Month: May 2026
What to read this weekend: The Dorians and Red Roots
Here’s what we read and liked this week. Source
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Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day
The Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms is expected to earn up to $90 million in its opening weekend after pulling down $38 million on Friday alone. That’s not only above expectations, but absolutely obliterates A24’s previous opening weekend record of $25.5 million for Alex Garland’s Civil War. It’s also a better…
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Oscar-winning ‘Star Wars’ editor Marcia Lucas has died
Marcia Lucas, who edited ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Return of the Jedi,’ has died at 80. Source
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NASA readies the X-59 for its first supersonic flight, SpaceX’s Starship grounded and more science stories
This week’s science news. Source
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Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves
Cecil Baldwin’s résumé includes appearances on Gravity Falls, narrating the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, and performing as part of the New York Neo-Futurists theater company. But he is best known as the host of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, a long-running fiction show that blends…
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‘Most likely, you won’t see it on a Leica M camera’: Leica hints that generative AI tools like Gemini Omni are at odds with its photography heritage, but says they ‘make perfect sense’ for phones like the Xiaomi 17T Pro
These days, it’s not uncommon for phones to share two big selling points: a partnership with a trusted photography brand and flashy AI features. The Xiaomi 17T Pro, launched this week in Vienna, is no different, boasting Leica-tuned cameras and fresh new AI skills from Google‘s text-to-video tool, Gemini Omni.…
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