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David Cronenberg's The Fly is the most romantic Valentine's Day movie
The 1986 classic starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis is a perfect doomed romance, as well as a revolting body horror.
Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91 (Peter Wayner/New York Times)
Peter Wayner / New York Times:
Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91 — A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting the world online.
Arc Raiders is inspiring a new generation of 'war' photographers
Arc Raiders has become a breeding ground for virtual photography in a way that's rarely seen in multiplayer games.
Why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs?
Many of the emails released by the Department of Justice from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are full of garbled symbols like: Or: The scrambled text is so ubiquitous that it's spurred conspiracy theories that it could be some kind of code. But as believable as it might be that a cabal of elite sex […]
AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about video game industry's pushback against generative AI, follow Jay Peters. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before the generative AI explosion, […]