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CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations Plus: Proton helped the FBI identify a protester, the Leakbase cybercrime forum was busted in an international operation, and more.

CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations

Children’s Toys Are Shipping With Adult AI Inside Them This is a massive safety risk. The post Children’s Toys Are Shipping With Adult AI Inside Them appeared first on Futurism.

Children’s Toys Are Shipping With Adult AI Inside Them

Estate Planning for Artists: Ten Essential Steps to Protect Your Creative Legacy For artists, estate planning is more than a legal formality — it is an act of cultural preservation. Your archive, intellectual property, and unsold works form a legacy that will shape how future generations understand your contribution. For Black artists in particular, whose histories have too often been undervalued, miscatalogued, or lost, intentional planning ensures your life’s work is protected, interpreted with integrity, and accessible to the communities you care about. These ten steps offer a clear roadmap for safeguarding your creative estate. 1. Take Inventory of Your Work Begin with a comprehensive catalog: - Titles, dates, dimensions, mediums   - High‑resolution images   - Provenance and exhibition history   - Current location of each piece   A complete inventory becomes the backbone of your estate and prevents loss or misattribution. 2. Organize Your Intellectual Property Your copyrights and licensing rights are valuable assets. Document: - Copyright registrations   - Licensing agreements   - Digital files and archives   - Reproduction instructions or restrictions   This ensures your voice remains central to how your work circulates. 3. Designate an Artistic Executor An artistic executor understands your practice and can manage: - Archives   - Licensing   - Exhibitions   - Conservation decisions   Choose someone who can protect your artistic intent long after you’re gone. 4. Create a Will A will clarifies: - Who inherits your artworks   - Who manages your estate   - How assets should be distributed   Without one, state law decides — often with little regard for artistic nuance. 5. Establish a Trust (If Appropriate) A trust can: - Provide long‑term management of your archive   - Reduce tax burdens   - Support heirs unfamiliar with art markets   - Protect your work from mismanagement   Trusts are especially useful for artists with large bodies of work. 6. Document Your Artistic Intent Leave written guidance about: - Exhibition preferences   - Conservation standards   - What should never be altered   - How unfinished works should be handled   This protects your legacy from misinterpretation. 7. Plan for Digital Assets Your digital presence is part of your estate. Include: - Website access   -  media accounts   - Digital portfolios   - Cloud storage   Assign someone to maintain or archive these platforms. 8. Address Studio Contents Studios contain tools, notes, materials, and works in progress. Clarify: - What should be preserved   - What can be sold or donated   - What should be discarded   This prevents heirs from making uninformed decisions. 9. Consider Philanthropic Goals Many artists choose to: - Donate works to museums   - Establish scholarships   - Support community arts organizations   Integrating philanthropy ensures your values continue. 10. Review and Update Regularly Revisit your plan when: - You complete major bodies of work   - You change representation   - You move, marry, or experience loss   A living plan keeps your legacy aligned with your evolving practice. Artist Registries: A Critical Tool for Legacy Preservation Artist registries serve as public, searchable records that document your practice, verify authorship, and support long‑term visibility. For Black artists — whose work has historically been omitted from institutional archives — registries are powerful tools for ensuring your name, biography, and artworks remain accessible to scholars, curators, collectors, and future generations. Why Registries Matter - They provide authoritative documentation of your career   - They support authentication and reduce misattribution   - They help heirs and institutions locate accurate information   - They increase visibility in research, exhibitions, and publications   Recommended Registries Artists Rights Society (ARS) – New York City Artists Rights Society (ARS) is the leading U.S. organization dedicated to protecting the intellectual property rights of visual artists and their estates. Their Artist Registry serves as an authoritative record of artists whose copyrights they administer. What ARS Provides:   - Copyright protection and enforcement   - A verified registry of represented artists   - Licensing support for publications, exhibitions, and digital use   - Guidance for heirs and executors managing intellectual property   - A trusted reference point for museums, publishers, and scholars   Why ARS Matters for Estate Planning:   For Black artists — whose work has often been reproduced without consent or proper attribution — ARS provides a powerful layer of legal and cultural protection. Location:   Artists Rights Society (ARS)   65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor   New York, NY 10012   - Black Art in America Artist Registry — A culturally grounded platform centering Black artists and their legacies.    - Archives of American Art (Smithsonian) — A national repository for artist papers, oral histories, and documentation.    - Regional and artist‑run registries — Many cities maintain registries that support local visibility and institutional access.   Registering your work ensures your story is not lost, rewritten, or diminished. Resources to Support Artists Through the Estate‑Planning Process Joan Mitchell Foundation – Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) Program Legacy‑planning guides, inventory templates, and case studies for mid‑career and elder artists. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation  – Artist Estate Planning Resources Clear materials on choosing executors, managing archives, and understanding intellectual property. Black Art in America Foundation Programs focused on legacy education, archival awareness, and collector engagement for Black artists. College Art Association (CAA) –  Code of Best Practices in Fair Use Essential guidance on copyright, reproduction rights, and licensing. Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) Low‑cost or pro‑bono legal support for wills, trusts, contracts, and intellectual property. The Authors Guild For interdisciplinary artists who write: copyright education and estate guidance for literary works. Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Standards and referrals for qualified appraisers — critical for valuation and tax planning. Archives of American Art Oral‑history toolkits and archival preparation guides to preserve your story. Local Arts Councils and State Arts Agencies Workshops, legal clinics, and grants for legacy and archiving projects. Estate Attorneys and Financial Planners with Arts Expertise Professionals who understand valuation, intellectual property, and long‑term archive management. Estate planning is not simply a legal safeguard; it is a profound act of authorship. For artists — especially Black artists whose cultural contributions have shaped the visual, political, and spiritual landscape of this country  — planning your estate ensures that your work is not left vulnerable to erasure, misinterpretation, or neglect. It allows your heirs, your community, and future scholars to encounter your practice with accuracy, dignity, and context. By taking inventory, organizing your intellectual property, documenting your intent, and engaging trusted advisors, you create a framework that protects both your art and your story. And by registering your work, connecting with legacy‑focused organizations, and updating your plan as your practice evolves, you ensure that your creative life continues to speak long after you are gone. Estate planning is not about anticipating an ending — it is about securing continuity. It is a way of saying: my work matters, my voice matters, and my legacy deserves to endure. Your estate plan is the lighthouse you build for your own archive — a steady, intentional beam that guides your life’s work safely through time, ensuring it is never lost to the fog of forgetfulness but instead reaches the shores of future generations with clarity and purpose. Halima Taha 201 683-0939 (o) https://www.tahathinks.art

Estate Planning for Artists: Ten Essential Steps to Protect Your Creative Legacy #Art #ArtLovers #BlackSky

A Photojournalist’s Tireless Quest to the Heart of Mongolia’s Altai Mountains [Interview] A Photojournalist’s Tireless Quest to the Heart of Mongolia’s Altai Mountains [Interview] Keeping track of all of Claire Thomas’s adventures is no easy task. Throughout her career, the photojournalist has ventured to the West Bank, chronicling the lives of Palestinians under military occupation; she has documented burning oil wells in Qayyarah, Iraq, set alight by retreating ISIS soldiers; she has investigated the Ghanaian women accused of witchcraft […] READ: A Photojournalist’s Tireless Quest to the Heart of Mongolia’s Altai Mountains [Interview]

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Geothermal blue pool Bláhver at Hveravellir, Iceland (© Juan Maria Coy Vergara/Getty Images)

NASA offers final verdict on odds of asteroid striking the Moon in 2032 An asteroid that was once thought to be heading for the Earth was later found to be heading toward the Moon instead. Back in 2025, concerns were raise...

NASA offers final verdict on odds of asteroid striking the Moon in 2032

The Bar Where a Future President Sat Down With a Pirate This article comes from Atlas Obscura’s Places newsletter. Subscribe or manage your subscription here. On Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Jean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe House looks and feels like it belongs to another century. Andrew Jackson is said to have met the pirate Jean Lafitte in an upstairs room to ask for help manning ships against the British in the War of 1812. Today, the brick interior is lined with mementos left behind by visitors, its convivial history made visible. The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in one family since 1798, cramming centuries of coziness into a famously tiny room. An old-world Spanish eatery in Madrid is billed as the oldest restaurant in the world, and is still celebrated for its suckling pig. Some say this 19th-century Mexican cantina is the birthplace of the margarita. A storied Baltimore bar claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink. Try Historical Food at These 52 Culinary Timewarps Some stories of the past are told on restaurant plates and in Grandma’s cookie recipe. For anyone seeking to understand another generation and another era, food and drink can be powerful tools. From a Civil Rights-era restaurant that sustained activists to a candy shop reviving nostalgic treats to an English pub from the 12th century, these places offer delicious lessons in history. SEE THE LIST --- My New Favorites in the Atlas This statue, known as “Los Lagartos,” commemorates a live alligator pond that was once in this El Paso plaza. The Cave Creek Tubercular Cabin in Arizona is a rare remnant of a bygone era of medical treatment, when tuberculosis patients were isolated at sanatariums. The Hull Lifesaving Museum was once the home base for shipwreck rescues in Boston Harbor. --- Did You Know? Deep in Switzerland’s Val-de-Travers—absinthe’s birthplace—devotees keep the “green fairy” tradition alive by stashing bottles in the forest for fellow hikers to find and share. It’s part folklore, part scavenger hunt. The Absinthe Enthusiasts Hiding Bottles in the Swiss Woods

The Bar Where a Future President Sat Down With a Pirate

UFO hacker Gary McKinnon found files referencing 'non-terrestrial officers' The 60-year-old made global headline news back in the 2000s when he hacked into US government systems. It was one of the most hotly debated news stori...

UFO hacker Gary McKinnon found files referencing 'non-terrestrial officers'

‘Strange Fruit’ in Bordeaux, France This resin and metal sculpture was created by sculptor Sandrine Plante-Rougeol for Memory Week 2019. This sculpture, acquired by the City of Bordeaux and inaugurated on December 2, 2019, is a tribute to the enslaved people, in remembrance of their suffering. So that we never forget these crimes against humanity—the slave trade and slavery itself—and so that they may never happen again. Plante-Rougeol, a descendant of enslaved people herself, is a committed figurative sculptor, a Zorey of Réunionese and Auvergne descent. The artist’s work invites viewers to think of her work “as a connection of symbols interwoven in space and time.” The symbol of the tree of life and its roots linking heaven and earth also recalls African animist beliefs.  The tree bears three branches in reference to the triangular trade. Each enslaved figure is turned in a different direction, representing three emotions: anger, fear, and abandonment, stifled beneath the blindfolds covering their eyes in order to strip them of all bearings—their names, their languages, and their beliefs. “Strange Fruit” is also a mobile whose movement, when set in motion through its metal hoops, recalls the rocking motion of slave ships on the ocean. These hoops come from wine barrels, in reference to Bordeaux, the city for which this sculpture was created. Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trading port after Nantes, with roughly 480 to 500 expeditions departing between 1672 and 1837. These voyages deported approximately 130,000 to 150,000 enslaved Africans to the Americas, driving the city’s 18th-century “golden age” wealth through the import of sugar, coffee, and cotton. The Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux hosts a permanent exhibition on this history. In recent years, the city has begun to more openly acknowledge its past, including the addition of plaques to streets named after slave traders and the installation of a statue of Modeste Testas, an enslaved woman.

‘Strange Fruit’ in Bordeaux, France

19th-Century Marble Sculpture Is So Delicately Crafted It Looks Like Sheer Fabric 19th-Century Marble Sculpture Is So Delicately Crafted It Looks Like Sheer Fabric Marble is known for its heavy, sturdy qualities. But in the right artist’s hands, it can look as light as a feather. One marble sculpture exemplifies this unique characteristic, capturing attention for its startling realism. At first glance, a sheer veil appears to rest lightly over a young woman’s face. The folds are soft, and light […] READ: 19th-Century Marble Sculpture Is So Delicately Crafted It Looks Like Sheer Fabric

19th-Century Marble Sculpture Is So Delicately Crafted It Looks Like Sheer Fabric #Sculpture #GiovanniBattistaLombardi

Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter A near invisible realm. The post Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter appeared first on Futurism.

Hubble Spots Bizarre Galaxy That Appears to Be 99.9 Percent Dark Matter

Dog Helped Save the Lives of Husband and Wife by Detecting Cancer in Both of Them #Dogs #animals

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

Man From South Korea Adopts a Wild Boar and Go on Adventures Around the City Together Man From South Korea Adopts a Wild Boar and Go on Adventures Around the City Together A wild boar is not a creature you’d expect to see around the city, much less as someone’s pet. And yet, that’s exactly what happened in South Korea. A few years ago, a 70-year-old man in Haeundae-gu, Busan, got a boar with the purpose of cooking it. However, after realizing the animal could understand him, […] READ: Man From South Korea Adopts a Wild Boar and Go on Adventures Around the City Together

Man From South Korea Adopts a Wild Boar and Go on Adventures Around the City Together #Animals #boar

Norwich Horton Sphere in Norwich, Connecticut A large, rusted spherical pressure vessel set in the woods behind an old, closed down schoolhouse built to store liquefied gas or other materials under high pressure. A "Horton Sphere" (or Hortonsphere) is a relic from Connecticut's industrial past, looking something like a vintage lunar lander from the golden age of science fiction.  The sphere sits in a fenced off lot (with some breaches in the fencing) behind the defunct Laurel Hill School along with two other crumbled structures. It stands as a local landmark that once held various substances for industrial use. Research tells of other Horace Horton spheres similar to this 37.5' giant in Milford CT and Danbury CT, however those have been swallowed up by time. "Horton Sphere" is a trademarked name for spherical pressure vessels, invented by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company after its founder, Horace Ebenezer Horton (1843-1912).

Norwich Horton Sphere in Norwich, Connecticut

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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland (© Andrew Mason/Minden Pictures)

nature art Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 8th, 2026 nature art by Kai Hornung An aerial of an Icelandic glacial river shot with a drone during golden hour. --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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'Gordon' | The Stag Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 7th, 2026 'Gordon' | The Stag by Mark Rowe This is Gordon. I named him. Well, I did spend most of the day with him trying to capture moments like this, so it was only right! ;-) --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Arctic fox Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 6th, 2026 Arctic fox by marius van dyk --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Lady butterfly Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 5th, 2026 Lady butterfly by Jose Luis Llano --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Badlands Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 4th, 2026 Badlands by David Martin Castan --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Tiger beetle Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 3rd, 2026 Tiger beetle by Andrew Shapovalov --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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The Serpent of Irati Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 2nd, 2026 The Serpent of Irati by jabi sanz A panorama I made with the drone of 9 vertical images in the irati forest, Navarra. Where you can see all the meanders that lead to the lake --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Jurassic Forest Fstoppers Photo of the Day for March 1st, 2026 Jurassic Forest by Efren Yanes Anaga forest, Tenerife --- [Learn how to be selected for POTD Here]

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome You may not be able to name all, or even most, of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But you almost certainly know that there were seven of them. In a way, that aligns well enough with the worldview of the Greeks who first made reference to such a list, given their near-reverence for […]

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome

700-Year-Old Shipwreck Reveals a Trove of Ceramics Challenging History Itself 700-Year-Old Shipwreck Reveals a Trove of Ceramics Challenging History Itself Near the eastern entrance of the Singapore Straight lay a trove of centuries-old ceramics just waiting to be discovered. But it wasn’t until the late 2010s when archaeologists excavated the site and recovered about 3.5 tonnes of ceramic shards, now part of what’s known as the Temasek Wreck. It marked the first ancient shipwreck ever found in […] READ: 700-Year-Old Shipwreck Reveals a Trove of Ceramics Challenging History Itself

700-Year-Old Shipwreck Reveals a Trove of Ceramics Challenging History Itself #Archeology #Blueandwhiteporcelain

Some People See Aliens While on DMT. Researchers Want to Find Out What They Can Teach Us A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Some People See Aliens While on DMT. Researchers Want to Find Out What They Can Teach Us

The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film, Is Now in the Public Domain (1926) Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, or The Adventures of Prince Achmed, lays fair claim to being the earliest animated feature film in existence. If we do grant it that title, it beats the next contender by more than a decade. While Prince Achmed came out a century ago, in 1926, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, whose production was presided […]

The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film, Is Now in the Public Domain (1926)

Discovery on beach reveals that orcas may be eating each other A disturbing find on a beach in Russia has raised the possibility that orcas may be resorting to cannibalism. When Sergey Fomin, a researcher at the P...

Discovery on beach reveals that orcas may be eating each other

Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind When the newly established Art Basel Awards invited Swiss architect Jacques Herzog to design its inaugural trophy in 2025, he knew exactly what he did not want. Herzog rejected the idea of a gilded statuette or a triumphant knight. Instead, he pursued something lighter and more poetic. The final design is a hand-blown swirl of […] READ: Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind

Art Basel Awards Trophy Eschews Gold for Cloud-Like Glass That’s One of a Kind #Design #Sculpture