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Russel T. Davies leaves Doctor Who as future plans for the series are canceled

The future of Doctor Who remains uncertain as Russell T. Davies and Bad Wolf exit the series, and the planned 2026 Christmas special is canceled.

Hands-on with Siri AI: successfully executed multistep prompts, understood context well, has strong guardrails, and seems a bit more dispassionate than Gemini (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Siri AI: successfully executed multistep prompts, understood context well, has strong guardrails, and seems a bit more dispassionate than Gemini  —  Parents want one thing, and one thing only, out of AI: to add a list of soccer games or “spirit week” theme days from an email …

CrowdStrike: Chinese entities accounted for 58%+ of state-sponsored cyberattacks aimed at tech companies, especially AI assets, over the 12 months to March 31 (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
CrowdStrike: Chinese entities accounted for 58%+ of state-sponsored cyberattacks aimed at tech companies, especially AI assets, over the 12 months to March 31  —  U.S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike warned Tuesday of increasing cyberattacks from China-based entities aimed …

The three sets of earbuds I reach for

I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like Reviewed, Digital Trends, IGN, and now The Verge, have given me the chance to listen to hundreds of earbuds. Some were truly excellent, and some were pretty […]

Sources: Chinese companies like Moonshot are reconsidering "red-chip structures", which make it easier to list overseas, after China blocked the Meta-Manus deal (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Chinese companies like Moonshot are reconsidering “red-chip structures”, which make it easier to list overseas, after China blocked the Meta-Manus deal  —  Beijing's tighter scrutiny of foreign capital forces groups to rethink ownership structures behind listings boom