29 posts tagged ‘Audio’
“Prophecy,” by Kanak Kapur
The New Yorker,
First, they would consult the family astrologer, he said, and only if the man approved of the match would Dev be allowed to go through with the proposal.
The Developers Who Came in From the Cold
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Paul Kafasis: In 2020, the disaster foreshadowed literally one sentence ago struck. Beta versions of MacOS 11 broke ACE, our then-current audio capture technology, and the damage looked permanent. When we spoke briefly to Apple during WWDC 2020, our appeals for assistance were flatly rejected.[…]With this in mind, we engaged in further discussions with the […]
“Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers,” Reviewed
Asher Wertheimer was a Jewish tycoon who asked John Singer Sargent to paint him. The results are strange, slippery—and some of the artist’s best work.
Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?
Endless debate over whether the ending of the composer’s Fifth Symphony represents a capitulation to Soviet demands or a secret dissent obscures a more tantalizing possibility.
Frank Auerbach’s Raw Truths
“I find it all very difficult,” the late German-born British artist said, and few painters have done as much to show the struggle of creative endeavor.
Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?
A new documentary reveals social-media platforms’ iron grip on the lives of teen-agers, one that’s increasingly being linked to a slew of mental-health issues. How scared should we be?
The Price Lebanon Is Paying for the Hezbollah-Israel War
The group’s supporters remain steadfast in the face of widespread displacement and thousands of deaths.
A Novelist’s Unnerving Memoir of Disordered Eating
In “My Good Bright Wolf,” Sarah Moss recounts a dangerous romance with self-deprivation.