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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last week, OpenAI announced it was acquiring io, a company that makes AI products. The firm was co-founded by Jony Ive, a highly respected designer best known for his collaboration with…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story He layered the paint and combed it with an Afro pick. Or he froze it and smashed it, reassembling the fragments into new wholes. Like an alchemist, he altered its texture…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the morning of April 23, 2024, Claudio David Balkane González, a twenty-six-year-old musician from the state of Aragua, Venezuela, arrived at the Texas border. He had crossed nine countries in…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The diversity of streaming platforms can be likened to a multitude of libraries: countless treasures line the shelves, but they often get overlooked. One of the Criterion Channel’s strengths is its…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Check out Daniel Lombroso’s film Hold the Line. In a few weeks, Southern Baptist leaders from across the country will gather in Dallas for their annual conference. The events, which draw…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When “It Was Just an Accident,” the new film by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, Panahi reacted in a way I’ve…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last spring, Daniel Kokotaylo, an AI safety researcher working at OpenAI, quit in protest. He felt the company was unprepared for the future of its technology, and he wanted to draw…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, artist Kadir Nelson imagined Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a column of cyclists from the past and present. “I sought to honor…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Nathan Fielder, like Andy Kaufman, creates performance comedy that not only satirizes society but also experimentally shakes it, practicing his art in the middle ground between reality and fiction. He presents…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When the competition program for the 78th Cannes Film Festival was unveiled a few weeks ago, I was not the only one who predicted that Iranian director Jafar Panahi would win…