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The Fight Over Data Centers Is a Fight Over Who Owns the Compute
The A.I. boom has concentrated compute in enormous data centers, but advances in distributed training are challenging the assumption that serious A.I. workloads must live in hyperscale campuses. Photo...
Jimmy Chin On Finding Beauty in Landscapes That Kill
Jimmy Chin, Untitled 04. Courtesy Jimmy Chin and Apple Early this year, much of the world tuned in to watch Alex Honnold climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper live from...
Toronto’s Fall Cultural Calendar Foregrounds Ruin, Rebirth and Rupture
Melissa Auf der Maur, Courtney Love on Stage Pointing at fans, 1999. Courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario © Melissa Auf der Maur The most audacious act of performance and...
The de Young’s New Egypt Show Draws From Two of the Past Century’s Biggest Discoveries
Outer anthropoid coffin lid of Thuya. Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Yuya and Thuya (KV 46), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Wood, gilded stucco...
Meta’s Muse Wants to Become the Interface for Your Digital Life
Mark Zuckerberg’s push toward personal A.I. raises a strategic question: What happens when the company that controls the interface also controls the agent acting on your behalf? Photo by...
Screening at Venice: May el-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’
Mathilde Arcel in Woman Unknown. Venice Film Festival A World War II movie whose violence is quiet and intimate, May el-Toukhy’s Kvinde ukendt, or Woman Unknown (which was awarded...
Director Florian Zeller Says Casting a Real Couple Brought ‘Bunker’ Closer to Truth
Penélope Cruz, Florian Zeller and Javier Bardem at the “Bunker” premiere on September 8. Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images One of the sexiest married couples in acting...
Chanel CEO Leena Nair on Keeping Luxury Human in the A.I. Era
Leena Nair speaks onstage during the Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2026 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sept. 10, 2026 in New York City. Taylor Hill/Getty Images As A.I....
Scott W Mason Sketches Fashion’s Biggest Moments
Mason’s client list reads like a roster of fashion royalty: Gucci, Dior, Rabanne, Louis Vuitton. Courtesy the artist With fashion’s constant churn, it’s easy to lose sight of the...
John Ternus Opens His Apple Era With the Foldable iPhone Duo
Apple CEO John Ternus holds the iPhone Duo during Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event at the company’s corporate headquarters, Apple Park, on Sept. 9, 2026 in Cupertino, California. Benjamin...
