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A long oral history of Steven Spielberg and his career. “He’s a terrific collaborator. He himself is a continuous lightbulb flickering on and off with one idea after another, but he’s not terribly protective of an idea.”

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  America stands at the cusp of a quantum revolution.  Quantum information science and technology (QIST) will provide transformational capabilities that will drive American innovation, power economic growth, generate […]

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Background and Policy.  The advent of large-scale quantum computers, particularly in the hands of adversaries, will pose a significant threat to widely used cryptographic security systems.  Ongoing cyber activity […]

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Employees had previously raised concerns about the initiative, which involves collecting workers' keystroke data to train AI models.

Another entry in my not-a-travel-blog - this time sketching out the start of our Namibia odyssey. We flew into Windhoek and picked up our rental - a large Ford Ranger....

Fresh off reasserting his extraterrestrial talent by opening his sixth World Cup with a hat trick, Lionel Messi proved on Monday that he is in fact still human. Seven minutes into the match between Argentina and Austria, Lautaro Martínez sprinted through on goal only to be t...

Good behaviour matters more than good code

I appreciate what 2K/DENMARK’s Klaus Krogh says about their ambitions when he and his wife started the company:

When I started this company together with my wife, I said we got to become a very very small company. Why? Because we are going to put so much effort into each and every assignment that nobody’s going to pay for it. So we are not going to grow any. Now almost 40 years later, we have the very best customers. We have customers in 43 countries. We do typesetting in Chinese and Japanese. Why? Well, because we take care. We do our very best every time.

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When The Washington Post’s management axed Book World in February, it wasn’t just one casualty among hundreds of layoffs; it was the latest high-profile death blow to a newspaper book review section in more than two decades of a thousand cuts. The AP stopped publishing book reviews last fall. Metro dailies like the San Francisco...

Losing my mind dealing with Lufthansa over the last few weeks.

Alan Greenspan died Monday. The longtime Fed chairman was once hailed as the most powerful man in the world. Greenspan was 100 years old. Back to me: A couple of cool, smart, and nice D.C. friends of mine wrote a book that came out in the summer of 2009, and other cool, sma...

There’s a new iOS app for Micro.blog! MicroSphere from @marc0janssen. Looks great, I’m playing around with it today.

In 2025, Askia detailed how his investigative work has led to repeated transfers, surveillance, and stints in solitary confinement. He describes this cycle as the cost of holding the system accountable and bringing the reality of prison life to the public.
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President Donald J. Trump’s decisive enforcement of America’s immigration laws is producing real results for hardworking families — including the nation’s 46 million renters. Rents are falling sharply across the country for the first time in years as the record surge in illegal immigration has been reversed. Rents in major metro areas have dropped significantly […]

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The trailer for Klara and the Sun, directed by Taika Waititi and based on the bestseller by Kazuo Ishiguro.

AI Economics for Dummies. “The Wall Street Journal’s business editor moves into Alex’s house, having accepted a part-time position as Alex’s human footstool. He never asks to see the books.”

The high schooler who developed everyone’s forums and guestbooks in 1996 didn’t really think about security when he was building all that software. But Matt’s Script Archive was more than exploits.

Galicia, May 2026.

From the video I waited 8 years to make this photograph.

For more than a decade, actor Laverne Cox has been one of the most visible trans women in America. But the ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star says she spent most of childhood keeping herself hidden. Cox spoke with Tonya Mosley about the bullying she endured, pursuing a dance career before acting, and the anti-trans culture shift of the last few years. Her memoir is ‘Transcendent.’ 


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Every international tournament, the widely used and abused "dark horse" designation is bandied about as pundits, fans, and cretins (gamblers) try to be the first to predict a deep run for an unexpected team. The term dark horse itself is vague enough to apply to about half t...