Italy buys rare Caravaggio portrait for €30mGetty ImagesThe painting was first exhibited in 2024 in RomeThe Italian state has bought a painting by 16-17th Century baroque master Caravaggio for €30m (£25.9m), one of the largest sums it has ever paid for an artwork.The country's culture minister said the work, a portrait of cleric Monsignor Maffeo Barberini - later Pope Urban VIII - was one of...

Alexa Plus Now Adapts to Your Moods in Real Time: We Try It OutAlexa Plus is getting a new personality -- actually, three of them. Amazon announced Wednesday that it is adding three styles to its generative AI assistant, with the idea that you'll want the app to respond with the same kind of mood that you're in.The three new personality styles are brief, chill and sweet. Brief garners...

Evolution of the Nasdaq-100 Ecosystem The Nasdaq-100® (NDX®) originated in 1985 and recently celebrated being 40 years young!Over that time, it has become a leading U.S. large-cap equity index, known for being a benchmark for many of the world’s most innovative companies.Part of its success as an investment and trading...

'Fallout' Season 2 Ending Explained: Dissecting the Biggest Moments From the FinaleFallout season 2 is now over, but the show has a lot more fuel in the tank. Amazon renewed the hit video game adaptation for a third season ahead of the premiere of the finale episode, which dropped on Prime Video this evening, leaving a bunch of narrative breadcrumbs to speculate over.The eighth and final...

U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates win Olympic silver, in a stunning upset Chock and Bates, four-time Olympians, were heavily favored for gold. But they lost by just over a point to a French duo who have been clouded by controversy involving their former partners....