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I find it hard to believe that no one on Apple Inc’s marketing team saw this coming. Maybe they were too timid to speak up. Perhaps they were overruled.

THE LEGENDARY New York art dealer Brent Sikkema was tangled up in an ugly divorce when he got on a plane to Rio de Janeiro before Christmas last year, looking for a fresh start. With its beaches and bossa nova, Rio offered an escape, a rollicking hot spot where the 75-year-old hoped to unwind and have some fun. Brent had long held sway over a cerebral corner of the New York art scene, promoting women and diverse artists in the early 1990s when few galleries or museums exhibited either.

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns

PTI, Patar's family members stated that he passed away peacefully in his sleep. His demise has elicited sorrow from various political figures, including Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who described it as a “significant loss for the Punjabi literary world". Patar's poetic works include ‘Hawa Vich Likhe Harf’, ‘Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala’, ‘Patjhar Di Pazeb’, ‘Lafzaan Di Dargah’ and 'Surzameen'.

University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Rice University in Houston have been recognized by Forbes magazine as being among the top universities in the United States, similar to the prestigious Ivy League institutions. Forbes developed their own criteria for this ranking, excluding the traditional Ivy League schools and other well-known universities. Schools were evaluated based on factors like attracting high-achieving students, employer satisfaction, and admissions selectivity. UT Austin and Rice University are joined on the Forbes' list by other well-respected public universities like the University of Michigan and University of Virginia, along with private institutions like Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Mellon University.

iPad Pro through a creative advertisement, which depicted the destruction of various artistic objects to herald the arrival of the ultra-thin iPad. In the advertisement video, a giant industrial press can be seen crushing a range of creative instruments, including pianos, old-model TVs, guitars, toys, and whatnot. Viewers can see Apple's ultra-thin iPad, which was created after the destruction of all the instruments.

In Praise of Shadows, says, “In making for ourselves a place to live, we first spread a parasol to throw a shadow on the earth, and in the pale light of the shadow we put together a house." He goes on to cite the example of Western houses, which he says are built to create as few shadows as possible and “to expose the interior to as much light as possible". Tanizaki’s piece is essential reading on aesthetics and the psychology behind design decisions; many designers and architects swear by it.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for its Oscar prizes, museum, educational programming and screenings in view of its 100th anniversary in 2028

The Courtyard by Marriott Aravali Resort with exclusive offers for 'valued' corporate clients, while the Four Seasons Mumbai is aiming to be 'the business traveller's choice' with curated business traveller package that it claims goes 'above and beyond' and includes complimentary sparkling wines on arrival and half an hour spa treatments. Travel and hospitality companies said they are witnessing clear shifts in the requirements of India's new-age business traveller, moving several notches beyond mere hotel accommodation. The demand for personalised amenities and services is going up and is being catered to. Satyajeet Krishnan, area director, operations and general manager, Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi said business travel — both individual and in groups — has seen a significant rise over last year. The hotel is running customised offers for lawyers, and diplomats on transfer, and there is a food and beverage (F&B) focus on express lunches and group dining offers, too.

Indian studios working on complex games that require heavy investments — so far the sole domain of international publishers like Krafton and Garena — are seeing increased interest from investors, helped in part by fast-maturing consumer and talent cohorts. These studios are working on midcore and hardcore games, which generally have higher complexity compared to casual games like Ludo and require a higher level of involvement and time commitment from the player. In India, the most popular games in this genre — like Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), FreeFire, Call of Duty and Fortnite — are all from international publishers such as Krafton, Garena, Riot Games and Epic Games. Such games are often rated AA or AAA, which signifies their high development and marketing values.

youngsters gathered at the historic clock tower in Lal Chowk of Srinagar on Thursday to showcase their talent in fields of sports, arts, drama and music as part of the special voter awareness programme for Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held here on May 13. The program organised by the District Election Officer Srinagar showcased students participating in sports like martial arts, table tennis, chess and carrom, which attracted a good audience. A group of artists displayed some beautiful paintings on canvas, mainly concerning the voter awareness among masses.

To all the Barricades… The Rumour Got You at the Finnish pavilion in the Giardini, which is being presented as an assorted composition of three distinct works. The primary work is a large ballpoint pen drawing on silk across multiple panels, showing people queued up—symbolising the time spent waiting in a bureaucracy and trickle-down economy. It is accompanied by a series of sculptures, which imitate trash found on urban pavements, and a third plane consisting of cross-stitched textile forms replicating stains.

Financial Times about Casa Maria Luigia, an 18th-century house that has been converted into a guesthouse by Bottura and his wife, Lara Gilmore, in Modena, he likened his creative process to that of artist Ai WeiWei, whose triptych adorns the main hall and shows the artist dropping a Han Dynasty urn. “I think Ai WeiWei stole my idea," Bottura joked with the Financial Times. Also read: Warm breads, strawberry sloffen hearts at a Dutch bakery in Kochi “[Bottura] has been breaking with tradition in his kitchen for almost 30 years. Dining at Francescana at Maria Luigia offers guests the chance to try iconoclastic dishes such as ‘Oops! I Dropped the Lemon Tart’ that made Bottura famous," states the piece about the parallels between the chef and the artist.

Tumhari Amrita and Mughal-e-Azam—is rehearsing for his new play, Letters of Suresh. And as the title suggests, actor Vir Hirani can be seen reading out excerpts from a set of letters. The play is not set too far back in the past; rather, it deals with the post-pandemic reality.

West Bengal HS Class 12 Result 2024. Scheduled for release on May 8, 2024, at 1:00 pm, students can access their results on the official website, wbresults.nic.in. Alongside the results, the WBCHSE will unveil the list of toppers for the year 2024, featuring the names, ranks, and marks of the highest achievers in the state. Overall Pass Percentage of West Bengal Class 12 Result 2024

Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help lighten a mother’s load if she was struggling with shopping bags and children

science and art, NASA has unveiled a new visualisation that allows the public to experience a virtual journey near a black hole. Developed by astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, this tool combines scientific theory with digital imagery to explore one of the universe's most enigmatic phenomena.

Met Gala. Bollywood diva Alia Bhatt was a vision, a poetry in motion, as she stepped onto the green-tinged carpet in an ethereal mint-green Sabyasachi saree.

The recent news on the re-introduction of inheritance tax has made a lot of people panic. However, it needs to be noted that news like this often circulates every few years.

Met Gala.The theme of this year’s annual fundraiser, “The Garden of Time,” is inspired by a short story of the same name, written by J.G. Ballard in 1962.

video game is heading to a device near you. It's time to play the video game on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. Video Games 101 teaches us that if you have to go underground, you’re going to be attacked by all sorts of ghastly beasts. "Animal Well" video game, from indie publisher Bigmode, takes a different approach. This cave has some creatures you might not expect, like flamingos and kangaroos, and some of them are helpful rather than hostile.