Some architects have begun using VR headsets while designing buildings, saying it makes them more efficient and effective. Others say its a gimmick. time.com/6964951/vr-vir…

Exclusive: Google provides cloud computing services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and the tech giant has negotiated deepening its partnership during Israel’s war in Gaza, a company document viewed by TIME shows.

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Also highly recommend Andrew Chow's great feature on the making of The Sympathizer, which really digs into Viet Thanh Nguyen's politics time.com/6961770/the-sy…

When Hollywood decides to adapt a great, weird novel like The Sympathizer, you worry. But fear not—Park Chan-wook remains undefeated. time.com/6965283/the-sy…

hailey van lith guarding caitlin clark:

The Wall Street Journal leaves a huge hole on its front page—in protest of the illegal imprisonment of its reporter Evan Gershkovich, still in a Russian jail after one year.

The wave of media job losses continues, and so we’ve updated our list of those affected, which now exceeds 600, including at The Intercept, NowThis, Law360, Engadget, and Vice, as well as earlier cuts at Vox, New Yorker, Wired, and Washington Post

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“My useful life is probably over,” Bankman-Fried says. “I’ve long since given everything I need to give.”

Judge Kaplan: I find the Mr. Bankman-Fried gave perjured testimony at trial - he falsely testified that until the Fall of 2022 he had no knowledge that Alameda had spent FTX customer funds. He falsely testified that he first learned of the $8 billion in Oct 2022

Judge Kaplan: On obstruction of justice, I find that Mr. Bankman-Fried's text to the former general counsel did in fact constitute attempted witness tampering. I make 3 perjury findings based on trial testimony

While AI tax chatbots are unreliable at the moment, some experts believe AI will have an outsize impact on the tax industry and how we file for years to come. I took stock of the present and the future in this space: time.com/6960420/ai-too…

Gov. Wes Moore confirms that the ship's crew issued a mayday and communicated they were experiencing a power issue, enabling transportation officials to halt traffic over the bridge. 'These people are heroes. They saved lives last night,' Moore said.

This month in crypto is feeling a lot like April 2021. I wrote about that month, and the rise (and fall of Doge) in my substack: open.substack.com/pub/andrewrcho…

I present to you the Oral History of Pitchfork. 40 interviews, 12,000 words, covering nearly three decades of the zeitgeist. It was made by diehards, for diehards. I never saw a shooting star before...

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In urging Judge Kaplan to sentence SBF to 40-50 years in prison, prosecutors post a Google doc they say he wrote in the days after FTX collapsed in which he mused about 'bad ideas' for improving his image, such as going on Tucker Carlson and coming out 'against the woke agenda.'

Cord Jefferson calling out Hollywood during his Oscar speech…hell yes

“Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making twenty $10 million movies or fifty $4 million movies”

In the 20 weeks before the release of my book Cryptomania, I'm going to be walking through the 20 months preceding the fall of FTX on Substack. Please subscribe!
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