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How Adam Scott became an accidental horror movie star
Adam Scott grew up watching horror movies at, as he describes it, “probably too young” an age. But he never set out to work specifically in the genre. Even still,…
How to win — and lose — Decoder
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Hello and welcome to Decoder, Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. This is Nick Statt, senior producer, and…
The Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum have been turned into handhelds
Blaze Entertainment, the company behind the cartridge-based Evercade consoles, has announced two new handhelds that reimagine iconic ‘80s personal computers as portable gaming machines. The Spectrum Handheld and The C64…
Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI
Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI. Some artists will now have a “Verified by Spotify” badge and a green checkmark on their profile,…
Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups
The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content — and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the reach. Beginning…
Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?
Dallas-based genetics and biotech startup Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, the CIA, and Peter Thiel, among others. Its buzzy “de-extinction” projects aim to “bring…
OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new frontier cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5-Cyber. CEO Sam Altman said the model will not be available to the general public, but will be first rolled…
PlayStation now requires a ‘one-time online check’ to confirm you own a game
Sony has finally stepped in to clear up the growing confusion around a new DRM (Digital Rights Management) system on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles. Users reported that the…
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life.” Musk’s direct testimony…
