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'Mona Lisa' will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a major overhaul within ...ABC News - 2d -
Deutsche Bank is a victim of its own success as it hikes cost guidance
Deutsche Bank delivered bad news on spending, and investors weren’t happy.MarketWatch - 8h -
Reeves's growth strategy comes under scrutiny from her own side
The chancellor has made clear she wants to see economic growth, but the response from Labour MPs will be key in how its delivered.BBC News - 1d -
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At the Louvre, the Mona Lisa Will Get Her Own Room as Museum Expands
President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the Paris museum and to charge higher fees for visitors from outside the European Union.The New York Times - 1d -
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Louvre’s decision to move Mona Lisa is a misguided act of snobbery
Crowds give life to the Paris museum and the painting is a silent, compelling mystery at the heart of the hubbub. What a wonderful headache for a museum to have. The Louvre in Paris gets so many ...The Guardian - 1d -
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Mona Lisa to be moved as part of major Louvre overhaul
France's president says a second museum entrance will be built, while non-EU residents will also pay more to visit.BBC News - 2d -
Mona Lisa to be placed in private room as part of sweeping Louvre renovation
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, also announced a ‘new grand entrance’, funded by the museum’s own resources. The Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous portrait, is to get a room of its own in ...The Guardian - 2d -
Italy calls for return of Mona Lisa after Louvre's dire conditions raise alarm
It served as the background for Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 presidential victory speech.NBC News - 2d -
Mona Lisa to be moved as part of ‘redesigned, enlarged Louvre’, Macron says – Europe live
French president says world’s most famous portrait will get its own room in the Louvre. As mentioned earlier, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen continues her European tour to show the EU’s ...The Guardian - 2d -
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab, but agency has low confidence in its own finding
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratoryABC News - 4d -
Did Ukraine Kill Its Own by Downing a Russian Plane? A Year Later, It Hasn’t Said.
Russia says Ukraine shot down a military transport carrying 65 captured Ukrainians. Ukraine has not confirmed its role, identified the bodies it received, or said how it happened.The New York Times - 6d -
150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garnier Opera House
It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.The New York Times - 6d -
Sundance 2025: the 10 films not to miss at this year’s festival
From a Jennifer Lopez musical to an Ayo Edebiri horror to a provocative prison documentary, this year’s Utah-based festival has plenty to be excited about. Sundance remains one of the toughest ...The Guardian - Jan. 23 -
Louvre leaky, damaged and overcrowded, warns Paris museum’s director
In leaked memo to culture minister, Laurence des Cars warns some areas not watertight, threatening artworks. The director of the Louvre has warned the French government about leaks, overcrowding ...The Guardian - Jan. 23 -
Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency’s survival.Wired - Jan. 23 -
Insomniac Games Teases Potential Return To The Movies Under Its New Leadership
Big changes are taking place at Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games, and with new leaders stepping in to take over the studio, the team is once again interested in bringing some of its ...GameSpot - Jan. 22 -
New Orleans Gets Its First Snow in 15 Years
Many roadways were impassable, classes were canceled in local schools and many businesses could not open as a winter storm essentially brought New Orleans to a standstill.The New York Times - Jan. 21 -
College Football Playoff: Ohio State gets first national title in 10 years with 34-23 win over Notre Dame
The Buckeyes were the first team to win the College Football Playoff in 2015. Ten years later, Ohio State is the first team to win the 12-team playoff.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21 -
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Has South Korea just witnessed its own January 6 moment?
Protesters who stormed a Seoul court at the weekend may not have worn animal skins, but the similarities are striking. They arrived intent on causing mayhem. The political figurehead they supported ...The Guardian - Jan. 20 -
Kevin Durant joins Commanders' locker room after playoff win — and gets in a dig at Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs
Durant, a longtime Washington fan, joined the Commanders as they celebrated their divisional-round upset over Detroit.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 19 -
Cameron Diaz's 10-year retirement 'best years' of her life
The Holiday star says "this is maybe the beginning" as she returns to the big screen after a decade.BBC News - Jan. 18 -
So unlike his movies, David Lynch's aw-shucks charm was its own work of art
Our columnist remembers his time with the late filmmaker, who famously loathed dissecting his work — but hung on to a Boy Scout ethos one couldn't help but love.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 16 -
Rats get taste for drugs in Houston police evidence room
Police department officials lament ‘systemic problem’ and say rats ‘enjoying’ 400,000lbs of marijuana in storage. Houston has found itself with a problem after drug-eating rats invaded the city’s ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
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Forget Nvidia: Ndea wants to build AI that keeps improving on its own with ‘no bottlenecks in sight’
Unlike traditional deep learning, which interpolates between data points, program synthesis searches for discrete programs that explain data.VentureBeat - Jan. 15 -
Why ‘Beating China’ in AI Brings Its Own Risks
The US is increasingly intent on winning the AI race with China. Experts say this ignores the benefits of collaboration—and the danger of unintended consequences.Wired - Jan. 15 -
MiniMax unveils its own open-source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context
LLM MiniMax-Text-o1 is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library.VentureBeat - Jan. 14 -
The U.S. Economy May Be Too Strong for Its Own Good
The Fed may have to hold interest rates high until something breaks.Inc. - Jan. 13 -
India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years
The grand version of the 12-yearly Hindu pilgrimage is expected to draw more than 400 million devotees. The world’s largest religious gathering kicked off on Monday as millions of Hindu devotees ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
Why SEC Basketball Is Its Own Worst Enemy
The conference’s superiority this season also ensures something else: carnage, a columnist for The Athletic writes.The New York Times - Jan. 11 -
UBS’s stock hit its highest level in 16 years. The good news is the bank is about to get fined hundreds of millions of dollars.
UBS stock reached a new 16-year high after the Wall Street Journal said the bank is about to get fined hundreds of millions of dollars.MarketWatch - Jan. 9 -
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says
A senior Hezbollah security official says leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations roomABC News - Jan. 5 -
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people. Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
10 Powerful Questions to Help You Get Ahead in 2025
As a leader, it’s importantly that you quietly and think more deeply about what went right and what went wrong, so that you have the opportunity to learn.Inc. - Jan. 1
