Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store is Closing Overnight Next Week, Here’s Why

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

Apple’s iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York City is normally open 24/7, but it will be closed overnight on some days next week. According to Apple’s website, the store will be closing at 10 p.m. local time each night on Monday, February 2 through Wednesday, February 4. The store will re-open each morning at 8 a.m. local time during this period. Apple is closing the store to complete maintenance on the signature glass cube entrance, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Källa: Apple’s Fifth Avenue Store is Closing Overnight Next Week, Here’s Why

Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

Benjamin Franklin and The Battle of Brooklyn — in AI?

That’s the premise of an intriguing, provocative new series that Darren Aronofsky is producing via his AI-focused venture Primordial Soup. Drawing on the tech of Google DeepMind, with which the company has a deal, Primordial Soup is dramatizing the scenes from some of the Revolutionary War period’s most pivotal moments and releasing them on Time’s YouTube channel.

Källa: Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI

Apple Loses Top Siri Executive and More AI Researchers to Google and Meta [Report]

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

The exodus of talent from Apple’s artificial intelligence division is accelerating, with a top Siri executive and several key researchers leaving the company just as it prepares to launch a critical overhaul of its voice assistant. Among the departures is Stuart Bowers, a vice president who helped lead Siri’s modernization effort and has reportedly left for Google DeepMind.

Källa: Apple Loses Top Siri Executive and More AI Researchers to Google and Meta [Report]

Macaulay Culkin leads tributes to ’Home Alone’ co-star Catherine O’Hara: ”I thought we had time”

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

Macaulay Culkin has written an emotional tribute to his late Home Alone co-star Catherine O’Hara, who has died aged 71.

O’Hara played Kate, the mother of Culkin’s character Kevin, who accidentally leaves him behind in Chicago when the family goes on holiday to Paris in the 1990 Christmas classic, and they reappeared on screen together for the 1992 sequel Home Alone: Lost In New York.

Källa: Macaulay Culkin leads tributes to ’Home Alone’ co-star Catherine O’Hara: ”I thought we had time”

Catherine O’Hara, who starred in ’Home Alone’ and ’Schitt’s Creek,’ dies at 71

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

Canadian born actress and screenwriter Catherine O’Hara has died at her home in Los Angeles, following a brief illness, according to her agent and manager. She was 71 years old and was known for absurdist comedy. She enjoyed a six-decade career in TV and film playing sometimes over-the-top, but endearing characters.

In one of her most memorable roles, O’Hara played the freaked-out mom of rascally son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) in two Home Alone movies. Later, she portrayed the self-centered, whiny matriarch in the riches-to-rags TV sitcom Schitt’s Creek — a role for which she earned an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 2020.

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What’s revealed in the latest Epstein files release – and what’s redacted

av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 31, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads

The Department of Justice released its latest, and likely last, batch of files related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. It comes more than a month after the missed deadline set by Congress. The release includes more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The DOJ says there are redactions, but has not provided a full explanation of what is excluded. Ali Rogin reports.

Källa: What’s revealed in the latest Epstein files release – and what’s redacted