Culture

61st Venice Biennale Opens After Jury Resigns and 81 Artists Withdraw From Competition

Curated posthumously by Koyo Kouoh, opened with no jury after all five members quit, with 81 artists withdrawn in solidarity, with pavilions on strike over Israel's participation — and somehow with the most-photographed work being portable toilets in the Austrian pavilion.

Sneakers

Nike LeBron 23 'Dreams and Nightmares' Drops May 26 at $235

White upper, metallic gold lower, icy blue outsole, and a championship ring stamped on the heel. The Nike LeBron 23 "Dreams and Nightmares" reaches back to Miami — and to the Meek Mill intro that scored that era — for the most personal colorway of this signature run.

Sports

Knicks Sweep 76ers With 144-114 Game 4 Win, Set Franchise Playoff Record on 25 Threes

11 threes in the first quarter tied an NBA playoff record. 18 by halftime. 25 by the buzzer — franchise playoff high. The Knicks closed out a 4-0 sweep and head back to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight year.

Sports

Wembanyama Ejected for Flagrant 2 Elbow on Naz Reid as Wolves Beat Spurs 114-109

Wembanyama's first career ejection came on a Flagrant 2 elbow while three Wolves defenders were physically tangled with him. Anthony Edwards scored 16 of his 36 in the fourth. The series is now 2-2.

Sneakers

Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low OG 'Shy Pink' Releases May 29 for $155

After a two-year wait since the colorway first leaked, the Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low OG 'Shy Pink' has a confirmed release: May 29, 2026, for $155, style code IQ7604-100. Travis Scott's website hosts the launch, with Nike SNKRS to follow.

Technology

Anthropic Rents Entire 300MW, 220,000-GPU Colossus 1 Data Center From SpaceX

Anthropic signed a deal on May 6 to take over the full 300MW, 220,000-GPU capacity of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis. Musk owns the rival lab. He took the check anyway. Claude Code rate limits already doubled.

Technology

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon Confirms AI-Wearable Chip Deals With OpenAI and Meta

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told Fortune the company is supplying chips to "pretty much all" the major AI players building post-smartphone devices, including OpenAI and Meta. The model wars get the headlines. The chip wars under them are already settled.

Culture

Met's "Costume Art" Opens to Public May 10 With 400 Works in 12,000-Sq-Ft Galleries

The Met's "Costume Art" opens to the public May 10 in the new Condé Nast Galleries — 400 objects organized by body type, not designer or era. Andrew Bolton's thesis show is a curatorial argument 20 years in the making.

Sports

Wembanyama Posts 39, 15, 5 in Spurs' 115-108 Game 3 Win Over Timberwolves

Victor Wembanyama dropped 39 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks in San Antonio's Game 3 win, joining Olajuwon, Shaq, and Kareem as the only players ever to post that line in a playoff game.

Sneakers

Sneaker News x BAPE STA "Day & Night" Pack Drops May 6 in 1,386 / 556 Limit

Sneaker News released its first-ever sneaker on May 6 — a two-pair BAPE STA collab tied to its 20th anniversary, capped at 1,386 Day pairs and 556 Night pairs at $350 each. The triple-stacked logo is the actual story.

Sports

Cunningham Posts 27-10-10 Triple-Double With 8 Turnovers in Pistons' 116-109 Game 3 Loss

Cade Cunningham had his first postseason triple-double — 27, 10, and 10 — and Detroit still lost Game 3 in Cleveland. Three of his eight turnovers came in 41 seconds late. The Cavaliers are back in the series at 2-1; Game 4 is tonight.

Technology

Cloudflare Cuts 1,100 Jobs (20% of Staff) the Same Quarter Revenue Grew 34% to $639.8M

CEO Matthew Prince tied the cuts directly to "the agentic AI era" — making Cloudflare the cleanest test case yet of whether AI-driven layoffs land while the business is growing, not shrinking.