How Should You Cut Through the Noise of This Year’s Headlines?
In this month’s newsletter I talk about music—both literally and metaphorically. What are you hearing and listening to? Let me know in the comments. Sturm und...
A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia
On November 3, 2021, Meareg Amare, a professor of chemistry at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, was gunned down outside his home. Amare, who was ethnically...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
A written preview of Ray’s testimony, published in advance of the hearing, gave the first indication that Bankman-Fried was in for a rough ride. “Never in my...
A Tale of Two Nuclear Plants Reveals Europe’s Energy Divide
A forest of wind turbines rises out of the fields on both sides of the highway running east out of Vienna. But at the border with...
Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers’ sensitive data
Some Florida residents may be keeping a close eye on their finances after a security incident. Researcher Kamran Mohsin tells TechCrunch that Florida’s Department of Revenue...
John Wick’s creator is writing a movie based on ‘Sifu’
John Wick creator Derek Kolstad is working on yet another videogame adaptation. Fresh off the news that he’s writing and producing a Streets of Rage film,...
Second group of Activision Blizzard testers wins union vote
More Activision Blizzard workers have voted to unionize. Quality assurance testers at Blizzard Albany have voted 14-0 in favor of unionization. The team at the Diablo-focused...
Pong’s influence on video games endures 50 years later
A game that is easy to learn, but difficult to master. This was the concept Atari founder Nolan Bushnell instilled into Allan Alcorn, a then-24-year-old engineer,...