ALL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY: Although Prada caters to stylish women, the Italian designer company showed its soft spot for children as the lead sponsor for The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s annual gala Thursday night. Hosted by The Society of MSK’s associate committee, the gathering raised more than $600,000 including $122,600
A partnership between Qualcomm and Iridium to bring satellite connectivity to Android phones has fallen apart, almost a year after the deal was announced. From a report: In January, the two companies debuted the Snapdragon Satellite platform, a way to bring satellite-based SMS and emergency messaging to high-end smartphones. But on Thursday, Iridium said Qualcomm
Clarendon Fine Art has announced a new solo exhibition by Maxim, eminent mixed media artist and legendary frontman of techno rave band The Prodigy, on 15th November 2023. The show will open at Clarendon’s Covent Garden gallery on the eve of The Prodigy’s major European tour Army of the Ants, and will present a brand
The Salon Art + Design fair opens at the Park Avenue Armory today (Nov. 10), marking the event’s 12th edition, which boasts fifty exhibitors and twelve special design exhibitions for a total of sixty-two booths. This year will show an expanded emphasis on art with newcomers to the fair Galerie Gmurzynska, Halcyon Gallery and Zeit
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
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
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),
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
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
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