As His 143-Year-Old Church Nears Completion, Architect Antoni Gaudí Is Placed on the Path to Sainthood Gaudí, nicknamed “God’s architect,” was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis this week, putting him one step closer to canonization Lillian Ali - Staff Contributor April 16, 2025 11:22 a.m. The interior of the Sagrada Familia, the unfinished basilica in Barcelona, Spain Trey Ratcliff / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 The Sagrada Familia has faced the Spanish Civil War, fires, the COVID-19 pandemic and periods of economic growth and downturn. The ambitious church, situated in the Eixample district of Barcelona, is in its final phase of construction. Initial construction began on the church in 1882, and after 143 years of work, architect Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece is almost complete. Now, almost 100 years after his death and before the church is completed, the Vatican has placed Gaudí on a path that could end in sainthood. On Monday, April 14, Pope Francis, who was recently discharged from a five-week hospitalization, recognized “the heroic virtues of the servant of God” Antoni Gaudí i Cornet. Gaudí was born in Spain on June 25, 1852. He studied architecture in Barcelona and, at the age of 31, took over the construction of the Sagrada Familia in 1883. He worked on the church for 40 years, and it has remained unfinished. Currently, it is set to be completed in 2026. For his work on the church and his devout Catholic faith, Gaudí is nicknamed “God’s architect.” Italian historian Giovanni Maria Vian describes the Sagrada Familia as “the last great church” in Europe. He tells the New York Times’ Elisabetta Povoledo that Gaudí was “a Christian visionary, so the cause for beatification,” one of the steps toward sainthood, “is more than merited.” Seven of Gaudí’s works, including the Sagrada Familia, are UNESCO World Heritage sites. In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the basilica, declaring it sacred before an audience of more than 6,500. In his dedication, Benedict quoted Gaudí as saying that a church is “the only thing worthy of representing the soul of a people, for religion is the most elevated reality in man.” Gaudí's Casa Milà, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, was built for a couple in the Eixample district of Barcelona.  Shaun Dunmall / CC BY-SA 2.0. The sainthood process is called canonization. To begin the process, someone formally requests consideration of the deceased for sainthood, at least five years after their death. A bishop and eventually the Vatican evaluate whether there is enough evidence for consideration. If there is, the deceased is named a “servant of God.” Then a bishop sends a formal report to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, where the deceased person’s life is examined to ensure alignment with the Catholic Church’s teachings. If the deceased passes this step, they are declared “venerable.” The formal cause for Gaudí’s sainthood was submitted to the Vatican in 2023, according to the New York Times. He was officially declared “venerable” on Monday. Next is beatification, or to be declared “blessed.” The deceased has to have been a martyr or brought about a verified miracle. Beatification opens the door for official canonization, which requires proof of a second miracle. The pope ultimately decides whether to canonize someone. If he does, a special Mass is held in the new saint’s honor. In Gaudí’s case, beatification would likely require proof of a miracle attributed to him after his 1926 death, reports the BBC News’ Hafsa Khalil.  The movement by Gaudí’s community and supporters to push him toward sainthood goes back decades, with many believing that divine inspiration motivated his architecture. In 2003, the Guardian’s Giles Tremlett reported that Barcelona’s then-Cardinal Ricardo María Carles Gordó asked, “can anyone acquainted with [Gaudí’s] work believe that all which one contemplates could possibly have been produced only by cold thought?” Art historian Lourdes Cirlot told the BBC’s Jo Fidgen and William Kremer in 2015 that “it is hard to say that a building can be miraculous. But if someone goes into the Sagrada Familia, and really believes that they'll be cured, it will probably happen.” Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday. More about: Architecture Christianity Spain

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Falling somewhere between a 3D printer and the inkjet you use to churn out color photos, Anker’s eufyMake brand has announced what it’s calling the “industry’s first 3D-texture UV Printer designed for personal use.” The UV Printer E1 is closer in size to a 3D printer than an inkjet, but is designed to produce 2D images on various surfaces – such as paper or glass – with a subtle raised texture that can simulate the feel and appearance of materials like wood or even crocodile skin.These types of printers are typically used in large printing and manufacturing facilities who have the budget and the room to operate what’s traditionally bulky and expensive hardware. For example, several years ago at CES, Casio demonstrated a $50,000 printer offering similar functionality. eufyMake is launching its UV Printer E1 later this month through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign with a standard bundle priced at $1,899. But those willing to reserve one now with a $50 deposit can get the E1 discounted to $1,499.The E1 can create faux textures replicating the look and feel of materials like wood, crocodile skin, and paintings. Image: AnkerAs the name implies, UV printers use a specially formulated ink that cures and dries instantly when exposed to ultraviolet light after it’s been applied to a surface. The process typically produces prints that are more durable than other printing techniques, and it can be applied to multiple surfaces, not just paper. To create 3D textures, a thicker ink is laid down and cured first, in a process similar to 3D printing. eufyMake says the E1 can create textures as thick as five millimeters deep.The E1’s flat print bed can be swapped for an optional rotational unit that can print directly on mugs and bottles. Image: AnkerSupported materials include wood, metal, glass, leather, and acrylic which can be placed on a moving bed measuring around 13 inches by 16.5 inches in size. But using an optional rotation unit, the E1 can also directly print on rounded objects like mugs and water bottles, improving the accuracy of applications by eliminating the need to manually transfer designs.For further ease of use, the E1 includes a self-cleaning system to prevent clogs from forming that could put the machine out of use. It also uses a combination of cameras and lasers to measure and determine the location of objects being directly printed on, such as smartphone cases.The E1’s pricing will help make UV printing accessible to a wider variety of makers and smaller companies, but eufyMake hasn’t revealed the pricing of replacement ink cartridges, or how long they’ll last. The E1 uses a set of six UV inks including CMYK plus white and an ink that creates a glossy finish. They’re included with the UV printer as part of a bundle that eufyMake says is worth $299, but details on how many projects can be printed before cartridges run dry have not been revealed. “We want the E1 to shift the UV printing experience away from factory walls, and into homes, studios, small businesses and art markets around the world,” says eufy general manager Frank Zhu. But depending on the price of those UV inks, the UV Printer E1 may end up only being affordable for those able to sell their creations.See More:

Last Updated on April 16, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Nehdiii Originally published on Towards AI. This article marks the second entry in our DeepSeek-V3 series, focusing on a pivotal architectural breakthrough in the DeepSeek models [1, 2, 3]: DeepSeekMoE [4]. Vegapunk №02 One Piece Character Generated with ChatGPT In this article, we’ll explore how Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) functions, why it has gained popularity in LLMs, and the challenges it presents. We’ll also examine the balance between expert specialization and knowledge sharing, and how DeepSeekMoE aims to optimize this trade-off. And the best part: to make these concepts more intuitive, we’ll break it all down using a restaurant analogy, illustrating each element in MoE through the roles of chefs in a kitchen. In case you are interested in the other articles of DeepSeek series, here are the links: Part 1 : Multi-head Latent Attention Table of contents for this article: Background: Introduce the workings of MoE, highlighting its advantages and the challenges it poses, while also addressing the trade-off between expert specialization and knowledge sharing.DeepSeekMoE Architecture: Describe the concepts of fine-grained expert segmentation and shared expert isolation.Evaluation: Highlight DeepSeekMoE’s performance through a series of insightful experiments.Summary.References. In the context of LLMs, MoE usually involves substituting the FFN layer in Transformer architectures with an MoE layer, as illustrated in the figure below. Figure 1. Illustration of MoE… Read the full blog for free on Medium. Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor. Published via Towards AI

The first four episodes of Government Cheese are now streaming on Apple TV+. One new episode will debut every Wednesday through May 28.It’s 1969, and God wants Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo) to invent a self-sharpening drill. So sayeth the Lord that His loyal follower shall disrupt and innovate the field of handheld machinery—or so Hampton believes, anyway, having found religion while in prison for check fraud. With plot points like this, you can tell that Apple TV+’s new series Government Cheese wants so deeply to be weird. But the show never amounts to more than a bundle of affectations, the equivalent of watching somebody “cut loose” by coming into the office with, like, a slightly louder tie or something.To get an idea of the tone here, picture a game of telephone that starts at the broader comedies of the Coen brothers – big personalities against a backdrop of screwy Americana, like Raising Arizona or O Brother, Where Art Thou? Somewhere in the middle, already warped and diluted into semi-recognition, is the Coen karaoke of the Fargo TV series. Government Cheese exists at the end of the line, visiting mildly wacky circumstances on a cast of quirky cardboard cutouts.Hampton, after all, does not get out on parole with only designs on a divine drill; he’s also in hefty debt to the Prevost brothers, a family of French-Canadian gangsters operating out of an orange grove. There are seven of them. He does not tell his wife, Astoria (Simone Missick), who’s already – and quite understandably – peeved at having to raise their teenage sons alone during Hampton's three-year imprisonment while also pursuing a college degree. Their youngest, Harrison (Jahi Di'Allo Winston), is openly hostile to his father’s return, retreating into an odd fixation on indigenous Chumash culture. The oldest, Einstein (Evan Alexander Ellison), is more genial but also now really into pole vaulting.To varying degrees, these details are at least a little bit funny, and they play out against a handsome backdrop of pastel colors and manicured suburban lawns (production designer Warren Alan Young has credits on several seasons of Fargo). Every so often, you can even glimpse what the show is going for – each Chambers is striving for fulfillment, whether spiritual or professional (or, in Hampton’s case, both), from the meager hand they’ve been dealt. Hence the title: “government cheese,” in reference to the processed food given to impoverished people so they can make something from what is functionally nothing.Government Cheese GalleryBut those glimpses are as good as it gets with this series, which has only a tenuous grasp of the characters beyond their surface-level quirks. For a story built on Hampton’s homecoming and his determination to walk the righteous path, there’s precious little insight into what the Chambers household was like before or during his incarceration. We don’t get a sense of shared history between the family, don’t feel the lives they’ve lived. It’s not in the acting, not in the otherwise striking set design, and certainly not in the writing, which has everyone declaring their feelings and aspirations to the various sounding boards meant to pass for supporting characters.In one episode, Hampton has a heart-to-heart with a strange woman (Sunita Mani) stuck in a vent. She’s implied to be some kind of ethereal messenger, mysteriously vanishing once Hampton looks away. But she’s really no different from the other, more earthbound characters, because their own existences all seem to begin and end at what they can do for Hampton. His childhood friend and known associate Bootsy (Bokeem Woodbine, who you might also recognize from a season of Fargo) simply hands him a car, hoping to lure him back to a life of crime but otherwise with no strings attached. The youngest Prevost brother, Jean-Guy (Louis Cancelmi), offers to cancel Hampton’s debt in exchange for the self-sharpening drill, and then exits the whole middle of the series while Hampton thinks on it.Government Cheese never amounts to more than a bundle of affectations.“What really spoils Government Cheese, though, is just how safe it manages to be in its reheated imitation. Here is a show for anyone who ever wished that the Coens would tone down their abrasive weirdos, or that Wes Anderson would chill out with the fussy aesthetics. Hampton doesn’t react with anger or disbelief toward his family’s chilly reception of him – Oyelowo is given no material that might endanger our sympathy for him. Even when he’s more openly conniving, he operates exclusively at a low, dull hum of protagonist likability. Harrison needles him about all the “Yahweh stuff” (which Hampton prefers to the more formal title of “God”), but his newfound faith rarely comes up. Here’s a guy who thinks God has given him a mission, yet he goes for long stretches without talking about it at all. He doesn’t proselytize, doesn’t yammer on about Yahweh’s plan, doesn’t even corral his kids into going to church.For a little while, I wondered if this was intentional, an expression of how flimsy and self-serving Hampton’s faith is. But the handful of seemingly divine occurrences in Government Cheese simply demonstrate its lack of imagination, grounding any flights of fancy by tagging them with a plausible explanation. No strange happenings may simply exist as an expression of character and circumstance. The Lord has to be giving Hampton a sign, and the vent lady has to be some ethereal messenger setting him straight. If Government Cheese won’t take a chance on making us disapprove of Hampton’s actions, why would it ask us to suspend our disbelief about his situation, too?

This article contains spoilers for the Black Mirror episode “USS Callister: Into Infinity.” A lot has happened since the classic Black Mirror episode “USS Callister” first premiered on Netflix in late 2017. Charlie Brooker’s beloved sci-fi anthology has churned out three fresh seasons of technodystopia (plus a choose-your-own-adventure movie). The Star Trek franchise has debuted five new series. And then there was the matter of that global pandemic. Perhaps the biggest change since the USS Callister flew off into server space unknown in 2017, however, is the ascendent status of its Captain Nanette Cole, played by Cristin Milioti. First introduced to most audiences as the titular mother in How I Met Your Mother, Milioti has always been a welcome presence on television. Since her time aboard the Callister though, Milioti’s genre TV star has really begun to soar. The New Jersey-born actress unlocked another level for the Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest in a devastating standalone installment “A Dark Quiet Death,” out-Black Mirror’ed Black Mirror itself in HBO Max’s Made for Love,* and entered into the canon of all-time great Batman villains as Sofia Falcone on Max’s The Penguin. *Which, much to Warner Bros. Discovery’s deep shame, is longer available to stream on HBO Max’s successor “Max” or anywhere else for that matter. As Milioti made a name for herself in pop culture, she never lost sight of a possible return to Black Mirror. Just before “USS Callister: Into Infinity” premiered, Milioti discussed the journey back with Den of Geek and other outlets at a roundtable interview. “We started having conversations about a sequel very soon after the first episode aired,” she says. “It was going to be a series at one point. Then it was a completely different movie. I think you get used to, in this business, lowering your expectations so that you don’t get your heart broken. Making anything is impossible and a miracle – like anything that is made at all, let alone made well, is a miracle.” USS Callister: Into Infinity truly puts Milioti and her crew through the wringer once again. After escaping the clutches of game creator Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons), the USS Callister team attempts to end their meager existence as pirates and make it to the Heart of Infinity to carve out a personal paradise. To do so, however, the digital Nanette must collaborate with an unusual partner: herself. “I don’t know what can prepare you for arguing with yourself,” Milioti says. “Although, as I’m saying that, I’m realizing this is the second time I’ve been on a show where I fight myself. I don’t think anything ever fully like prepares you for it, because it’s different each time. I’ve been very blessed to get to work on these things. Penguin was like this too, where I kind of couldn’t believe in how many different things I got to explore and play.” While the original USS Callister was largely a Star Trek pastiche thanks to Robert Daly’s love of fictional Trek-esque series Space Fleet, its sequel leans more into satire of open world gaming culture, complete with a cranky user base, microtransactions, and frequent glitches. To better prepare for the experience, Milioti bypassed the gaming world entirely and went straight to the source. “I actually delved more into coding than I did games because Nanette loves coding and is in awe of Daly’s ability to design a game. I wanted to know more about all the problem solving, and how that would inform this person. I haven’t tried to code but I watched a lot of material on it and read about it. It seems very cool, like a constant Tetris.” Well there you have it. Even The Penguin‘s Sofia Falcone is learning to code. That’s a recession indicator if we’ve ever seen one. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! All six episodes of Black Mirror season 7 are available to stream on Netflix now.

A decorative mainstay, wallpaper has adorned homes for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, but arguably hit the mainstream in the 19th-century thanks to William Morris and The Arts & Craft Movement, which popularized naturalistic motifs and handmade aesthetics. In recent years, wallpaper has experienced something of a renaissance, with interiors pivoting away from minimalist palettes and toward livelier patterns, and fashion houses like Gucci, Hermès, and Ralph Lauren all putting their spin on designer wallcoverings. And design trends for 2025 indicate that this year, walls will be the star of the show. If you’re wallpaper-curious, but nervous about incorporating a splashy print into your personal space, checking into a design-forward hotel swathed in a photogenic wallpaper offers all of the fun and none of the commitment. Bearing this (and the fact that summer is just around the corner) in mind, we rounded up 11 of the best hotel wallpapers spotted around the world, from an Art Deco property where F. Scott Fitzgerald used to holiday with Zelda, to a dreamy hunting lodge tucked away in Scotland.More Wallpaper InspirationChâteau d'AudrieuCourtesy Château d'AudrieuWe’ll never say non to a French pastoral getaway, especially when it’s to this exquisite property in the countryside of Normandy. The hotel is set within an 18th-century château and among its many design highlights is the hot air balloon wallpaper by Manuel Canovas, created in the toile de jouy style. The motif is a nod to the golden age of travel and spirit of exploration, as well as an homage to the owner’s passion for aviation. Book NowManoir Hovey Courtesy Manoir HoveyThis Relais & Chateaux property in the Eastern Townships of Quebec is set on the serene shores of Lake Massawippi and is surrounded by 30 acres of birch forests and English gardens. The accommodations are made up of a main manor and exterior cottages, with laidback design reminiscent of a turn-of-the-century lodge. Wallpaper can be seen throughout Manoir Hovey, including the pattern in the hall above, and a large landscape mural in the Lakeside Pavilion chosen by the property’s interior decorator, Hilary Webster. Book NowHôtel Barrière Fouquet’s New YorkCourtesy Fouquet's New YorkWhen Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet’s opened its sister property in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, Francophiles flocked to witness its design-centric spaces. Gilded chandeliers and pastel upholsteries aside, one of the most elegant touches is discovered within the guest rooms—a custom toile de jouy wallpaper by Schumacher that showcases teeny tiny illustrations of the neighborhood, from pigeons flying with a baguette in their beaks to a street pretzel cart.Book Now Lone Mountain RanchCourtesy Lone Mountain RanchThis sprawling, scenic ranch in Big Sky, Montana is now home to an intimate social club called Auric Room 1915. There, members and guests of Lone Mountain Ranch can enjoy an ultra-stylish supper club with private booths and banquettes, as well as a cigar terrace (cue the sweeping views!). The design is note-perfect, from the reclaimed oak floors all the way to the custom wallpaper, which features state symbols like the Ponderosa Pine, the Western Meadowlark bird, and the Bitterroot flower.Book Now Domaine de ChalamonGaelle Le Boulicaut PhotographerA Fontenille Collection property, Domaine de Chalamon is located on the bucolic outskirts of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, nestled within 37 acres of tranquil greenery. There are just 19 rooms in this historic estate, all adorned in clean, classic Provençal style, as well as the main sitting area that’s decorated with a lovely micro-floral wallpaper in a minty shade of green. If you're looking for a picturesque escape to the south of France, this is it.Book Now The BalmoralCourtesy The BalmoralAny visit to Edinburgh is not complete without a stay at The Balmoral. The property’s location (1 Princes Street) is highly coveted, thanks in part to its spectacular views of Edinburgh Castle. Renowned designer Olga Polizzi guided the interiors for the property, including the hotel’s playful gym with its wallpaper featuring retro bodybuilders in various athletic poses. (How’s that for workout inspiration?)Book Now The Grand Hotel Villa SerbelloniCourtesy Grand Villa Hotel SerbelloniBibliophiles and history-lovers alike will fall head over heels for this French Riviera icon. Hôtel Belles Rives was once a private villa F. Scott Fitzgerald rented, and where he lived while writing Tender Is the Night. Today, the hotel boasts both an Art Deco flair and a strong sense of history. On top of all this, design details like geometric-print wallpaper by Hermès elevate the interiors, adding to the artistic atmosphere of the guest experience.Book NowThe Fife ArmsCourtesy the Fife ArmsOne of Scotland’s most beloved design hotels (if not the most adored), The Fife Arms is a 19th-century Victorian coaching inn that has been revived by Iwan and Manuela Wirth (of Hauser & Wirth) with a collection of over 16,000 antiques, artworks, and objects. There are over 40 different wallpaper designs throughout the hotel, including those sourced from the archives of prestigious companies such as William Morris. (Don’t miss the tartan wallcoverings, they’re stunning.)Book Now La FantaisieJerome GallandOverflowing with whimsy, this enchanting hotel in Paris is like something from a technicolor dream. The bespoke floral wallpapers were designed by Adam Ellis Studio and showcase hand-painted botanical motifs. The patterns are awash in soft greens, yellows, and pinks and take inspiration from the courtyard that La Faintaisie now occupies, which was once known for its fruits and vegetables in the 16th century.Book Now The SurreyCourtesy The SurreyAfter a multi-year closure, this grand dame property in New York City is finally back. The Surrey, a Corinthia Hotel originally opened in 1926 and now features reimagined interiors by Martin Brudnizki. The hotel’s design is sleek and subtle, extending to the custom grasscloth wallcoverings by Phillip Jeffries (elevated with hand-applied trims by Schumacher). And keep your eyes peeled for the hidden wallpaper in the closets, which illustrate each suite’s namesake Central Park bridge—Bow Bridge, Pine Bank Bridge, Bethesda Terrace, and Greywacke Arch.Book NowFollow House Beautiful on Instagram and TikTok.

If you’ve been scrolling social media over the past week, you may have noticed miniature action figure versions of friends, family, or colleagues neatly wrapped in a blister pack. These plastic-fantastic portraits are the latest AI-powered photo trend to sweep the internet — especially LinkedIn. After digital avatars and Studio Ghibli-inspired selfies, we now have the action figure, produced using ChatGPT’s free image generator.  It’s all fun and games, right? But look closer, and behind the gloss and giggles lies some pretty crucial fine print. With this action figure, sustainability is not included.  Mel Morris, the founder of research engine Corpora.ai and former chairman of Candy Crush creator King, has slammed the environmental costs. The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!“The LinkedIn action figure trend and its demand on GPUs is obviously unsustainable,” he said.  Some researchers estimate that using AI to generate text consumes 20-30 times more energy than a traditional search, depending on the model. Creating AI-generated images from written prompts uses at least double that amount, according to data from HuggingFace.  “GPUs aren’t infinite,” said Morris. “They come at a carbon cost, and this kind of casual overuse shows how disconnected we’ve become from the true costs associated with these tools.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Artificial Intelligence (AI) • ChatGPT (@chatgptricks) Energy use from data centres, including for AI applications, is predicted to double over the next five years to 3% of global energy use, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest figures. Globally, almost half of that power is predicted to come from burning fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.   “As a technologist, I believe in the power of AI, but not at any cost,” said Morris. “If we want sustainable innovation, then we need to learn what genuine progress looks and feels like — I’m willing to bet that it’s not the dopamine hit after posting your AI-made figurine.” AI and sustainability feature heavily on the agenda of TNW Conference, which takes place on June 19-20 in Amsterdam. Tickets for the event are now on sale. Use the code TNWXMEDIA2025 at the check-out to get 30% off the price tag. Story by Siôn Geschwindt Siôn is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy. From nuclear fusion breakthroughs to electric vehic (show all) Siôn is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy. From nuclear fusion breakthroughs to electric vehicles, he's happiest sourcing a scoop, investigating the impact of emerging technologies, and even putting them to the test. He has five years of journalism experience and holds a dual degree in media and environmental science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. When he's not writing, you can probably find Siôn out hiking, surfing, playing the drums or catering to his moderate caffeine addiction. You can contact him at: sion.geschwindt [at] protonmail [dot] com Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with

Screenshot Apple is out with a pair of new ads highlighting the MacBook Pro today. The ads are part of the “Mac does that” campaign and focus on the MacBook Pro’s nano-texture display and all-day battery life. Here’s what Apple says in its new “Low Glare” ad touting the MacBook Pro’s nano-texture display: Bright days? Bring it on. The nano-texture display option for MacBook Pro scatters light to minimize glare and reflections in bright spaces, whether inside or out. Apple added a nano-texture option to the MacBook Pro last fall, alongside its update to the M4 family of chips. Apple says the nano-texture display dramatically reduces glare and distractions from reflections. It’s available as an additional $150 upgrade to the MacBook Pro. In the second ad, Apple touts the 24-hour battery life of the new MacBook Pro. “Lost charger? That’s a tomorrow problem when you have up to 24 hours of battery life,” Apple says. Check out both new ads below. Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Billionaire Elon Musk has had 14 children with four different women — and that's just the ones we know about.The latest of his babies we've learned of was conceived by 26-year-old conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, who has sued him over custody of her son and accused him of trying to silence her by paying her off.In a PR stunt last month, St. Clair even announced that she had sold her Tesla Model S, arguing that she needed the money since Musk had cut her child support.And as the Wall Street Journal reports, there could be countless other women like St. Clair, who have quietly given birth to more of Musk's children.In fact, according to the newspaper's reporting, Musk has made a habit of sending unsolicited DMs to women on Twitter, often in right-wing political circles, offering them to have his babies.Case in point, per the WSJ, Musk asked pro-Trump crypto influencer Tiffany Fong on X-formerly-Twitter if she was interested in having his child, despite having never met in person.Fong shut him down, only to see her earnings and engagement drop precipitously on the platform shortly after.Musk's bizarre behavior highlights his obsession with the idea that falling birth rates are the number one threat to humanity — a belief that experts have long refuted.His unusually literal approach to spreading his genes far and wide has resulted in ugly custody battles, lawsuits over child support, and personal attacks — making him, by many accounts, one of the worst fathers in recent history.According to the WSJ, there could be other women like Fong who were personally solicited by Musk to have a baby. Sources close to Musk told the paper that he may have many more children than are publicly known.St. Clair refused to sign an agreement that traded silence about her son for a lump sum payment of $15 million, plus a monthly $100,000 in support.Musk's longtime fixer, Jared Birchall, has stepped in to handle negotiations with the growing number of women who have given birth to his kids.In a December call with St. Clair, he pushed her to sign an NDA."We have been through way too many issues where, to not sign some agreement associated with handing over 15-plus million dollars is absolutely insane and irresponsible, and because we have dealt with some very unstable, mentally unstable, people that all of a sudden misremember things," Birchall told St. Clair, as quoted by the WSJ.Musk "cannot allow people to just go and share his life information," he added. "He is the biggest lightning rod on the entire planet."The billionaire also texted St. Clair that "only the paranoid survive" and that he's "#2 after Trump for assassination."However, St. Clair never signed the agreement — allowing us to get a glimpse into the bizarre world of Musk's scattered and largely non-functional family.More on Trump: Mother of Elon's Child So Disgusted With Him That She Sells Her TeslaShare This Article