After his longtime spokesperson, Kelly Bush Novak, formally announced his passing, tributes poured in from around the world. Fans and former colleagues recalled his iconic roles and marveled at how easily he moved between commercial cinema and classical Shakespearean theater. Read Entire Article

David Durman might be the first employee to receive a special exemption from using AI tools on religious grounds. The 45-year-old research administrator at the University of Kentucky identifies as a humanist, a belief system that apparently requires him to avoid AI-based workflows. Durman's job doesn't require AI either, which... Read Entire Article

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently confirmed that Canada is joining Europe's network of supercomputers, which is run by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Canada will become an active part of the public-private network of high-performance computing (HPC) systems, and both sides should gain something from the arrangement, at... Read Entire Article

The most visible hack took place on a digital billboard stretching across one of Egypt's biggest highways: the 26th of July Axis in Giza. Drivers stopped their cars to film as the screen broadcast the adults-only material, which was overlaid with the text "Leaked by: Ch, 19ylegal never and nivex"... Read Entire Article

Socialist deputy Laurent Lhardit's amendment passed the National Assembly by just 11 votes to 10. In fact, only 35 of the chamber's 577 deputies were even in the room at the time. Both the government and the budget's own rapporteur had advised against it, too. Read Entire Article

A year after Nintendo released its popular Switch 2 console, resourceful developers have already started to bring the brand-new gaming experience to PC through AI-assisted emulation. The Eden-NX2 emulator can already run popular, Switch-exclusive games such as Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, though there is still a lot... Read Entire Article

Unusual patterns in federal student aid data led the Justice Department to charge five people and seize more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency tied to a network associated with Kenyan nationals. The charges are the first results of a broader federal effort, which the department calls Operation Ghostbusters, to crack down... Read Entire Article

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier brought up the figure in a video explaining why EA chose to shut BioWare. Gears of War: E-Day cost Xbox $500 million, he said. "That is a real number, that is real," he added. In Schreier's view, that's simply what AAA games cost to make now, especially... Read Entire Article

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs puts the haul at approximately $6.36 billion, taken from Binance wallets across ten blockchains on October 29. Most of the money was moved in about 20 minutes. The firm attributes the attack to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit, with high confidence. Read Entire Article

Fujifilm recently announced a significant new investment in its magnetic tape manufacturing operations. The Japanese giant will spend 10 billion yen, or around $64 million, to expand production capacity at its Kanagawa Factory in the city of Odawara. The site manufactures magnetic tapes for data storage workloads, and the IT... Read Entire Article

The Financial Times reports that Spotify aims to launch its AI-powered remixing service in the first quarter of 2027, meaning it could be unveiled around February's Grammy Awards. Read Entire Article

Celebrity trainer Simone De La Rue has worked with everyone from Taylor Swift to Jennifer Garner. Here’s the compound move she recommends for staying strong, stable, and moving well for life.

Fraternities control access to coveted resources. They use humiliating rituals to bond with each other, enforce hierarchy, and belittle outsiders. Sound familiar?