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Some Cool Movie Explosions

Listen, sometimes you just want to watch things blow up. But safely and without consequence (although Arnold Schwarzenegger did somehow become the governor of California). So, can I interest you in three minutes of movie explosions ? The 80s and 90s were really a golden age for

Three ways South Korea can buy alliance insurance

The case for South Korea hedging its relationship with the United States may have become harder to dismiss. Washington’s trade policies and the economic consequences of the US-Israeli war on Iran have raised the cost of close alignment at the same time they have weakened

Asia

“A half-century after it was published, The Soul...

“A half-century after it was published, The Soul of a New Machine does a better job challenging AI hype than most current criticism .” I thought something similarly (about the web) when I read Kidder’s book 25 years ago, during the aftermath of the dot com bust.

Bongino says he planted fake details to catch 'snakes' in FBI

Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, said on a podcast released Tuesday that he would occasionally spread false information to identify “snakes” within the agency that he believed were leaking details to the media. Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s

Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI

Elon Musk officially began his testimony in the trial he has brought against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and company president Greg Brockman. The three were on the initial founding team of OpenAI, with Musk investing up to $38 million early on before the co-founders' relationship

Tech

Google to provide AI models to Pentagon for classified work

Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence (AI) models for classified work, despite concerns raised by hundreds of employees this week over the terms. The Pentagon reached an agreement with Google that would allow the department to use

‘Unchosen’ Debuts With 10.4 Million Views in Six Days

“Unchosen” debuted as the most-watched TV series on Netflix during the week of April 20-26, hitting 10.4 million views in its first six days of availability after its April 21 premiere. It was outdone by a few titles on the movies chart, though; the thriller “Apex” debuted at