Month: May 2025
Netflix’s series about the FTX fiasco has found its leading effective altruists
Variety reports that Anthony Boyle (Tetris, Manhunt) and Julia Garner (Ozark, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) have been cast in Netflix’s upcoming drama series, The Altruists, as Bankman-Fried and Ellison. Executive produced by Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt (who will also showrun the series), The Altruists will recount how Bankman-Fried,…
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An official Nothing Phone 3 teaser just arrived, though it may be dropping a signature feature
Nothing has teased its Phone 3 flagship The traditional glyphs are apparently going away A July launch is expected We’ve been told that the Nothing Phone 3 is landing in July, but we don’t know much more about it than that – except for a couple of intriguing new teasers…
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I used Veo 3 to recreate the first YouTube video, and the results are almost too good
We all know the story of the first YouTube video, a grainy 19-second clip of co-founder Jawed Karim at the zoo, remarking on the elephants behind him. That video was a pivotal moment in the digital space, and in some ways, it is a reflection, or at least an inverted…
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Google AI Overviews Says It’s Still 2024
When asked to confirm the current year, Google’s AI-generated top result confidently answers, “No, it is not 2025.” Source
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Xbox co-founder J Allard is working on ‘breakthrough’ devices at Amazon
Amazon has a new ZeroOne team focused on “breakthrough” devices, and it’s led by Xbox cofounder and former Microsoft executive J Allard, CNBC reports. Based on a job listing for the team, one of those products is a smart home device. J Allard was one of the main faces of…
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‘VPNs are fragile and limited’ – startup wants to replace business virtual private networks with physical plug-and-play device
Forget clunky VPN routers – Jumpbox pocket-sized tool promises encrypted remote access in seconds VPNs are fragile, says Remote.It – plug-and-play approach can fix that Jumpbox delivers centralized remote access without exposing devices to the public internet SaaS network firm Remote.It has introduced a new hardware-based alternative to traditional business…
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