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There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in when you wake up to winter weather, check the forecast, and see the words freezing rain buried in the afternoon outlook.If you live in the mountains of British Columbia as we do, you already know what that can mean: downed power lines, flickering lights, and the quiet anxiety of wondering whether today is the day the grid decides to take a break.We live where six inches of snow in a single day is just a Tuesday. We have ski hills nearby, outdoor rinks the kids love, and the kind of winters…

Saunders, who died last summer at the age of 90, is most closely associated with his home city of Oakland, but seeing his multimedia paintings in person at David Zwirner in Los Angeles is a reminder of California’s rich and prolific tradition of Black artistry.Where to see it: David Zwirner, 616 N. Western Avenue, February 24 to April 25Amity Group Exhibition: I Did It MyselfIssy Wood, ‘Go, daddy! 4’, 2025Frieze LA isn’t complete without the opportunity to see some truly cool local architecture, and that’s exactly what arts organization Amity’s curator and founder, Jed Moch, is offering with a group…

Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary today, and as you’d expect, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are cranking up the nostalgia in every possible way. In addition to re-releasing the Game Boy Advance remakes of Pokémon Red and Blue on Nintendo Switch Online, they’re also selling us a Game Boy-shaped portable Pokémon jukebox.Officially titled the Pokémon Game Music Collection, the little music player is palm-sized and can be loaded up with 45 different cartridges, each featuring a different melody or sound effect from the original games’ soundtrack. The device was announced by longtime series composer Junichi Masuda during today’s anniversary Pokémon…

Feb 28, 2026, 05:53 PM ETMIAMI — If Kevin Durant ultimately decides to chase more Olympic gold, Erik Spoelstra seems interested in coaching him.Spoelstra, the Miami Heat coach who will lead the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, said Saturday he’s aware of Durant’s recent comments about the potential of playing for what would be a fifth gold medal.And the concept is clearly intriguing.”Just him saying that is incredible,” Spoelstra, an assistant on the 2024 Olympic team, said before the Heat beat Durant and the Houston Rockets 115-105. “You know, that’s the culture of USA Basketball.…

The streaming and entertainment industry just witnessed one of its most high-stakes megadeals ever, stunning industry observers. Not only is it historic in its size, but it is also predicted to disrupt Hollywood and the media business as we know it.  After years of Warner Bros. Discovery struggling under the weight of billions of dollars in debt, compounded by declining cable viewership and fierce competition from streaming platforms, the company has been considering major strategic changes, including selling its entertainment assets to one of its rivals. Several major players saw the potential in acquiring the media giant and in December,…

The idea of using a laptop cooling pad feels antiquated. These days, laptop chips have become extremely efficient. The fans on MacBooks (if they even have them) are barely used, and both Intel and Qualcomm are pushing efficiency on the Windows front.But people keep buying laptop cooling pads, so surely there is a use case in 2026 that actually makes sense, right? I tried out a couple cooling pads paired with a couple of different gaming laptops, and walked away surprised at how effective they could be.Do Cooling Pads Actually Work?Photograph: Luke LarsenLaptop cooling pads have been around for decades,…

The WIAA state individual wrestling tournament continued on Feb. 28 across three boys divisions and one girls division at the Kohl Center in Madison.Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties had eight wrestlers reach the state finals in their weight classes.AdvertisementThe busiest division was the boys Division three which had three finalists and multiple wrestlers going for state medals.The three finalists were in Division 3: Cedar Grove-Belgium’s Seth Race (175), Oostburg’s Liam Richards (165) and Mishicot’s Owen Schacht (190).Oostburg’s Liam Richards works to pin Random Lake’s Wyatt Depies in a 165-pound match during the WIAA D3 team sectional at Cedar Grove-Belgium High School,…

Alongside a global launch for Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra (read about that right here), the company announced a further deepening of its relationship with Leica. The CEO of Leica, Matthias Harsch, took to the stage to announce a new Leitzphone, which appears to be an even deeper collaboration than 17 Ultra by Leica, which is a different phone. Confused? That’s fair.Design-wise, Leica has shifted back to a single tone body color, which looks more “Leica” to this camera dilettante’s eyes. And if you’re thinking you’ve heard of the Leitzphone before, you probably have: it was a series of phones made by…

Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 17 Ultra at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 28. 2026.XiaomiXiaomi launched its latest flagship smartphones globally on Saturday as an unprecedented surge in memory chip prices threatens to dampen sales. The Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra represent the Chinese technology giant’s top tier devices aimed at challenging the likes of Samsung and Apple in the high-end segment of the market.Xiaomi, which is the third-largest smartphone player globally, has maintained the prices of the devices versus last year’s flagship, even amid the huge jump in memory prices that are critical for smartphones. The Xiaomi 17…

The week before the 2026 Brit Awards, we began to hear murmurs about Harry Styles’s red carpet look. It would be fabulous and it would be womenswear-focused and there would be a very specific shoe moment. Reader, we spent a large portion of the next few days dreaming up what the next step on from that ballet shoe at the Grammys could be. We’d show you the mood board, but it’s filed somewhere in our minds between this week’s dispatches from Milan Fashion Week, featuring the Bella Hadid-ification of the Prada runway and Maria Grazia Chiuri bringing back Karl Lagerfeld…