May 2025

Aracne, Explained: Laura Alba Takes Us Inside the Prado’s Groundbreaking Art Authentication Software

Last month, the University of Seville and the Museo Nacional del Prado announced the release of Aracne, a new software program that promises to revolutionize art authentication via science. Aracne is brilliantly named, as it uses the fabrics most commonly used in easel painting to help determine provenance and the relationship of a work to

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Opinion: To Accelerate NY’s Climate Progress, Pass a Clean Fuel Policy

“New York can forge ahead by adopting a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS). It’s a proven, market-driven strategy for rapidly decarbonizing transportation at minimal public expense.” A truck traveling through Queens. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) This week, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a budget deal which allocates $1 billion for climate programs, details TBA. But the Legislature still has urgent work to

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Taipei Dangdai Director Robin Peckham Talks Art, Ambition and Taiwan’s Global Rise

Next week, Taipei Dangdai returns to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center with a VIP preview on May 8. This year’s theme, “Art & Ideas,” reflects this art fair’s ambition to serve not only as a platform for market activity but also as a catalyst for discourse, fostering international exposure for Taiwanese art while providing space

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Tenants Facing Evictions Increasingly Don’t Have Lawyers Despite NYC Law, Comptroller’s Report Finds

An increasing share of tenants facing eviction are doing so without housing attorneys, according to a new report from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander highlighting an issue tenant advocates have been ringing alarm bells about for years as evictions continued to surge post-pandemic.  Lander’s report released Friday draws heavily from an analysis from the

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Staff shortage, runway repairs ground flights at Newark airport

Fliers are dealing with widespread cancellations and delays at Newark Liberty International Airport Friday, as the terminal grapples with a shortage of air traffic controllers, equipment issues and repair work on a runway that’s led to bottlenecks for flights.  Staff shortages at the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control center in Pennsylvania, which guides aircraft in

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Tim Cook Says Tariffs Will Cost Apple at Least $900M in April-June Quarter

Apple CEO Tim Cook was peppered with seemingly nonstop tariff questions during the company’s quarterly earnings call yesterday (May 1). Addressing mounting concerns over U.S.-China trade tensions, Cook revealed that current tariffs could cost the iPhone maker $900 million in the April–June period. “Assuming the current global tariff rates, policies and applications do not change

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Prince Harry Says King Charles ‘Won’t Speak to Me’ in BBC Interview

Photo: The Stewart of NY/GC Images/Getty Images If you thought Prince Harry was done giving tell-all interviews, think again! The prince sat down with BBC News shortly after a judge dismissed his appeal of a previous court ruling that let the British government scale back his taxpayer-funded security detail. Harry said he would “love reconciliation”

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