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...

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Apple's iOS 26.3.1 Brings Bug Fixes, Studio Display SupportApple released iOS 26.3.1 for the iPhone on Wednesday -- a small patch that arrives a few weeks after the rollout of iOS 26.3, focusing mainly on fixes and under-the-hood improvements. The update is available right now to download for supported iPhones through the Settings app (General > Software Update).According to Apple's release...

iOS 26.5 Will Likely Bring End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging to Your iPhone Apple could release the update to the general public next week. Zachary McAuliffe Staff writer Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a TV...

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 3, #557 Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for April 3 No. 557. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally...