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MacworldI enjoy cooking, when I have the time (cleaning up, not so much). So when I heard about this new Food section coming to Apple News+ in iOS and iPadOS 18.4, I couldnt wait to try it out.Now that Ive kicked the tires a little bit, Im happy to report that I love it! Also, I hate it. Its a combination of fantastic design decisions and a highly usable interface together with a raft of missing features one should really expect from a cooking app. Apple is so close to having a fantastic feature for home cooksif it would only address a few obvious shortcomings.Meat and potatoesFor the most part, the Food section gets the core experience right. It starts by highlighting food article picks from Apple editors, which is to be expected from a section of the News app, but you have easy access to the recipe catalog and saved recipes.There are useful broad categories (vegetarian, < 30 minutes, dessert, etc.) and a search for recipe names. The recipes all come from notable publications like Epicurious, Bon Apptit, Serious Eats, and Taste of Home.Once a recipe is opened, the story behind the food can be accessed by clicking the Read the story link, mercifully leaving only the recipe front and center. Ingredients within the recipe directions are in bold, and you can tap on them for a little popup showing the amount. Times are highlighted linkstap them to set a timer for that amount of time, already labeled for the step youre on.The cooking mode view is easy to read from a distance.FoundryTheres a Cook button that takes you to a large-type interface that looks very much like the lyrics view in Apple Music. Its readable from a distance even when your iPhone/iPad is across the kitchen. One can imagine this as the cooking interface for the rumored HomePad device.So far, so good. So why do I think Im not going to actually use this great new service for cooking? Its missing a few important things.Half-bakedLets start with the biggest usability problem: Getting to the Food section. Rather than a standalone app, its part of the News app, which is unintuitive when youre thinking about a cooking companion. Theres no obvious Food section once you open itits not even in the News+ navigation tab. You have to go to Following, then tap the Food category (or Saved Recipes), which is given no hierarchical difference over other sections. Its not bold or larger or a button, its just an item in a list.Once there, its another tap to open the recipe catalog or one of your saved recipes, because Im not in the kitchen to read an article in the New Yorker about Ed Zitron eating stir-fried chicken prepared by robot chefs. That stuff should be left in the Today and News+ sections. There is a shortcut to the Food section by long pressing on the News app icon, but lets face it, hardly anyone uses those long-press app icon menus.I get that its the News app, but putting articles front-and-center and recipes in a menu feels backward.FoundryThe ingredient list is clear, but when you tap on one of them, it just greys out. What does that mean? Is that an indication that I have that ingredient ready? That I dont have it? There should be more claritycheckmarks and the like. I use the excellent shopping list in Reminders to manage my grocery list, and it feels weird that I cant add an ingredient, or a whole recipe of them, to my shopping list from here.Searching is inconsistent too. A search for bread crumbs, for example, finds recipes with bread crumbs in the title but not all recipes that use bread crumbs as an ingredient. And Siri doesnt know about any of this. It wont open a recipe by name, wont open types of recipes by category, and wont even jump to the Food section at all. Add it to the long list of ways Siri is awful.You also cant adjust proportions. Recipes have a yield label showing how many servings it produces, but the ability to tap that and adjust it, and have the ingredients adjust accordingly, is a table-stakes feature of cooking apps.Finally, theres no way to print a recipe, save it as a PDF, or any other way to get it out of the app. Sharing appears to be limited to sending links. Its understandable that a paywalled digital feature would limit easy digital sharing, but a lot of cooks like to use hard copies in the kitchen, for scribbling notes or just to touch without fear of gumming up their gadgets. Plus recipes arent original or exclusive and can easily be found online.Low-hanging fruitThe new Food feature in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 has a lot going for it. The recipe selection is a little limited right now (there are only 13 vegan recipes and one is limeade), but that will simply grow naturally over time.You can jump to the Food section from the long-press menu, but there should be a more obvious and easy way.FoundryApple seems to have put a lot of thought into making recipes easy to follow while in the kitchen, but there are enough friction points elsewhere that I dont think Ill end up using it much. Just these five simple changes Apple could make to the Food experience in a coming release or iOS 19) would improve the experience.Make it easier to get to with a one-tap, top-level navigation option in the News app.Add support for macOS. Sometimes I have my laptop in the kitchen, which can hold its screen up without a stand!Let us change the number of servings to adjust the ingredients.Add nutritional info or at least calorie content.Let us add ingredients directly to our shopping list in Reminders.I can think of a dozen other ways Apple could improve the experience, most of which would probably be better suited to pulling this Food stuff out of the News app. Videos for some recipe steps, for example.But even stuffed ingloriously into the back corner of the News app, the new Food experience is an almost-great new feature that falls just short of being truly useful. It would only take a few changes to get it there.

US Department of Government Efficiency tech advisor Edward Coristine previously ran a small infrastructure provider that offered services to a cybercriminal group, it has been alleged.While in high school in 2022 the then-16-year-old DOGE senior advisor ran a company called DiamondCDN that supported a website used by a cybercriminal group named EGodly, Reuters reported Wednesday.The connection between DiamondCDN and EGodly was established through digital records preserved by threat intelligence company DomainTools and online cybersecurity tool Any.Run, the Reuters report said.Its not clear that Coristine was aware of EGodlys activity but in early 2023 the group thanked the company on Telegram for helping to keep its dataleak.fun website up and running:We extend our gratitude to our valued partners DiamondCDN for generously providing us with their amazing DDoS protection and caching systems, which allow us to securely host and safeguard our website, read the message.Records seen by Reuters show this support ran from October 2022 to June 2023 and that users attempting to reach the dataleak.fun site would first have to pass a DiamondCDN anti-bot security check.Breaking into law enforcement accountsCrimes EGodly boasted it had carried out include cryptocurrency theft, phone number hijacking, and breaking into law enforcement email accounts, Reuters said. The group also circulated personal details of an FBI agent it believed was investigating it, and engaged in swatting, the practice of calling armed police to a targets house on false pretenses as a form of intimidation.This is not the first time Coristines past has been questioned. In February Bloomberg reported that he was fired in 2022 by cybersecurity company Path Network for allegedly leaking proprietary information. Separately, it has been reported that Coristine was associated with a Telegram/Discord cybercriminal social network called The Com.However, for now, the allegations against him are just that allegations. He has not commented on any of them.None of this would hold wider significance if Coristine, now 19 years old, wasnt one of DOGEs super-nerds. His celebrity has also been bolstered by DOGE booster Elon Musk himself, who in February tweeted on X that Big Balls is awesome, a reference to his vulgar nickname in high school.Meanwhile, Coristine has access as part of his job to some of the most confidential servers in the US government, including ones that normally require a high level of security clearance.Its a reminder that every job candidate should be carefully vetted, said cybersecurity expert Graham Cluley.When you hire someone for a job, youre wise to take a look at what theyve done in the past. It gives you an idea of both their achievements, as well as, potentially, anything they might have got up to which would help shine light on their judgement, their ethics, and how they might perform in the role, Cluley said by email.

Google is beating the drum for Gemini 2.5, a new AI model that reportedly offers better performance than similar reasoning models from competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepseek. Google calls it its most intelligent AI model yet.According to a post on The Keyword blog, Gemini 2.5 can, among other things, analyze information, draw logical conclusions, take context into account, and make informed decisions. It can also interpret text, audio, images, video and code, which means it can be used to create apps and games, for example.In the video below, a game is being created from a simple text prompt.Gemini 2.5 can be tested using the Google AI Studio. The AI model is also available through the Gemini Advanced subscription service.

Apple discontinued the iPhone 13 mini, the last of its pint-sized smartphones, in September 2023 and we're not going to see another any time soon.Image generated with Image Creator from Microsoft DesignerThe iPhone mini was first introduced in 2020 as a smaller-sized version of the base-model iPhone 12. Unfortunately for fans, it only lasted one generation longer.The iPhone 13 mini made its debut in 2021, but would not see a direct successor in the iPhone 14 lineup. Since then, many Apple users have bemoaned the diminutive iPhone's absence, especially now that we've gone three generations without it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple has focused the spotlight on how a "Severance" film editor primarily uses an iMac in conjunction with just about every shipping Mac there is to get his work done but chooses not to dwell on his choice of video editing software. Geoffrey Richman editing "Severance" image credit: AppleApple has shown before just how much work went into editing solely the title sequence for season two of "Severance." Now it's detailed the work of editing the episodes themselves, with an in-depth look at exactly how one of the show's three editors work."For the finale, there was a lot of experimenting with structure and testing out different ideas about how to play out different scenes," said supervising editor Geoffrey Richman in a statement. "It was a constant flow of ideas and my Mac setup allowed for such a smooth experience." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

This summer in London, the Design Museum will begin hosting More than Human, an exhibition featuring designs considerate of a multispecies environment from more than 50 participants whose work challenges the core tenants, presumptions, and pedagogies of contemporary Western design practice.This represents the first major exhibition to be curated jointly with the museums Future Observatory research operation. The dates for the exhibition are July 11th to October 6th, 2025.Rebecca Lewin, the Senior Curator of the Design Museum says, We want people to leave the exhibition feeling inspired and informed but also hopeful for the future. The huge network of issues raised by the climate crisis can feel overwhelming, but the fields of design, art, and architecture are finding creative and often beautiful solutions for the needs of the planet. It has been heartening to collaborate with such an incredible group of talented creative minds from across the globe to bring this project together...

With the upcoming release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5, the game seems to be highly-anticipated amongst PlayStation gamers. As spotted by ResetEra user Red Kong XIX, various digital editions of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are topping the pre-order charts on the PlayStation Store across different regions.This includes both the standard edition of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle as well as its Premium Edition. While the UK PlayStation Store has the standard edition at the top of the charts, both the US PS Store as well as the Canadian one have the Premium Edition as the number one most pre-ordered game on PS5 right now.Indiana Jones and the Great Circle follows Microsofts other first-party title, Forza Horizon 5, in topping pre-order charts on the PS5. While the racing game is sitting in second place, right behind Indiana Jones in the charts right now, Forza Horizon 5 had started climbing up the charts since its PS Store listing first went live earlier this month.Rounding off the top 10 most pre-ordered PS5 titles right now are some combination of the games Atomfall, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The First Berzerker: Khazan, Elden Ring: Nightreign, and Days Gone Remastered, depending on which regional store you look at.As for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the title got its April 17 PS5 release date earlier this week. Its Premium Edition even allows buyers to get two days of early access to the game ahead of its release. The PS5 release date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was announced alongside a trailer featuring voice actors Nolan North and Troy Baker.In case you would prefer to buy a physical copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, keep in mind that you would still need to download additional files. This detail comes from the fact that Bethesda officially unveiled the contents of the physical Collectors Edition of the game, and stated that it will need an Internet connection to be playable.In the case of the upcoming PS5 release of Forza Horizon 5 (April 29, in case you didnt know), Microsoft has revealed through an FAQ that PS5 players will need a Microsoft account in order to play online. This account will be linked with a PSN account. This was also the case with the PS5 release of Sea of Thieves.While working on the PS5 version of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, its developers at MachineGames have also been working on improving the PC release of the game. The last major update released for the title was back in February. The update brought with it a host of bug fixes as well as a quality of life update, but the biggest feature of the update was in bringing support for Nvidias DLSS 4 and AMDs FSR 3.1.For more details about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, check out our review of its original release. And while youre at it, also check out our review of the original release of Forza Horizon 5 from back in 2021.

Nintendo is hosting a Direct next week, April 2nd, focused on the heavily-anticipated Switch 2. However, before that, it confirmed a separate Nintendo Direct for March 27th at 7 AM PST.As announced by Nintendo of America, the Direct is about 30 minutes long and focuses on upcoming Switch titles in 2025. It wont offer any updates about the Nintendo Switch 2, which makes sense given next weeks imminent Direct.What could be showcased tomorrow? Falcom and GungHo Online Entertainment may officially announce the release date for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, which Canadian retailer Video Games Plus listed for September 25th on its website. Team Cherrys Hollow Knight: Silksong could also appear due to the recent updates to its Steam page and GeForce Now support.Insider NateTheHate also reported last December that Kirby: Planet Robobot could get a Nintendo Switch version for launch later this year. As always, time will tell, so stay tuned for more details.Tune in tomorrow, March 27th, at 7 a.m. PT for a livestreamed #NintendoDirect, featuring around 30 minutes of upcoming games for Nintendo Switch. There will be no updates about Nintendo Switch 2 during this presentation.Watch it here: https://t.co/sJFoxe0mq0 pic.twitter.com/1XeAuff5o1 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 26, 2025

Portrait of a Gentleman, His Daughter and a Servantat the Musede la Chartreuse in Douai, France Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP via Getty ImagesImagine walking down a street and running into a childhood friend you havent seen in decades. Despite the years and the changes that come with them, you know just who youre looking at.Thats what happened withPhilippe Costamagna, whose eye is so well trained that he can recognize an artists signature style, saysPierre Bonnaure, director of the Muse de la Chartreuse in Douai, France, perIcis Sophie Morlans.Last year, Bonnaures museum called on experts like Costamagna, who specializes in Florentine and Roman art, as part of an effort to study and restore its collection of Italian paintings.As Costamagna perused the museums storage rooms, a dark piece calledPortrait of a Gentleman, His Daughter and a Servant caught his expert eye. It gave him that feeling of recognizing an old friend.Originally attributed toPieter Pourbus, aFlemish Renaissance artist who worked in Bruges during the 16th century, the painting depicts an austere man and his young daughter in matching ruffs. The girl passes flowers to her father, who is sitting in a chair. In the background, a servant peels back a curtain to deliver a basket of fruit.Costamagna thought he saw something elsesomething strangely familiarin the 16th-century painting, which had been bequeathed to the museum in the 1850s.People told me, Its a northern painting, says Costamagna to Agence France-Presse (AFP). He disagreed. Its an Italian painting, Bolognese in spirit from A to Z. Everything is reminiscent of it: the little girl with the little flowers, the strokes on the collar and on the sleeve.Portrait of a Gentleman, His Daughter and a Servantis now attributed to Lavinia Fontana, one of the first professional female artists. Claude Thriez / Muse de la Chartreuse de DouaiOver several months, Costamagna worked quietly to confirm his hunch. Finally, he delivered his verdict to the museum: Portrait of a Gentleman, His Daughter and a Servant was not the work of Pourbus. Instead, it belongs to the oeuvre ofLavinia Fontana, a Renaissance painter widely considered to be one of thefirst professional female artists.Born in Bologna in 1552, Fontana learned to paint under the guidance of her father,Prospero Fontana, aMannerist with a prominent reputation in the citys art scene.At age 25, she married Gian Paolo Zappi, an artist who gave up his own career to work as her agent, helping her secure major commissions from the popesGregory XIII andClement VIII.Though she was a mother of 11 children, she found time to paint portraits, mythological scenes, some femalenudes and major altar pieces for churches across Italy. She also earned a living from her work, which was an incredibly uncommon feat for women at the time. Before her death in 1614, she became the first woman accepted to the elite ranks of RomesAccademia di San Luca.Despite these accolades, Fontana isnt as well-known as some of her male Renaissance counterparts. In France, her work rarely shows up in public collections. FontanasPortrait of a Pregnant Woman, Possibly a Self-Portraitmay depict the artist herself, who gave birth to 11 children. Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsIts obviously a major discovery, like finding a treasure in your attic, Bonnaure tells Ici.Bonnaure hopes it wont be the last treasure to come out of his museums archives. The Muse de la Chartreuse displays around 750 artworks, but it has almost 70,000 in storage.While Portrait of a Gentleman, His Daughter and a Servant was briefly on view at the museum in Douai, it will undergo a complete restoration before entering the permanent collections.The painting is in excellent condition, Costamagna tells AFP. It hasnt been badly restored in the past, so it hasnt been distorted. The restoration will enhance it.The remarkable discovery will also help enhance Fontanas reputation, in Douai and beyond.Were hearing more and more about her, Auriane Delbarre, Douais deputy mayor for culture, tellsBFM Lilles Franois Wasson and Juliette Moreau Alvarez. Shell help attract a new audience that will be curious to come discover her work.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Archives, Art, Art History, Artists, Arts, Cool Finds, France, Italy, Museums, Renaissance, Renovation and Restoration, Visual Arts, Women's History