California Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, used her opening statement at a markup hearing to criticize President Donald Trump’s business and ethical entanglements with the crypto industry, including the launch of a stablecoin by a family-backed company. Addressing lawmakers at an April 2 hearing, Waters said Trump had … Read more
Museums continue to collect art, but most of it sits in storage indefinitely. A new model in Los Angeles is challenging the idea that art ownership must mean exclusivity. RBL/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images While many things about museums have changed over the years, and many more are changing now, the growth of their permanent collections has remained … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T is facing serious heat after DJ Vlad, the mastermind behind VladTV, dropped a bombshell update on April 2, 2025, accusing the wrestling legend of fabricating stories and associating with a registered sex offender. The drama unfolded on X, where Vlad didn’t hold back, sharing receipts to back up his … Read more
Art by Michael Zhang Apple has a strong culture of secrecy, so when it shares details about its behind-the-scenes projects and processes, it’s a special treat. Today the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast has published one such treat. The latest episode features Apple staffers going in-depth on the company’s Accessibility and Health work, including AI and … Read more
Tesla has been the subject of mounting political protests. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The impact of Elon Musk’s political power on Tesla (TSLA) is finally showing up in numbers. In the first three months of 2025, Tesla delivered 336,681 electric vehicles, the company disclosed today (April 2). The figure is the lowest since 2022 and about 9 … Read more
Unfortunately, like all mediums, professional wrestling attracts those who are deemed undesirables. This can be because their political views don’t align with what is considered to be the right side of history, because they have used their power to coerce and extort their followers, or because they look down upon those classed as minorities. Related … Read more
Rivian is one of several CarPlay holdouts, opting instead to build its own infotainment system focused on deep integration with the R1S and R1T hardware. A new aftermarket accessory hitting the market this month, however, claims that it will add CarPlay and a wide suite of other apps to Rivian with a do-it-yourself installation process … Read more
St Johnstone owner Adam Webb says cutting the number of clubs in the Scottish Premiership from 12 to 10 would be “a huge mistake”. It was revealed on Tuesday that the SPFL’s Competitions Working Group (CWG) are drawing up plans over a smaller top-flight league, and scrapping the top-six split. Webb – whose club is … Read more
“How to be Happy Together?” is a testament to Para Site’s commitment to probing contemporary social, political and cultural issues. Photo: Felix SC Wong Founded in 1996 as Hong Kong’s first self-organized and artist-run space and initially managed by a group of the city’s artists and curators, Para Site today plays a vital role in … Read more
Sentient, an artificial intelligence development platform backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, has released an open-source AI search framework that it says outperforms leading closed-source competitors. The company announced the public release of Open Deep Search (ODS) on April 2, describing it as a high-performance, developer-friendly alternative to platforms like Perplexity AI and OpenAI’s GPT-4o. … Read more