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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

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Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday,…

Technology

Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today. During an earnings call,…

Technology

China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math is often challenging. For many materials, it can be hard to compete…

Technology

Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells. But we’ve been…

Technology

High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

One of the first schools to shut down after students were found making AI nudes of female classmates is now asking a court to toss a lawsuit filed by victims…

Cybersecurity

Suspected Chinese-Speaking Hackers Target Central Asian Governments With OctLurk and SilkLurk

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

A Chinese-speaking threat actor is suspected to be behind a fresh wave of cyber attacks targeting government organizations mainly located in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and…

Cybersecurity

HollowFrame Loader Deploys Matryoshka Backdoor in Spear-Phishing Attack on Law Firm

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Go-based loader framework called HollowFrame and a Rust-based malware family tracked as Matryoshka. According to Blackpoint Cyber, the intrusion sequence begins…

Technology

Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department For “Unlawful,” “Unethical” And “Unseemly” Conduct

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways…

Technology

Daily Deal: The Lifetime Learner Bundle

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

The Lifetime Learner Bundle feature access to uTalk and Stack Skills. Through uTalk, you’ll be able to speak keywords and phrases in no time and will start to see the…

Cybersecurity

Cheap Android TV Boxes Pose as Phones and Turn Owners’ Broadband Into Proxies

July 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Bitsight says some cheap Android TV boxes have shipped with apps that rewrite their hardware identity to mimic Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, or Vivo phones, then click ads on websites run…

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