improvements.


Rapidus US chief says AI chip crunch, supply chain paranoia make for an ideal growth climate
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Japanese foundry upstart aims to bolster domestic production while catering to growing demand for custom acceleratorsInterviewThe foundry space is arguably the most complex and competitive it has been in decades as foundry upstarts in the US and Japan look to challenge heavyweights Samsung and TSMC for a piece of the action.


Graph databases speaking the same language after ISO gives GQL the nod
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Standards body adoption could help ease portability between vendorsGQL, the query language for graph databases, has been recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), offering users more portability of queries and skills between graph database systems.


If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
One wonders why are there adverts on public-sector portals at allExclusiveAt least 18 public-sector websites in the UK and US send visitor data in some form to various web advertising brokers– including an ad-tech biz in China involved in past privacy controversies, a security firm claims.


Japanese and Singaporean devs battle over gamified crowdsourced telco maintenance app
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
You read that right– it's a bit like Pokémon Go, but for telephone polesTokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO)– which manages infrastructure including the Fukushima nuclear power plant – is reportedly involved in an IP dispute over an app that gamifies the crowdsourced identification of faulty power poles.


China's mega-telcos are spending billions on AI servers
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
China Mobile alone wants almost 8,000 machinesGiant Chinese telco China Mobile, which boasts over a billion customers, wants to purchase nearly 8,000 AI servers.


Senate passes law forcing ByteDance to sell off TikTok– or face a US ban
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 GMT
Somewhere in Beijing, someone's screaming: Mother, PFACAA!UpdatedThe US Senate has passed a bill that compels TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to offload the app to a US-approved buyer or face a ban. President Biden has indicated he will sign it into law.


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Disney Scrapped‘The Spiderwick Chronicles.’ Roku Saved It.
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Canceled by Disney before it even aired,“The Spiderwick Chronicles” found a new home at Roku and has so far “delivered results beyond expectations,” its creator said.

One for the Ages: Sonia Delaunay’s Wearable Abstractions
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A steamer trunk worth of clothing and textiles by the French-Ukrainian artist reveals the sartorial origins of abstraction.

‘Terrestrial Verses’ Review: Crossing Lines in Iran
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Ordinary Iranians face a maze of byzantine rules and small indignities in this series of gripping vignettes.

A Wanderer, Ravel and Suzanne Farrell: Life Is Good at City Ballet
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
The spring season at New York City Ballet opened with an all-Balanchine program and a vintage miniature from 1975:“Errante,” staged for a new generation.

‘Challengers’ Review: Game, Set, Love Matches
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play friends, lovers and foes on and off the tennis court in Luca Guadagnino’s latest.

How Paris Changed the Expat Artists
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
An exhibition at the Grey Art Museum explores the fervid postwar scene in Paris, where Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell and others learned lessons America couldn’t teach them.

Zendaya, Luca Guadagnino, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on ‘Challengers’
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, who play three entangled tennis pros, and their director, Luca Guadagnino, talk about ambition, jealousy and the “erotic amusement” of their new movie.

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Star Countertenor, to Lead Opera Philadelphia
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Costanzo will be a rare figure in classical music: an artist in his prime who is also working as an administrator.

From Bananas as Art to Bullets: Maurizio Cattelan’s Got a Gun Show
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
From bananas as art to bullet-riddled panels: The Italian artist, in a rare in-person interview, tells why he turned his sardonic gaze on a violence-filled world.

Review: Steve Carell as the 50-Year-Old Loser in a Comic‘Uncle Vanya’
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.

‘Humane’ Review: An Ethical Crisis and a Dinner Party
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Caitlin Cronenberg’s debut feature is set in a dystopian world that’s alarmingly believable.

‘Boy Kills World’ Review: A Wide-Eyed Assassin
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Beefed up and bloodied, Bill Skarsgard goes mano a mano against disposable hordes in this dystopian action flick.

Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In a court filing, the Art Institute of Chicago fought Manhattan prosecutors’ efforts to seize an important Egon Schiele drawing, denying that the Nazis had stolen it.

Improv Is Making a Comeback in New York
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
The pandemic dealt a major blow to the once-thriving comedy form, but a new energy can be seen in performances throughout the city.

9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

What to Watch This Weekend: An Experiment from Comedy Weirdos
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Perhaps you would enjoy“Knuckles,” a Sonic the Hedgehog spinoff that outpaces its origin story.

Michael Cuscuna, Who Unearthed Hidden Jazz Gems, Dies at 75
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Possibly the most prolific archival record producer in history, he was a founder of the Mosaic label, which became the gold standard of jazz reissues.

Popcast (Deluxe): Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured’ Era
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A discussion about the singer’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” her “imperial era,” rumored relationships and production choices.

Helen Vendler: An Appreciation
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
She devoted her life to showing us how and why.

‘Challengers,’ Zendaya’s Looks Deliver Normcore
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Zendaya breaks hearts in a stylish tennis love triangle.

‘Nowhere Special’ Review: Old Bonds, New Family
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
This understated tear-jerker sees a dying single father making future family plans for his toddler son.

‘Infested’ Review: Bugging Out
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
An apartment building in Paris is overrun by murderous arachnids and unsubtle allegory in this fleet and efficient debut feature.

The Culture Desk: Alicia Keys on Reimagining“Fallin” for Broadway
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
The singer talks about finding a new home for her first hit.

They Saw Dallas as a Literary Hub, Then Got to Work Making It One
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
“We are a literary city”: Will Evans started saying it in 2013, when he started the publisher Deep Vellum. Alongside the bookstore Wild Detectives and others, they’ve put Dallas on the literary map.

Yunchan Lim’s Chopin, and Other Classical Albums to Hear Now
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.

NADA, TEFAF, Frieze: A Roundup of New York’s Art Fairs
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Beyond Frieze, the options for collectors include events devoted to contemporary African art as well as underrepresented and emerging artists. Here’s a roundup.

‘Unsung Hero’ Review: Music Dedicated to the One They Love
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In fact, there’s a lot of singing in the clan whose members inspired this movie and who have racked up five Grammy Awards for their Christian recordings.

‘The Feeling’ Review: Fifty Shades of Apathy
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In the sex comedy“The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Joanna Arnow keeps her scenes short and her expressions flat.

Frieze New York: The Artist Tania Candiani Listens Closely
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
She does deep research to create her videos, sound installations and other works that draw attention to the things that go unnoticed.

Frieze New York: Here’s What You Need to Know
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Here are some tips on what to see, and even what to drink, as the art fair returns to the Shed.

Frieze New York: Tao Siqi Connects With Baudelaire’s Poetry
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Tao Siqi’s fluorescent-colored paintings, inspired by Charles Baudelaire, will be on display in the Capsule Shanghai booth at Frieze New York.

In an Election Year, 10 University Museums Focus on Democracy
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A coalition of universities is tying exhibitions into the 2024 elections and the broader issue of extreme political polarization in the United States.

At Frieze New York, Artists Examine the Effects of Technology
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
From mining materials for electronics to a connection to colonialism, these exhibitions offer another viewpoint.

In May, New York Commands the Art World’s Attention
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Other cities have game, but springtime in the Big Apple brings a concentration of fairs, auctions and shows without parallel.

Detroit’s East Village Is Being Transformed Into an Art Hub
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
The founders of a downtown art gallery see the potential for a vibrant community and art hub in the East Village and are putting the pieces in place.

At SFMOMA, Music is More than Just Sound
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
SFMOMA explores the galaxy of visual and technological design that has long revolved around the music we love.

An Exhibition on the U.S.-Mexico Border Shares Fresh Stories
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In a biennial show this spring and summer between two museums on either side of the border, artists tell fresh stories about a contentious region.

Jimmy Kimmel Dunks on Trump’s Billion-Dollar Stock Bonus
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
“Donald Trump somehow made a lot of money from a company that makes none,” Kimmel said.

Getty Museum Agrees to Return Ancient Bronze Head to Turkey
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
The museum did not detail its exact reasoning but said it had received information from New York investigators who consider the artifact to have been looted.

Video Shows Crash That Injured Crew Members of‘The Pickup’
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Video of a collision during the filming of“The Pickup” shows an armored truck and an S.U.V. veering off a road before the truck flips onto the smaller vehicle.

Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for“Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.

10 Highlights from the Venice Biennale
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A tour of the international exhibition, which opened last week and runs through November.

Review: Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
In“Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.

Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.

Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.

Helen Vendler,‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.

The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?

These Are the Artists on the Turner Prize Shortlist
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
This year’s four nominees are Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, Pio Abad and Delaine Le Bas, whose works draw on personal history and cultural interpretations.

‘So Far From Ukraine’: A Princely Dancer Finds a Home in Miami
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet’s style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He’s also the prince in “Swan Lake.”

‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.

What Directors Love About Nicole Kidman
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
As the actress receives a life achievement award from the American Film Institute this week, five filmmakers discuss what makes her work so singular.

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
The Gen Z‘it girl’ singer on the painful push and pull of young love.

For Maxine Hong Kingston, Age Is Just Time Going By
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
At 83, the novelist and professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, likes to“go into the new.”

‘Orlando’ Review: A Virginia Woolf Fantasy That Plays With Gender
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
In this revival of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can’t make up for the loss of poetry.

New York Botanical Garden Creates a‘Wonderland’ Adventure
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.

How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
A new category of apps promises to relieve parents of drudgery, with an assist from A.I. But a family’s grunt work is more human, and valuable, than it seems.

Kehinde Wiley’s New Show Seeks Enlightenment in Darkness
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
Many artists are dimming the lights of their museum shows, for a mix of symbolic and spiritual reasons.

The Mississippi Museum of Art Takes on Mental Illness
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
A 183-canvas painting by Noah Saterstrom explores mental illness, his family’s struggle with it — and the state’s response to those impaired by it.

Manuel Mathieu’s North Miami Show Explores Haiti’s History
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
The young artist interweaves the personal and the political, asking such questions as,“How can we build when we are inhabited by rage?”

NY Times Obituaries:




Peter Schey, Tenacious Lawyer Who Defended Migrant Rights, Dies at 77
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy.

Penny Simkin,‘Mother of the Doula Movement,’ Dies at 85
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.

Michael Cuscuna, Who Unearthed Hidden Jazz Gems, Dies at 75
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Possibly the most prolific archival record producer in history, he was a founder of the Mosaic label, which became the gold standard of jazz reissues.

Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for“Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.

Alfonso Chardy, Who Helped Expose Iran-Contra Scandal, Dies at 72
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A Miami Herald correspondent, he powered a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting and helped snare three other Pulitzers for the paper.

Helen Vendler,‘Colossus’ of Poetry Criticism, Dies at 90
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.

Donald Payne, Five-Term New Jersey Congressman, Dies at 65
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
A Newark Democrat, he succeeded his father, who was the first Black member of his state’s congressional delegation.

Terry Carter, Barrier-Breaking Actor and Documentarian, Dies at 95
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
He was a rare Black presence on“Combat!” and “The Phil Silvers Show,” then made well-regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.

Phyllis Pressman, Luxury Superstore Matriarch, Is Dead at 95
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 +0000
She started working at Barneys to be closer to her husband. Then, she became the architect of the Chelsea Passage, the home goods bazaar that helped make it an enticing destination.

Sheppie Abramowitz, Who Advocated Relief for Refugees, Dies at 88
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
She helped people fleeing conflicts in Vietnam, China, Kosovo and elsewhere around the world, and established the Washington office of the International Rescue Committee.

Howie Schwab, ESPN Researcher and Trivia Star, Dies at 63
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 +0000
He stepped out of his behind-the-scenes role in 2004 when he was cast as the ultimate sports know-it-all on the game show“Stump the Schwab.”

Joel Breman, Who Helped Stop an Ebola Outbreak in Africa, Dies at 87
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 +0000
Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like smallpox, malaria and Guinea worm.

Lori and George Schappell, Long-Surviving Conjoined Twins, Die at 62
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 +0000
They were distinct people who pursued different lives.“Get past this already, everybody,” Lori said, “get past it and learn to know the individual person.”

Bob Heil, Whose Innovations Enhanced the Sound of Rock, Dies at 83
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 +0000
A groundbreaking audio engineer, he provided the large-scale systems that brought tours by the Who and the Grateful Dead to life.

Lourdes Portillo, Oscar-Nominated Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 80
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 +0000
Her films centered on Latin American experiences and received wide acclaim.

Terry Anderson, Reporter Held Hostage for Six Years, Dies at 76
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 +0000
The Beirut bureau chief for The Associated Press, he was kidnapped in 1985 by Islamic militants.

Roman Gabriel, Star Quarterback of the 1960s and’70s, Dies at 83
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
In 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles, he played in four Pro Bowl games and was voted Most Valuable Player in 1969.

Martin Wygod, a Winner on Wall Street and the Racetrack, Dies at 84
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 +0000
After he made a fortune selling prescription drugs and providing medical information online, he and his wife became leading breeders of thoroughbred horses.

David H. Pryor, Arkansas Senator and Clinton Ally, Dies at 89
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 +0000
During his 34 years as an elected official, Mr. Pryor was sometimes said to be more liberal, especially on racial issues, than the people who elected him.

Ellen Ash Peters, Pioneer on the Connecticut Bench, Dies at 94
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 +0000
The first woman on the faculty of Yale Law School, she was named to the State Supreme Court in 1978 and became its first female chief justice six years later.

William F. Pepper, 86, Dies; Claimed the Government Killed Dr. King
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 +0000
He represented James Earl Ray and the King family in efforts to prove that Dr. King was the victim of a conspiracy, becoming a celebrity among the conspiracy-minded.

Denny Walsh, Reporter Who Tussled With Mayors and Editors, Dies at 88
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 +0000
He won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him.

Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, 82, Dies
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 +0000
Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.

Frederick Celani, Who Made a Career as a Con Man, Dies at 75
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 +0000
His serial frauds included a waterfront development in Buffalo, a civil rights law firm in California and a package delivery company in Springfield, Ill.

Mandisa Hundley,‘American Idol’ Singer, Dies at 47
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 +0000
Her Christian-themed music made her a fan favorite on‘Idol’ and won her a Grammy Award in 2013.

Beverly LaHaye, Soldier of the Christian Right, Dies at 94
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 +0000
A pastor’s wife, she formed Concerned Women for America to oppose the Equal Rights Amendment. Ronald Reagan called her “one of the powerhouses on the political scene.”