February 8, 2025

European Fine art

European Fine art

US Debt Interest Bill Rockets Past a Cool $1 Trillion a Year

An anonymous reader writes: US Treasuries may face renewed selling pressure into the new year if one measure of the nation’s swelling debt repayment bill is any guide. Estimated annualized interest payments on the US government debt pile climbed past $1 trillion at the end of last month, Bloomberg analysis shows. That projected amount has

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Generative AI Already Taking White Collar Jobs and Wages in Online Freelancing World

An anonymous reader shares a report: In an ingenious study published this summer, US researchers showed that within a few months of the launch of ChatGPT, copywriters and graphic designers on major online freelancing platforms saw a significant drop in the number of jobs they got, and even steeper declines in earnings. This suggested not

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Ecsite | shares details of International Directors Forum

Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums, has shared details of the inaugural International Directors Forum on science engagement, which it is leading from 14 to 17 November in partnership with host institution Heureka, Finland. The event was developed in collaboration with Ecsite’s sister science engagement networks, Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres (ASPAC),

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What’s That Building? The Indian Village neighborhood

Matthew Mateja, a retired CPS teacher, has been intrigued by a six-square-block section of Chicago since he was a North Side kid attending Whitney Young High School with classmates from the South Side. In the time since, he’s gotten to know the area — between 48th and 51st streets, in the two blocks between DuSable

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Ken Gun Min’s art melds Korean pigment, beads, textiles

Ken Gun Min is a daydreamer. “I have one foot in reality and the other in fantasy,” the painter says as he sits on the floor of his Koreatown studio and sews beads onto a finished canvas. “I have a fantasy-oriented brain. I am constantly daydreaming and creating stories.” Walking through his 1920 Spanish home

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Cocktails and Carpaccio in Maastricht’s Historic Dutch Cinema

I took advantage of the superb public transportation system in the Netherlands this week and took a train to Maastricht, one of the oldest cities in the country. Maastricht lies two-and-a-half hours south of Amsterdam by train. A ticket costs €30 to €50 one-way, depending on fare class. I opted for first class on the

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Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4 Million Loss; CFO Quits

The Sphere in Las Vegas reported an operating loss of $98.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, Sphere Entertainment Co. said this morning on an earnings call. From a report: Additionally, the company lost its chief financial officer, as Gautam Ranji has resigned, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Ranji’s exit

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Amazon is Ditching Android for Fire TVs, Smart Displays

172207093 story Posted by msmash on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:00PM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. Lowpass: Amazon has been working on a new operating system to replace Android on Fire TVs, smart displays and other connected devices, I have learned from talking to multiple sources with knowledge of these plans, as well as job listings

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Peter Doig Is Selling Prints to Benefit the George Padmore Institute

Limited-edition prints by Peter Doig, the Scottish-born artist known for his depictions of nature and nostalgia, go on sale today (Nov. 9) to benefit an ailing nonprofit in London. The work portrays poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson, a longstanding influence of Doig’s, mid-performance at one of his reggae-infused spoken word concerts. Peter Doig’s ‘Brixton

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The Humane Ai Pin Launches Its Campaign To Replace Phones

Humane, the startup founded by former Apple design and engineering team Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has officially launched its long-awaited Ai Pin — making a splashy foray into the nascent field of artificial intelligence hardware. From a report: The device can magnetically clip onto clothing and will cost $699 with a $24-a-month subscription —

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