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Technology
The Software Update That Wiped Out Billions
On October 23rd, 2025, Valve (a gaming company) released an innocuous update for its iconic FPS and “free to play” game, Counter-Strike…
Cinema
A Singular Kieslowski & The Double Life
There’s a scene in ‘Three Colours: Blue’, where Juliette Binoche’s face reflects upside down on a spoon. And quite obviously, it stirred…
Artificial Incompetence
AI Search and the Atrophy of Human Intellect
It’s fascinating how ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ works. For the uninitiated, it’s a theory that dictates that any two people in the…
Culture
Eternal Sunshine of the Invariably Offline Mind
Early in October 2025, Fred Ramsdell was hiking in Idaho’s Rocky Mountains with his wife, Laura O’Neill. His phone was disconnected, and…
