Striking images of ignored Americans
A new exhibition at London’s Barbican Art Gallery celebrates the work of Alice Neel, an unconventional, innovative artist who painted those on the margins...
Hidden symbols in Vermeer’s paintings
A major new Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam displays the artist’s evocative and serene paintings of daily life – but they harbour...
Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes.
The Detroit Police Department arrested three people after bad facial recognition matches, a national record. But it’s adopting new policies that even the A.C.L.U....
Dua Lipa hits all the right notes at Glastonbury
The pop star delivered an ambitious and exhausting set as she headlined the Pyramid Stage.
8BitDo Ultimate 2C Puts L4/R4 Shoulder Bumpers, Hall Effect Sticks and Triggers in a Budget-Friendly Gamepad
8BitDo arguably makes some of the best third-party controllers out there, from modern versions of retro classics and ultra-portable tiny gamepads to professional-grade controllers...
A new rom-com upending Western myths
Starring Lily James and Shazad Latif, this new romcom focuses on an arranged marriage plotline – and subtly redresses Western judgements about the practice,...
Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter Prize for her ‘powerful voice’
Roy is a Booker Prize-winning author and has written about human rights issues, and war and capitalism.
Nigeria’s anthem of defiance
Fela Kuti penned Beasts of No Nation after time spent in prison – it has become a song, and album, that still inspires many...
Campaign Tied to China Are Harassing a Dissident’s Teenage Daughter
A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter.