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How the iPad Pro brings play back to art

After a few months using the iPad Pro for art, it’s clear to see why so many pros choose the device and its software.

How the iPad Pro brings play back to art
Ideas

Watch almost 200 Georges Méliès classic films for free online

Collected from across a wide range of YouTube sources, here's a playlist of 194 Georges Méliès classics in chronological order.

Watch almost 200 Georges Méliès classic films for free online
Art & Culture

Two new Lego sets let you chill with buds like Thor and Seinfeld

New Lego sets are coming with the apartment set from Seinfeld as well as Thor's bachelor pad in New Asgard. The cleverness is in the details.

Two new Lego sets let you chill with buds like Thor and Seinfeld
Ideas

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics

The company is investing $400M into sustainability projects, including turning recycled PET plastics into LEGO. And research is going well.

LEGO is prototyping bricks made from recycled bottle plastics
Art & Culture

Sotheby's will accept Bitcoin and Ether for a 101-carat diamond auction

For the lucky billionaires who are afraid to turn their crypto back into fiat currency, Sotheby's is ready to take your coin. HODL or buy?

Sotheby's will accept Bitcoin and Ether for a 101-carat diamond auction
Art & Culture

The '80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon is on Twitch this weekend!

The official D&D Twitch channel is screening the whole 1980s cartoon as a promo for a special Secret Lair Magic set based on the show.

The '80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon is on Twitch this weekend!
Art & Culture

Even Katy Perry is getting in on NFTs. Can anything stop this?

Peer-to-peer video streaming slash blockchain company Theta is set to host Katy Perry NFTs as part of a new wave of "OMG who has an NFT now?"

Even Katy Perry is getting in on NFTs. Can anything stop this?
Media

Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...

How do you make an Alien show that has nothing to do with Ripley but everything to do with what made the first films great? Noah Hawley knows.

Want more Aliens? Like Legion? Boy is there a show on its way for you...
Art & Culture

Disney owning everything finally delivers us a Simpsons MCU crossover

Friends, are you ready for The Good, The Bart and The Loki? Now that Disney owns Marvel AND Fox it was only a matter of time.

Disney owning everything finally delivers us a Simpsons MCU crossover
Media

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???

Yes, what we really needed Twitter to do was to make some NFT artworks – and not even make them tradeable for whoever gets them...

Twitter launched the thing we've all been waiting for... some NFTs???
Ideas

We have never seen atomic imagery in this kind of detail before

Using advanced ptychography, Cornell University researchers have captured a picoscale image 3x better than the best electron microscopy.

We have never seen atomic imagery in this kind of detail before
Art & Culture

Good Omens will bless us with a surprise second season!

BBC and Amazon will deliver more Crowley and Aziraphale, with the Gaiman-led sequel built on a brainstorm he and Pratchett had planned.

Good Omens will bless us with a surprise second season!
Media

Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop

All the better to upload that pristinely edited photo (or meme, or ad), Instagram has quietly opened the door to posts from your PC.

Instagram is finally letting you post via the web from your desktop
Media

Strange Planet coming to Apple TV+ with Dan Harmon's helping hands

Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon will executive produce an animated series based on Pyle's wonderful Strange Planet comic strips.

Strange Planet coming to Apple TV+ with Dan Harmon's helping hands
Art & Culture

Canva teams up with Snap (the other one) for direct print services

Australian DIY design unicorn Canva is teaming up with Snap Print and Design to offer direct access to printing services from its tools.

Canva teams up with Snap (the other one) for direct print services
Art & Culture

Xena 20 years on: how the warrior princess changed television

20 years on, we revisit this great show and how it was loved by ancient history buffs to sci-fi fans and the LGBTQ community.

Xena 20 years on: how the warrior princess changed television
Games

Making games about memory and longing

Transforming a letter to a friend who passed away into a videogame? We profile Cécile Richard on their AGDA winning game and what drives their love for indie development.

Making games about memory and longing
Art & Culture

Rome wasn’t built in a day: Lego Colosseum review

A detailed, bag-by-bag review of the Lego Colosseum, the largest* Lego set ever released. Is it worth the time and money?

Rome wasn’t built in a day: Lego Colosseum review
Media

Everyone Is Awesome

LEGO gets Pride, OLED gets rollable, Army of the Dead hits Netflix, and the Mighty Nein campaign is almost done. This and more in your Daily!

Everyone Is Awesome
Art & Culture

Apple's new Pride Watch band is more than an empty gesture

While I'm largely against the corporatisation of Pride, I still love the Apple Watch Pride band because it's more than an empty gesture.

Apple's new Pride Watch band is more than an empty gesture