🔥 Explore this must-read post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Movies,Big Picture âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Christopher Nolan Odyssey Imax 70mm is the hottest club in town, if you can get in.While Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic is available on thousands of screens around the world, there are only 41 screens - including 25 in the US - that can present it in its full Imax 70mm glory. Many of them have been sold out for weeks. The FOMO levels are off the charts.This is partly due to Odyssey It is the first feature film shot entirely on…
🔥 Discover this insightful post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Security,Security / Security News,Security Roundup đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Two from OpenAI Cybersecurity-focused models exited a sandbox this week and continued to hack AI research platform Hugging Face in an attempt to solve a security benchmark. Additionally, researchers this week highlighted newly identified malware that takes advantage of blind spots in AI software development infrastructure to seize logins and other sensitive data, even wreaking havoc on targeted victims' files and systems.Given the traditional security nightmare of embedded devices, researchers this week highlighted a car alarm installed in vehicles across the…
🔥 Read this insightful post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Government & Policy,Media & Entertainment,Amazon,Warner Bros Discovery 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Warner Bros. has raised Discovery filed a lawsuit this week accusing Amazon of interference with contractual relations, breach of contract, and unfair competition. As Deadline reported, the lawsuit alleges that Amazon "hastily sought to poach a number of contract employees," including Bea Barlow, the HBO Max marketing executive who recently joined Amazon's MGM Studios. Warner Bros. said: (For which Paramount's pending acquisition has been put on pause for at least a few months) Barlow's employment contract "was not scheduled…
🔥 Check out this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Security,hackers,cybersecurity,hacking team,hacktivist,Hacking mysteries đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Over the past few decades, many mysterious hackers have captured the public's imagination, but none quite like Phineas Fisher. A decade after his most famous hack, Phineas remains, by most accounts, the most prolific and public hacker to never be caught. As part of our series on the biggest cybersecurity mysteries of all time, we're delving into the mystery of Phineas, the hacktivist who hacked into controversial spyware makers FinFisher and Hacking Team. The latter, an Italian startup, was among the first…
đź’Ą Read this must-read post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Reviews,Gear / Products / Lifestyle,Gear / Products / Outdoor,Quiet Luxury 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: My bag It is more of a mobile workstation than an operator. On any given day, I carry a 16-inch laptop, noise-canceling headphones, chargers, my daily planner, a water bottle, and whatever gadgets I'm testing that week. A lot of leather bags look nice on day one, but far fewer are designed to withstand the reality of transporting thousands of dollars' worth of technology every day.That's why the science of leather surprised me.After months…
🚀 Read this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Media & Entertainment,Netflix,Kalshi âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Prediction Market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease and desist letter on Friday demanding that the streaming service remove the trailer for an upcoming documentary. In the letter, Kalshi claimed that the trailer was “defamatory” and contained “fabricated documents and false and misleading statements.” “Instadocs: The Prediction Games” is a documentary about the rise of prediction markets. According to Netflix, the film — part of its “Instadoc” series of fast-moving documentaries — includes interviews with both Polymarket CEO Shane Coplan and Kalshi CEO Tariq…
🚀 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: TC,AI âś… **What You’ll Learn**: “Everyone is on their phones on my show!” joked Charlie Bailey, a librarian in South Philadelphia. He just asked his audience to pull out their phones so he could walk them through the steps to disable Apple Intelligence and Gemini. Billy stands at the front of the children's library classroom - the focal point is the vibrant rug he stands on, which reminds us that M stands for 'moon' and Z stands for 'zebra'. But the 20 people in the room aren't here to learn…
🔥 Explore this awesome post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / How To and Advice,Weekend Project đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Best Amazon Kindle devices are reliably good at their main function: displaying e-books in a clear, easy-on-the-eye format. But Kindle e-readers are actually more versatile than you might imagine.If you've just upgraded to a new Kindle and are looking for something to do with your old device, or if you're simply interested in seeing how hackable these e-readers are, we have three projects you can try.These projects vary in difficulty and the amount of time and effort you'll have…
🔥 Discover this insightful post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Home,Vinyl Countdown âś… **What You’ll Learn**: More than once, Leonardo triggered a generic error message pop-up without any explanation of how to fix the problem. You're forced to dismiss the message before doing anything else, which feels like hitting a dead end before trying to troubleshoot yourself or looking up the error code in Leonardo.Fortunately, the connection is very simple and smooth. The Romeo connects to your computer via Wi-Fi rather than Bluetooth, which seems like a minor detail until you wrestle with…
🔥 Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Climate,AI,data centers,electrical grid âś… **What You’ll Learn**: A power line went down outside Washington, D.C., this week. Typically, the network will only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped drawing power almost simultaneously. The event caused a voltage spike across the PJM network from northern Virginia to Chicago, according to data collected by Ting Labs, a startup that runs an Internet of Things sensor network of people's electrical sockets. This event…
