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Paris Drug Bust Recovers Stolen M. Picasso Canvas

Paris Drug Bust Recovers Stolen $17 M. Picasso Canvas

Published by Jenni Sidey

Police raiding a house in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne on June 15 got a welcome surprise when they stumbled upon a stolen Pablo Picasso painting. Though the specific canvas has not yet been identified, it is reported to depict the artist’s lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, reports Le Parisien, which indicates that the canvas, valued between about $13.7 million and $17.1 million, belongs to a collector from Singapore. It was allegedly stolen by a worker at an art storage facility in Paris, who claims he did it to highlight security flaws, per the outlet. Related Articles The police found not only 40 pounds of cannabis resin but also several thousand euro in cash and several hundred thousand euros’ worth of luxury clothing. Four people arrested in the case had their initial court hearing on Friday. The trial is tentatively set for August.  One of the most storied romances in all of art history began in 1927, when Walter was shopping in Paris and caught the eye of the Cubist painter, who told her, “You …

The Viral Anti-Trump Street Artists Turning L.A. Into Canvas

The Viral Anti-Trump Street Artists Turning L.A. Into Canvas

Published by Daniella Wilson

As Donald Trump finished his record-length State of the Union address earlier this year, a group of artists drove to a cul-de-sac off Echo Park Lake in L.A. and got to work. The three men dressed in loose-fitting work pants and hoodies unloaded two laser projectors (one for backup), some lenses, a laptop and battery packs onto carts and brought them to the middle of a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the 101. In the anonymity of darkness, the members of the guerilla art collective VJayBombs set up their gear with the confidence of practice. Within minutes, the projector was warming up and aligned with the 100-foot-tall wall of the L.A. Downtown Medical Center. Then, a final review of the video to be projected was made. “Did you put sweat on the Statue of Liberty?” Cat, a co-founder of the group, asked. “That’s sick.” “Looks good to me,” said Bev, another co-founder. He then caught himself: “Go back to ‘immigrant’ for a second. ‘Immigrant’ was spelled right, yeah?” And with that, the laptop was connected …

Ren Light Pan’s Self-Portraits Transition from Photo to Canvas

Ren Light Pan’s Self-Portraits Transition from Photo to Canvas

Published by Jenni Sidey

The first thing I see upon entering Ren Light Pan’s tiny New York studio is a large canvas with a monochrome image of Sleeping Hermaphroditus. It’s the one that’s in the Louvre: a life-size marble Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronze from the 2nd century C.E. Pan shows me a series of smaller images on canvas, variations on this classical figure by other artists. But Pan’s big one is most arresting, in part because it’s from a photograph in which we see the legs of spectators behind the reclining marble figure.  It’s not surprising that a transgender artist would choose this subject, or that a transgender writer would immediately recognize it. Hermaphroditus is a supposedly mythical figure. He was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, so hot he turned the head of Salmacis. She was a rather wayward naiad who tried to force herself on the boy. The gods granted her prayer to unite them forever—and they became Hermaphroditus.  Related Articles In Western visual culture, Hermaphroditus is an ancestor of transgender porn. Seen from …

This canvas art QLED TV isn’t made by Samsung, and it’s 0 cheaper for Memorial Day

This canvas art QLED TV isn’t made by Samsung, and it’s $650 cheaper for Memorial Day

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Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Memorial Day weekend is here, and while it’s a great excuse to stay offline, there are some enticing reasons to consider some virtual browsing. One of the best deals I’ve seen so far is the latest model of the Hisense Canvas S7 TV on sale for under $1,000, and over 43% off.  Also: 5 Memorial Day deals that are worth your time (including a Costco membership discount) The Hisense Canvas TV is one ZDNET experts have praised as a direct competitor to the more expensive Samsung Frame TV, which is a popular choice for those looking for a TV that blends seamlessly into decor. Hisense has recently released its 2026 Canvas models, and they’re seeing strong sales. The 55-inch model is on sale for $850 — more than $600 off its regular price of $1,500. The larger 65-inch model is also on sale for $1,099.  Editor in Chief Kerry Wan reviewed the Canvas TV upon its initial release, and recommended buying it over its competitor — The Samsung Frame …

Deal Reached With Hackers to Delete Data Stolen From the Canvas Educational Platform

Deal Reached With Hackers to Delete Data Stolen From the Canvas Educational Platform

Published by Sam Flores

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.” The company didn’t provide any details on the agreement, including whether it involved a payment, and didn’t elaborate who was behind the hack. Instructure temporarily took the system offline while it investigated, locking out students and faculty. A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for last week’s breach, threatening to leak data involving nearly 9,000 schools worldwide and 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom by May 6. The group then extended the deadline, indicating some schools had engaged with them to negotiate. ShinyHunters also was behind a smaller breach of Infrastructure last year. A lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Utah alleged Instructure did not do enough to …

When Canvas crashed, colleges had no backup plan

When Canvas crashed, colleges had no backup plan

Published by Sam Flores

The nationwide Canvas outage that disrupted colleges and universities during finals week forced campuses across the country to improvise as faculty and students suddenly lost access to exams, assignments, grades and other course materials. Canvas is the online learning platform used by over 8,000 schools districts and universities, including all eight “Ivy League” schools. It is the central hub for each course, connecting teachers and students through course materials like discussion groups, assignments, grades, class files and an internal email system. Canvas parent company Instructure confirmed this week that it was responding to a “security incident” affecting the platform, which is used by thousands of schools and universities nationwide. On its public status page, the company acknowledged that “Canvas is currently unavailable for some users” while teams worked to investigate and restore service. The outage affected major institutions including Columbia University, Princeton University, Rutgers University and the University of California network, according to reporting from multiple university statements. At The University of Tampa, administrators told faculty the outage was disrupting “final exams, paper submissions, and …

The Canvas Panic on Campus

The Canvas Panic on Campus

Published by José Betancourt

A student emailed me yesterday, panicked, in the early afternoon. She was worried about her final project in my university course, which was due at midnight. By the time I saw the email, three hours had elapsed. By the time we got on Zoom to discuss the matter, another 90 minutes had been spent. That’s when I learned about the outage. Canvas, an online service used by as many as 40 percent of North American colleges, among them Washington University in St. Louis, where I teach, had gone down globally—victim to a ransomware attack. Just like ride-share apps replaced the physical act of hailing a cab, “courseware” such as Canvas has replaced more analog systems at almost every college and university, which now use the tool to run classrooms, manage assignments, and handle grading. When Canvas goes down, college classes cease to operate. My heart sank because already I could anticipate a million little irritations that would add up to a huge headache for everyone, as students worried about how to submit their work, whether …

Worried about the nationwide Canvas data breach? Take these 6 steps now

Worried about the nationwide Canvas data breach? Take these 6 steps now

Published by skeptic

Outflow Designs/ iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Canvas was disrupted this week by a cyberattack. Many students are unable to access the popular educational portal. Instructure says data was stolen; what Canvas users should do next. Canvas is at the center of an ongoing cyberattack and data extortion attempt by a well-known cybercriminal group that claims to have stolen student records. If you are a Canvas user, you can take defensive measures now. Also: No one pays ransomware demands anymore – so attackers have a new goal What is Canvas? Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) from Instructure, a Salt Lake City-based educational technology company founded in 2008. Designed for remote learning, Canvas has been adopted by thousands of schools for course creation and management, grading, feedback, and coursework submission. Instructure says the LMS now supports tens of millions of users — students and parents — and has recorded 27 million mobile app downloads. Canvas is available in over 100 …

Deal Reached With Hackers to Delete Data Stolen From the Canvas Educational Platform

Canvas System Is Online After a Cyberattack Disrupted Thousands of Schools

Published by Sam Flores

Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil. Elizabeth Polo was in a creative writing class at the University of Maryland late Thursday afternoon when a classmate shouted, “Canvas got hacked.” A message from a hacking collective flashed on her computer screen. “Our whole class just like was like freaking out about it,” said Polo, a junior. “Our poor professor was trying to get everyone to calm down but it was just kind of chaos.” Across academia, the outage set off panic and confusion as students and faculty members found themselves locked out of a platform they rely on to manage grades and access course notes and assignments. Colleges scrambled to reschedule final exams as students lost any way to access materials they needed to study. Instructure, the company behind Canvas, said in an update late Thursday that the system was available for most users. “Instructure discovered the …

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Published by skeptic

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the daily operations of thousands of schools across the United States. The widely used digital learning platform Canvas was put into “maintenance mode” on Thursday after its maker, the education tech giant Instructure, suffered a data breach and faced an extortion attempt by attackers using the recognizable moniker “ShinyHunters.” Though the hackers have been advertising the breach and attempting to extract a ransom payment from Instructure since May 1, the situation took on additional immediacy for regular people across the US and beyond on Thursday because the Canvas downtime caused chaos at schools, including those in the midst of finals and end-of-year assignments. Universities like Harvard, Columbia, Rutgers, and Georgetown sent alerts to students about the situation in recent days; other institutions, including school districts in at least a dozen states, also appear to have been affected. In a list published by the hackers behind the …