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A new exhibition chronicles the iconic artist’s lesser known fascination with sea and sky.

Roy Lichtenstein was once derided as the “worst artist in America,” but time has proven him to be synonymous with 1960s Pop Art and cemented him in the annals of art history. After all, good art typically challenges the status quo and sparks debate. The New York–based practitioner took low-brow subject matter—like comic books and advertising—and elevated them by into high art by pumping up the campy, dramatic elements on monumental canvases. While his cartoon-inspired pieces are best known, Lichtenstein also applied his sensibilities to one of the most traditional motifs: landscapes. And now, thanks to East Hamptons museum Guild Hall and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, they’re the subject of a new exhibition.

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The K5 never tires on patrols and only costs $6.25 an hour. But at least it’s not armed—for now.

Here’s why several companies are apparently considering hiring the K5 security robot, despite its strange appearance. It patrols your grounds continuously, no need for sitting down or going outside to smoke. It’s a “physically commanding presence,” warding off intruders and no-gooders. And, most importantly, it’s relatively cheap. At $6.25 an hour, it costs about one quarter of what mall-owners might normally pay for a human patrol.

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Dozens of competitors from 46 countries gathered in Dallas to test their mettle against the best of the best. Watch out for the armadillos.

The young contestants from across the world crossed the stage, decked out in shirts from their countries, flags draped over their shoulders. The air was thick with national pride.

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Now that the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note5 share the same screen size, a really big phone is no longer a really big deal.

It was only in 2010 that Samsung introduced the Galaxy S, the first in its incredibly popular series of flagship smartphones. It had a 4-inch display, which was large for its time. A year later, however, the phone was dwarfed by the then-mammoth 5.3-inch screen on the first Galaxy Note. By 2011 standards, the Note was so large, it implied that it was aimed at a customer the size of an NBA center. And it popularized a new term—phablet—that indicated it straddled the line between phone and tablet.

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The screen size and specs are the same. But one model caters to the mainstream while the other targets productivity-minded types.

Samsung being Samsung, it isn’t content to have one flagship smartphone. It wants to offer several of them. So today, less than six months after unveiling the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, the company is back with two more high-end models, which it’s announcing at its “Samsung Unpacked” event in New York City.

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Google’s voice assistant will answer your questions based on what you are browsing at the time.

If you’re reading an article in the Google app on your iPhone, you may not want to navigate away from the page to learn more. With the most recent upgrade to its iOS app, the search giant has you covered.

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Today, her foundation unveiled a new site with tools and resources for women entrepreneurs.

Picture an early-stage entrepreneur, and you probably imagine someone working into the wee hours, caffeine in hand and computer aglow. For women entrepreneurs, there’s often an added twist—young children, asleep down the hall.

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When a Harvard student built an application that exposed a privacy risk, Facebook yanked his internship offer.

Landing a high-profile internship is a coup for any college student. But even before Harvard student Aran Khanna began his internship at Facebook, he was already hard at work in his dorm room on a browser application that piggybacked off users’ location data on Facebook Messenger.

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The partnership means some episodes of the beloved children’s show won’t be available on Netflix and Amazon.

The makers of Sesame Street announced a five-season deal with HBO that will allow it to produce almost twice as many shows and will give HBO, and all of its subscription apps and services, exclusive rights to the new programs for nine months.

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The app, which landed partnerships with Apple Music and several major record labels, wants to be a Snapchat for songs.

A new app aims to combine the best parts of Spotify and Snapchat: Msty will allow users to send instant messages with images and short lines of text accompanied by songs. The London-based startup boasts it is the first messaging service to partner with Apple Music, Universal, Sony, and Warner.

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