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ust two years ago, D.C. punk band Ekko Astral felt on top of the world. Their debut album, Pink Balloons, struck a chord with young Americans watching the 2024 election unfold into a repeat nightmare, and made waves well beyond their local scene; it was sad, hilarious, and invigorating, all at the same time. Ekko’s success landed them opening slots for Jeff Rosenstock and PUP, then sent them back in the studio to make a new record they called The Beltway is Burning. They didn’t know how to make sense of it all. All they knew was that it felt awesome.
Apple is finally attempting to deliver the next-gen, AI-infused Siri experience. The iOS 27 beta is centered around an elevated Siri, transformed from a basic voice commander to something closer to the intelligent, personal helper we were promised years ago.
Admittedly, I've been feeling pretty dour about the whole handheld gaming PC thing lately, but I do still love having the option to take big games on the go. What I love a lot less is just how chunky modern handhelds have to be in order to contain and cool all of their internal hardware. Perhaps I'm just yelling at clouds but if you ask me, the Switch Lite and the PlayStation Portable had the right idea when it came to a portable form factor.
Celebrating progress is a resilience practice that helps sustain motivation, strengthen teams, and make success more meaningful.
Think of the last big win in your career. A closed deal, a shipped product, a promotion, a fundraise, a hire you'd been chasing for months. Now think about how long you actually let yourself sit with it before your brain moved on to the next thing.
Shreyans Mehta is the cofounder and CTO of Cequence Security, a pioneer of unified application and API protection.
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In a previous article, I argued that the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rewriting the trust model for enterprise AI and that organizations can't simply borrow yesterday's API security playbook for tomorrow's agentic world. The response from CISOs and CTOs I spoke with afterward was unanimous: "We get the trust problem. But what do we actually do about it?"
When Hurricanes Helene and Milton struck in 2024, the storms not only left behind a trail of destruction but also exposed an often-overlooked challenge for local emergency responders: how hurricanes can disrupt the food system and make it harder for residents to access it when they need it most.
On Monday, a day before Spain faced France in the World Cup semifinal, a cheerful Lamine Yamal – decked in glittering chunky necklaces – faced the media.
The eve of the high-stakes knockout game coincidentally also marked the football prodigy’s 19th birthday, and unsurprisingly, came the most obvious question: “What would be your ideal birthday gift, Lamine?”
Dave Kendall, creator and former host of MTV’s “120 Minutes,” has died, according to a post from his friend and latter-day host of the show, Matt Pinfield. No cause of death or age were cited, although he was likely in his sixties.
It may be 25 years old now, but Halo’s first installment still has the power to wow. Combat Evolved is packed full of awesome moments: the first view of the titular ringworld arching above you, the Covenant swarming onto the Pillar of Autumn, and driving a warthog through vast Forerunner structures. And as you push forward through Master Chief’s debut mission, there’s the sense of a rich universe being teased, whether its ancient civilisations or the extent of humanity's reach across the galaxy. The series' founder, Bungie, created a universe with so much intrigue that its expanded universe was able to begin before the first game even launched – the beloved prequel novel, The Fall of Reach, was published a couple of weeks ahead of Combat Evolved’s launch.
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