Curator says she faked ‘Picasso’ paintings that had hung for more than 3 years in an Australian museum
14 Jul

Curator says she faked ‘Picasso’ paintings that had hung for more than 3 years in an Australian museum

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An art museum in Australia that was embroiled in a gender dispute involving several "Picasso" paintings has admitted that the works were fake.The paintings had been at the center of a gender battle that broke out after a man from the Australian state of New South Wales took legal action against the gallery after being refused entry to the museum's "Ladies Lounge" exhibition.Kirsha Kaechele, the museum's curator, previously told Guardian Australia that the men's "experience of rejection is the artwork" and that she was "absolutely delighted" that the case had gone to court.The exhibition contained some of the museum's most…
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What to read this week: An astronaut’s journey and queer horror that bites back at cliché
14 Jul

What to read this week: An astronaut’s journey and queer horror that bites back at cliché

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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Bury Your Gays by Chuck TingleChuck Tingle may be best known for his oft-memed erotica titles, but the author has also been making a name for himself in mainstream horror in recent years. Tingle’s second full-length horror novel, Bury Your Gays, was released this week, and if the title didn’t make it abundantly clear, it calls out one of Hollywood’s tiredest tropes: queer storylines that inevitably end in tragedy or erasure.In Bury Your Gays, bizarre circumstances befall the book’s protagonist, an Oscar-nominated scriptwriter named Misha, after he refuses studio…
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Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Trump rally shooter?
14 Jul

Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Trump rally shooter?

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Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service agents after he fired from "an elevated position" at Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.Trump said he was hit in the upper part of his ear with a bullet, but his campaign said the president was "fine." A bystander at the rally was killed in the attempted assassination.Here's the latest on what we know about Crooks:July 14, 12 p.m.: Explosives found: reportsThe Wall Street Journal cited anonymous people briefed on the case that authorities later found explosive devices in Crooks' car, which he had driven to the rally and parked up…
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Use Server Side Forms in NextJS
14 Jul

Use Server Side Forms in NextJS

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I utilized Server Actions, React Server Components (RSC), and Next’s App Router while exploring Forms in Next.js 14. The intrinsic aspects of React/Next like useFormStatus, useFormState, and revalidatePath are covered in this extensive blog. Form validation, with its detailed insight, is covered in this blog by using Zod, error handling on a fine- and coarse-grainy level, utilizing the web's progressive enhancement capabilities to provide user feedback through field-level errors and toast notifications, while remaining functional without the need of JavaScript in the browser. I started with the first section of the App which is the page, then I worked on…
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14 Jul

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield

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A squad of soldiers is under attack and pinned down by rockets in the close quarters of urban combat. One of them makes a call over his radio, and within moments a fleet of small autonomous drones equipped with explosives fly through the town square, entering buildings and scanning for enemies before detonating on command. One by one the suicide drones seek out and kill their targets. A voiceover on the video, a fictional ad for multibillion-dollar Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems, touts the AI-enabled drones’ ability to “maximize lethality and combat tempo”.While defense companies like Elbit promote their new…
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14 Jul

Tech leaders offer support, well wishes for Trump following shock assassination attempt

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In case you didn’t catch the news yesterday, former U.S. president and current 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner Donald J. Trump was shot in the right ear by a would-be assassin during an attempt on his life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, yesterday, near Pittsburgh. Trump was reportedly treated for non life-threatening injuries and released from a hospital shortly afterwards. The attack resulted in the death of the would-be assassin and at least one other individual. The shocking news has…
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Rally gunman was only around 450 feet away from Donald Trump as he opened fire
14 Jul

Rally gunman was only around 450 feet away from Donald Trump as he opened fire

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The gunman who shot at Donald Trump was only about 450 feet (roughly 137 meters) away from the former US president, satellite imagery shows. The FBI has since identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, PA, as the shooter.Crooks "fired multiple shots toward the stage from an elevated position," according to a statement shared by Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.Here is the latest information from our investigation. We are grateful to the Secret Service team and our law enforcement partners for their swift action. Our thoughts go out to the families affected by this tragedy. pic.twitter.com/E8FazqtUVZ— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox)…
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