How Target took over these one-of-a-kind quilts

What happens when distinctive cultural tradition collides with corporate America?

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation and intense material constraints.

Melinda French Gates is resigning from the Gates Foundation—and taking $12.5 billion to give away herself

Melinda French Gates has been cochair of the Gates Foundation since it launched in 2000.

Melinda French Gates is resigning from her role as cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she launched with her then-husband Bill Gates in 2000. Her last day with the foundation will be June 7. The nonprofit said that it will now change its name to the “Gates Foundation.”

OpenAI’s voice generator helped this patient get her voice back after surgery

Her synthetic but remarkably real-sounding AI voice can now say almost anything she wants.

The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.

OpenAI’s GPT-4o brings us closer to the ‘Her’ experience

The free ChatGPT version is powered by a new faster model called GPT-4o.

OpenAI held a webcast Monday to roll out a new version of its free ChatGPT app, which sounds and acts a lot like the AI in the 2013 Spike Jonze film Her.

Bucs make safety Winfield NFL's highest-paid DB

The Buccaneers and Antoine Winfield Jr. have reached agreement on a four-year, $84.1 million deal, agent David Mulugheta told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.

Trump Stays Calm in Court. His Emails Tell a Different Story.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has sent supporters a steady stream of fund-raising solicitations featuring exaggerated portrayals of his days in court.

PGA Championship 2024: Odds, predictions, value picks, analysis for Valhalla

Brooks Koepka smiles with the Wanamaker Trophy following his win at the 2023 PGA Championship. | Photo by Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images

The best golfers in the world descend upon Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky for the second major of the year.

This year’s PGA Championship features plenty of compelling storylines, stemming from Tiger Woods’ return to Valhalla to whether or not Michael Block can replicate his success from Oak Hill a year ago.

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MLB City Connect jerseys in 2024, ranked as new releases

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The newest City Connect jerseys are ... still kinda bad!

The 2024 unveilings of MLB’s City Connect jerseys have come, and let’s just say they’re kind of hit and miss. The Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays all have or will receive City Connect jerseys between Opening Day and the MLB All-Star game, and so far the...

Ikea is adding energy monitoring to its Home Smart app

Ikea’s new Energy Insights feature will offer real-time data on energy consumption and electricity spot prices. | Photo: Ikea

Energy management is a big benefit of the smart home, and more companies are starting to offer easier ways to monitor and control your home’s energy use through their app on your phone. The next level is offering intelligent ways to automate the process to save you money without you having to think about it.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea just took a small...

OpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT users

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OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4o, an iteration of its GPT-4 model that powers its hallmark product, ChatGPT. The latest update “is much faster” and improves “capabilities across text, vision, and audio,” OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said in a livestream announcement on Monday. It’ll be free for all users, and paid users will continue to “have up to five times the capacity limits” of free users, Murati added.

In a blog post from the company, OpenAI says...

ChatGPT is getting a Mac app

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ChatGPT now has a desktop app — but it’s only available on macOS for now. OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced the news during an event on Tuesday, where she also said that ChatGPT is getting a refreshed UI.

In the demo shown by OpenAI, users could open the ChatGPT desktop app in a small window, alongside another program. They asked ChatGPT questions about what’s on their screen — whether by typing or saying it. ChatGPT could then respond based on what it...

OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open to all for free

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OpenAI is making a number of its previously subscription-only features available to free users of ChatGPT, with the biggest being the ability to create custom chatbots and browse its GPT Store.

The company opened its GPT Store to paid subscribers just four months ago on January 10th. The store lets users create their own chatbots, called GPTs, and share them. Some of the trending bots right now include an image-generating bot, a chatbot called Consensus that’s...

You can already save up to $50 on the forthcoming iPad Pro and iPad Air

The screen on the 2024 iPad Pro is a hair bigger, yet the tablet is somehow thinner and lighter than the prior model. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge

The newest iPad Pro and iPad Air models don’t hit store shelves until Wednesday, May 15th, but we’re already seeing preorder discounts on select colors ahead of the launch. The 11-inch iPad Air is down to $569.99 ($30 off) with Wi-Fi and 128GB of storage at Amazon, while the base 13-inch iPad Air is going for 769.99 ($30 off) at...

Apple is almost ready to sell the Vision Pro outside the US

The Vision Pro could be available in some international regions shortly after Apple’s WWDC event next month. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its $3,499 Vision Pro outside of the US for the first time, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, with the mixed reality headset’s international rollout expected to start shortly after the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference early next month.

On Monday, Gurman reported that...

The Apple iPad Air is $150 off at Amazon today

SAVE $150: The Apple iPad Air is available for the lowest price we've seen listed at Amazon. This limited-time deal saves shoppers 20%, taking the price down from $749 to $599.

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How to use 'Share My Date' on Tinder

Tinder has introduced a slew of safety features in recent years, working to improve the wellbeing and comfort of daters. From verification checkmarks to guardrails for preventing scams and inappropriate messages, these tools aim to protect Tinder users in all sorts of ways.

The latest: a tool to share key information with friends and family before meeting up with a date. The feature, in the form of a shareable link, holds metrics about the date, including the person's photo and link to their...

Amazon deal of the day: The brand-new Beats Solo 4 just got their very first discount

Amazon deals of the day at a glance: OUR TOP PICK Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones $149.95 at Amazon (save $50) ...

Here's how Apple intends to keep its new iPad Pro from bending

Did your iPad Pro get a little bent in 2018? Apple claims that won't happen with its new model.

The 2018 version of the iPad Pro notoriously became a little bendy for some users due to a manufacturing error, but Apple has fixed this in the model that was unveiled last week. In an interview with tech YouTuber Arun Maini, Apple executive John Ternus explained that a new metal cowling Apple installed in the device will keep the new iPad Pro from bending like the old one did.

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The Amazon Book Sale is coming — here's what to know

Best Amazon Book Sale Deals Best kindle deal Amazon Kindle Scribe (16GB) with Basic Pen $239.99 at Amazon (Save $100) ...

Squarespace to go private in $6.9 billion takeover

If you have Squarespace stock in your portfolio, it's time to cash out — whether you want to or not.

On Monday, Squarespace announced it was acquired by Permira, a private equity firm based in the UK, in an all-cash deal valued at $6.9 billion. As a result of the acquisition, Permira will take the company private.

Squarespace is a popular website builder and hosting company founded in 2003 and went public on the stock market in 2021. According to BuiltWith, which provides comprehensive...