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• Blob dedicates special episode to Mario Schifano's TV experimentation digital

  The Italian TV show Blob, led by Paolo Luciani, aired a special episode dedicated to Mario Schifano, a key figure in the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo, who lived from 1934 to 1998.…

• Anime.js Web Animation Library Celebrates 10 Years digital

  Julian Garnier's Anime.js library marks a decade of simplifying web animation with a clean API and modular timeline systems. Launched in 2016 as a lightweight tool, it became a…

• Viviane Esders Launches Website for Her Photography Collection digital

  Viviane Esders, a seasoned gallerist and photography connoisseur since the 1980s, has unveiled a website showcasing her extensive private collection of more than 2,500 prints from…

• Stormy Pyeatte's Poppy Display on Las Vegas Sphere for 'The Wizard of Oz' digital

  As part of the XO/Art initiative, multimedia artist Stormy Pyeatte, based in London, has crafted a 3D projection of actual poppies on the Exosphere of the Las Vegas Sphere, which…

• Capture One Adds Native Hasselblad RAW Support, Tethering by 2026 digital

  Capture One and Hasselblad have partnered to bring native support for Hasselblad RAW files (.3FR) to Capture One version 16.8.3, ending years of incompatibility. The support…

• MetaMask Launches Money Account Combining Stablecoin Yield and Card Spending digital

  On June 30, MetaMask, a product of Consensys, introduced Money Account, which combines stablecoin savings, DeFi yield, trading, and spending capabilities. This service operates on…

• QSTN?MRK's 'The Last Dollar' Turns One-Dollar Bills into a Living Sculpture digital

  Art collective QSTN?MRK has launched 'The Last Dollar,' a participatory living sculpture built from US one-dollar bills. An internet-controlled ATM dispenses bills on demand, and…

• Apple Updates Final Cut Pro with Auto Mask and AI Tools in Creator Studio Refresh digital

  Apple has updated its Creator Studio suite, bringing new AI-powered features to Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, and other creative apps across Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Final Cut Pro…

• Connor Grady's IRIS Concept Turns Webcam into Second Screen digital

  Connor Grady has designed IRIS, a concept that transforms a desktop webcam into a secondary ambient display strip showing time, weather, and meeting reminders above the monitor.…

• Sony to stop producing physical discs for PlayStation games by 2028 digital

  Sony has announced that from January 2028 it will no longer manufacture physical discs for new PlayStation games, shifting entirely to digital distribution via the PlayStation…

• Netflix AI recreation of Gene Wilder's voice for Wonka show sparks backlash digital

  In a new reality series titled Wonka's The Golden Ticket, Netflix plans to utilize AI technology to replicate the voice of the late Gene Wilder, who famously portrayed Willy Wonka…

• .raw Lab's Generative Brand Identity for On-Chain Markets digital

  .raw lab has created a generative brand identity for Temporal, a trading group focused on on-chain markets. The design employs modular grids, active particles, and extreme…

• FOTOINDEX: First Digital Dictionary of Spanish Photography Launches digital

  FOTOINDEX, the first digital dictionary exclusively dedicated to Spanish photographers, has launched as a dynamic platform for researchers, professionals, students, and cultural…

• Former NOAA Scientists Relaunch Climate.gov as Independent Nonprofit Climate.us digital

  A year following the closure of Climate.gov by the Trump administration in June 2025, Rebecca Lindsey, the former program manager, has reestablished the site as Climate.us, an…

• Immersive Cameras Bring Japanese Basketball to Apple Vision Pro digital

  Amplium, a provider of immersive video platforms for Apple Vision Pro, recorded a Kawasaki Brave Thunders home basketball game in Japan using two Blackmagic Ursa Cine Immersive…

• ESA Euclid Captures 60M Stars in Highest-Resolution Milky Way Image digital

  The European Space Agency's Euclid mission has produced the highest-resolution image ever taken of the Milky Way's galactic bulge, capturing over 60 million stars. Released in…

• Current Rothko: A Digital Weather-to-Painting Experiment by Joonas Virtanen digital

  Designer Joonas Virtanen has created "Current Rothko," a website that matches Mark Rothko's color field paintings to real-time weather conditions anywhere in the world. The…

• The Single Photograph That Spawned the Backrooms Phenomenon digital

  The Backrooms, a box office hit grossing over $330 million worldwide, originated from a single photograph taken with a Sony Cyber-shot camera in 2002. The image, depicting a…

• Refik Anadol Opens DATALAND, First AI Art Museum digital

  Refik Anadol Studio in Los Angeles is preparing for the June 20 opening of DATALAND, the world's first museum dedicated to AI-generated art. Anadol's team of over 20…

• Mark Bonanno on his horror-infused ARG film The Shadowman's Nightmare digital

  Mark Bonanno, associated with Aunty Donna and Grouse House, has developed The Shadowman's Nightmare, a unique blend of horror, comedy, and augmented reality game (ARG). The…

• Lawrence Lek's NOX explores AI psychology in autonomous vehicle rehab center digital

  Lawrence Lek's immersive installation NOX imagines a rehabilitation center for self-driving cars exhibiting anomalous behavior. The work uses CGI video, interactive environments,…

• Instagram Tests 'Your Algorithm' Feature for Custom Feeds digital

  Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced new ways to use the 'Your Algorithm' feature, allowing users to shape content recommendations. The feature is being tested and may be…

• DeviantArt Reports $23M in Creator Sales for 2025 digital

  DeviantArt, founded 25 years ago, now hosts over 108 million members. In 2025, its community generated over $23 million in sales, exceeding the previous five years combined. The…

• Reclaimed Telefónica payphone becomes AI voice of Earth at Sónar+D digital

  At Sónar+D 2026 in Barcelona's Llotja de Mar, Divina Machina and QS Ventures presented '2147: A Voice from the Future', an interactive installation that repurposes an early-2000s…

• China's Female Emperor Game Attracts Fans Through Failure digital

  A live-action game centered on China's only female emperor, Wu Zetian, has gained a devoted following among viewers who watch streamers play, fail, and retry rather than playing…

• Virtual Photographer Evey Transforms Game Scenes into Cinematic Art digital

  Evey, a virtual photographer, creates atmospheric game photography from titles like The Last of Us, Sekiro, and Resident Evil. Their work emphasizes mood, stillness, and cinematic…

• Sasha Sime's 'Showrunners' Transforms AI into Narrative Device digital

  Sasha Sime's installation 'Showrunners' (2026) uses artificial intelligence as a storytelling mechanism, making visible the infrastructure that generates images, language, and…

• Photographer Builds HiRezGo to Share Full-Resolution Images Online digital

  Japanese photographer and developer Ryutaro Kiuchi launched HiRezGo, a web-based photo-sharing service that preserves original high-resolution image data using progressive…

• Andrew Moskvin's 3D Motion Design Transforms Letters into Architectural Landscapes digital

  Andrew Moskvin has created a 3D motion design project using Cinema 4D and Redshift, where letters become moving architectural landscapes. The animation features abstract geometric…

• GTA 6 physical edition ships with download code only, sparking disc debate digital

  Rockstar announced that the physical edition of Grand Theft Auto 6 will contain a code for a digital download rather than a disc, priced at £70 for standard and £90 for premium.…

• Suno Launches Spark Incubator for AI Music Artists digital

  Suno, an AI-driven music platform, has introduced Spark, a new incubator initiative designed for independent musicians, which provides grants, mentorship, and marketing…

• Pompeii Launches AR Experience Recreating Vesuvius Eruption digital

  A new augmented reality experience at the Pompeii archaeological site, launched June 24, allows visitors to witness the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius in real time. Developed by…

• Ioana Teleanu on AI as Creative Material and Intentional Friction digital

  In a new interview for designboom's 'Navigators of Design' series with Most Studios, designer and AI-R studio founder Ioana Teleanu argues that AI should be treated as a living,…

• YouTube Horror 'Backrooms' Brings Internet Phenomenon to Theaters digital

  The horror film 'Backrooms', directed by 21-year-old YouTube star Kane Parsons, has become a viral hit, translating an unsettling internet phenomenon about endless office spaces…

• Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten Goes Online digital

  The Zettelkasten of Niklas Luhmann, the German sociologist who fundamentally criticized the education system in the 1970s, is now being digitized and made available online.…

• Sony Pictures Invests $100M in Cosm Shared-Reality Venues digital

  Sony Pictures Entertainment has invested $100 million in Cosm, a company operating immersive dome venues for shared-reality experiences. The investment leads Cosm's Series C…

• TheWrap Spends $150 on AI to Produce Microdrama Series digital

  TheWrap used AI to create a four-episode microdrama inspired by the hockey romance series Off Campus. After spending $150 in digital credits over four days, the tool generated…

• Glasstire Issues Takedown Notice Against AI-Driven ArtReview USA for Content Theft digital

  ArtReview USA, an AI-based platform, received a takedown notice from Glasstire for unauthorized republication of articles. Natalie Hegert, an SWC Arts Editor, uncovered that the…

• Capture One 16.8.2 Launches Real-Time Multi-User Sessions for Studio Teams digital

  Today, Capture One launched version 16.8.2, which introduces Multi-User Sessions for real-time collaboration among creative and studio teams. This feature allows users to access…

• Snapchat's AR Studio partners with French museums to enhance cultural heritage digital

  Since opening its AR Studio Paris in 2021, Snapchat has collaborated with several French institutions to reinvent the cultural experience through augmented reality. At the Louvre,…