Apple has moved on to its second round of developer betas, issuing fresh builds of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, macOS 15.3, tvOS 18.3, watchOS 11.3, and visionOS 2.3.Examples of Apple Intelligence at work. The second round of betas for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, macOS 15.3, tvOS 18.3, watchOS 11.3, and visionOS 2.2 follow after the first round, which landed on December 16.The second iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 developer betas share build number 22D5040d, replacing 22D5034e, the first build. The second macOS Sequoia 15.3 build is 24D5040f, up from 24D5034. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple deals continue to roll in during CES 2025, with Amazon knocking $150 off the all-in-one M4 iMac 24-inch with a 10-core GPU, eliminating the need to purchase an external display.Amazon's has dropped prices on Apple's M4 iMac.The standout discount across Amazon's M4 iMac sale is the $150 markdown on the silver colorway with a 10-core CPU/GPU chip, 16GB of unified memory and 256GB of SSD storage. The upgraded model also provides two extra Thunderbolt ports and a Gigabit Ethernet port compared to the standard spec.Buy for $1,349 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Canadian smart home brand Nanoleaf released multiple new smart home products at CES 2025, including its first floor lamp and a new software subscription.The new Nanoleaf floor lampMost intriguing for Apple users will be the new Smart Multicolor Floor Lamp that is outfitted with LED lights for more than 16 million colors, music syncing, and gradient effects.It has an ultra-slim design to fit into many rooms and is now available to preorder from Nanoleaf's website for $99. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Rhode Island is the latest U.S. state to consider the implementation of a new public development office aimed at increasing the governments role in land acquisition, construction, and financing as it faces a housing shortage.The move would place it alongside fellow New Englanders Vermont and Massachusetts as well as New York (where the New York State Homes and Community Renewal was created in 2010) and Minnesota (the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency). Several other states (incl. California and Oregon) have some version of the office as well.According to Governing.com, "Its a model for a type of social housing broadly defined as publicly developed housing for people with different incomes that has been slowly percolating in other cities as well. [...] given the uncertainty around federal housing policy under the second Trump administration, state and local governments may have more incentive to use their own money and power to address their housing challenges."...

In this week'scurated employer highlightfromArchinect Jobs, we are featuring threearchitecture and design firms with current openings inLosAngeles, Portland, and Brooklyn.For even more opportunities, visit theArchinect job boardand explore our active community ofjob seekers,firms, andschools.Architecture and design studioWest of Westis hiring for two Designers, one in Portland and one in Los Angeles. Candidates should have a minimum of five years of experience, excellent knowledge of Rhino, Revit, and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as the ability toorganize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. In addition, one should possess effective interpersonal and communication skills.Alleyway courtyard by West of West.Design-build practiceCO Adaptiveis in search of a Practice Managerin Brooklyn with five to eight years of experience as an administrative assistant or office manager, ideally within the building industry. Candidates should be highly organized, detail-ori...

Bryan C. Lee Jr., the 2025-2026 President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), has shared a call to action for members as part of an introductory address for the new year.In it, Lee (who recently won the prestigious 2025Whitney M. Young Jr. Award)states his intentions to strengthen efforts on a number of existing committee fronts and initiatives that will ultimately lead to greater equity and progress on social causes grouped within the broader tent of design justice."For every injustice in our world, there exists an architecture, a plan, a design that has been built to sustain it. [...] Architecture has the power to speak the language of the people it serveswe simply must choose to serve those without power. Over the next two years, our organization will focus on four key pillars of action through our committees: Educate, Elevate, Empower, and Engage," a portion reads.You can read his full message here.

Dell has unveiled its latest gaming monitor under the Alienware banner. Dubbed the AW2725Q, the new display features a 27-inch 4K panel with a refresh rate of 240 Hz. Interestingly, the smaller size of the display paired with its high resolution makes the AW2725Q one of the densest QD-OLED monitors out there, with 166 pixels per inch.On the I/O side of things, the AW2725Q features an HDMI 2.1 port, and HDMI 2.0 port, and a DisplayPort 1.4 port, along with a 3.5mm audio output jack, 3 USB-A ports and a USB-C port. The screen also features 10-bit colour depth, as well as compatibility with both AMDs FreeSync and Nvidias G-Sync technologies.Other features in the monitor include AI-based technology that will attempt to prevent objects burning into the display, as well as a graphite sheet between the layers of the display panel.Interestingly, the AW2725Qs design is quite more subdued than what the Alienware line-up is typically known for. The new monitor will look sleeker on a table, especially when compared to other Alienware monitors and even desktop and laptop systems.The Alienware AW2725Q is slated to hit stores in March 2025, and will be priced at $900.

Along with its unveiling of a new line-up of graphics cards at CES 2025, Nvidia has also announced new software technologies that make use of the AI-based hardware in the new GPUs. Headlining the new features is the latest iteration of Nvidias popular DLSS.Dubbed DLSS 4, the technology is powered by the Tensor cores present in RTX graphics cards, and along with its previous features like outputting visuals at higher resolutions, now also has Multi Frame Generation. An upgrade to Frame Generation, the new Multi Frame Generation is able to generate three additional frame for every single frame rendered by the system.Nvidia claims that it can multiply a games frame rate by up to eight times over traditional rendering techniques by making use of Multi Frame Generation.DLSS 4 also features upgrades to its suite of other features, including Ray REconstruction, Super Resolution, and DLAA, all of which will now run on transformers architecture that powers AI models like ChatGPT, Flux and Gemini. This will be the first real-time application of the technology for graphics rendering.Along with DLSS 4, Nvidia has also announced Reflex 2, which the company claims is able to synchronise the work done on CPUs and GPUs in order to reduce in-game latency by up to 75 percent.It is worth noting that both of these new features will require one of Nvidias new GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards.

AMD has announced a line-up of new performance-focused CPUs in its Ryzen series, headlining which are two new X3D chips: the Ryzen 9950X3D, and the Ryzen 9900X3D, the former of which features 16 cores and 32 threads that can boost all the way up from 4.3 GHz to 5.7 GHz and features 144 MB of cache, and the latter of which has 12 cores, can boost up to 5.5 GHz from 4.4 GHz, and features 140 MB of cache.Following the line-up is also a series of new Ryzen Z2 processors. Headlining this line-up is the new Ryzen Z2 Extreme with 8 cores, a boost clock of up to 5 GHz, and 16 graphics cores. The regular Ryzen Z2 has 4 cores, boosts up to 5.1 GHz, and has 12 graphics cores. Rounding out the line-up is the Ryzen Z2 Go with 4 cores, a boost clock of up to 4.3 GHz, and 12 graphics cores.Along with these new chips, AMD also announced new high-end laptop-centric processors: the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, the Ryzen 9 9955HX, and the Ryzen 9 9850HX. As the names might imply, the X3D variant of the Ryzen 9 9955HX features 144 MB of cache, alongside the 16 CPU cores, 2 graphics cores, and a boost clock of up to 5.4 GHz from its base speed of 2.5 GHz. The Ryzen 9 9850 HX features 12 CPU cores and 2 graphics cores, and boosts up from 3 GHz to 5.2 GHz.The new Ryzen X3D CPUs and Ryzen Z2 chips are slated for launch in Q1 2025, while the Ryzen 9000 HX chips are set for launch in the first half of 2025.

Jean Michel-Basquiat, Brook Bartlett and Bruno Bischofberger in St. Moritz on January 30, 1983 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Mnnedorf-Zurich, Switzerland / Photo by Christina BischofbergerThe artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for his subversive graffiti-inspired style, is commonly associated with New York City in the 1980s. Now, a new exhibition reveals a lesser-known source of inspiration for the visionary artist: the Swiss Alps.Titled Jean-Michel Basquiat: Engadin, the show at the Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz in Switzerland features more than a dozen works that the artist created in St. Moritz, Zurich, Appenzell and various parts of the Alpine valley region of Engadin.Sometimes the format of x artist abroad can feel a little forced, often curated to artificially engineer new audiences or markets for their work, writes theArt Newspapers Matthew Holman. But Basquiats time in the Engadin is a genuine blindspot in our understanding of one of the most studied artists of the postwar period. Jean-Michel Basquiat,The Dutch Settlers, 1982 Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / Licensed by Artestar, New York / Nicola Erni Collection / Photo by Reto Pedrini PhotographyBasquiat first visited Switzerland in 1982 after meetingBruno Bischofberger, a Swiss art dealer who became enthralled with the artist and championed his work across Europe. The artist planned the trip to attend the opening for his own solo exhibition at Bischofbergers gallery. But when he got there, no opening had been scheduled, according toChristies. Instead, the dealer brought him to Appenzell, a setting that left a lasting impression.From then on, Jean-Michel Basquiat often visited me in Switzerland, where he particularly liked it, says Bischofberger, per the exhibition website. About half a dozen times in Zurich and exactly seven times in St. Moritz, four of them in the summer.Skifahrer, Jean-Michel Basquiat,1983 Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / Licensed by Artestar, New York / Collection Carmignac / Photo by Thomas HennocqueOne of the most elaborate pieces on display is a nine-panel artwork called Dutch Settlers (1982). The painting combines words and symbols connected to colonialism and slavery with imagery evoking the Engadin, such as mountains, fir trees and ibexes.Surrounded by the serene snow-capped mountains, Basquiat had a new place to take a beat and channel ideas. What emerges is a contrast between the pulsating life, nightclubs, street noise and breakneck speed of the metropolis of New York and the artists discovery of slowness, writes Basquiat scholar Dieter Buchhart, per the gallery.Big Snow, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984 Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / Licensed by Artestar, New York / Private collectionBasquiat also reimagined pivotal moments in history through the lens of the Swiss Alps. In Big Snow (1984), he uses the Alpine setting to explore Jesse Owens 1936 win at the Berlin Olympics. To Repel Ghosts (1986) examines themes of loneliness and spirituality, drawing inspiration from his time in Zurich and St. Moritz. Switzerland was also where Basquiat and Bischofberger began discussing the artists collaboration withAndy Warhol and Francesco Clemente.As Designbooms Kat Barandy writes, This collaboration marked a transformative period in his career, underscoring the importance of Switzerland not just as a source of inspiration but as a crucible for artistic innovation.Jean-Michel Basquiat: Engadin is on view at Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz in Switzerland through March 29, 2025.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: African American History, Andy Warhol, Art, Artists, Arts, Exhibitions, Exhibits, Painting, Switzerland, Switzerland Travel, Travel